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The Crisis

An investigation into the deadly fight over the environment and who controls it. In Season 1 we delve into the murders of three Colombian coal miners who were working for an Alabama coal company, and unravel a decades-long saga of bribery, scandal, civ...


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  • Introducing: The Crisis

    01:58||Season 1
    A coal company from Alabama. Two murdered union leaders in Colombia. A civil war. And a new way of looking at environmental crime.

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  • 1. START HERE: Victor and Valmore [English]

    10:06||Season 1, Ep. 1
    START HERE. Two coal miners are murdered setting off a decades-long saga that changes the lives of people in Colombia and the United States forever.
  • 2. CHAPTER 1: The Union [English]

    42:09||Season 1, Ep. 2
    A coal company from Alabama opens up a mine in Colombia during a civil war. And members of the miners union start receiving death threats. 
  • 3. CHAPTER 2: Witnesses [English]

    20:06||Season 1, Ep. 3
    An American lawyer decides to take on the union’s case. But first he needs to find people willing to testify.
  • 4. CHAPTER 3: The Fish Dies by Opening its Mouth [English]

    39:31||Season 1, Ep. 4
    The trial is on. Terry’s out to prove that Drummond had a hand in the murders. But will an Alabama jury agree?
  • 6. CHAPTER 5: Confessions [English]

    36:47||Season 1, Ep. 6
    Our reporting turns up other accounts of how the killings went down -- including an interview with the man who went to prison for the murders.This episode was altered for clarity since it was originally published on March 30, 2021.
  • 5. CHAPTER 4: Hung Out to Dry [English]

    42:58||Season 1, Ep. 5
    What do a Drummond executive, an ex-NBA star, and a small town outside of Birmingham have in common? A bribery scandal that rocked the state of Alabama.