Serial Trade Secrets (Season 2, Episode 9)
Podcast Episode | 47 min | Documentary, Crime

Serial

Trade Secrets (Season 2, Episode 9)

Podcast Episode | 47 min | Documentary, Crime

Sarah Koenig examines Bowe Bergdahl's release from the Taliban. It was conducted through a secret peace negotiation in Munich in 2010. The United States agreed to trade Bergdahl for two prisoners being kept in Guantanamo, but the ...See moreSarah Koenig examines Bowe Bergdahl's release from the Taliban. It was conducted through a secret peace negotiation in Munich in 2010. The United States agreed to trade Bergdahl for two prisoners being kept in Guantanamo, but the negotiator passed away leaving everything on hold. Eventually after further negotiations, the Taliban agreed to release Bergdahl in return for five Taliban prisoners. Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Sarah Koenig Self - Host (voice) Self - Host (voice) See fewer	This American Life (2007)
Bowe Bergdahl Self - Former P.O.W. (voice) Self - Former P.O.W. (voice) See fewer	The USA vs. Bergdahl (2017)
Hyder Akbar Self - Writer (voice) Self - Writer (voice) See fewer	Serial (2014)
Kati Marton Self - Journalist (voice) Self - Journalist (voice) See fewer	First Ladies (2020)
Vali Nasr Self - Middle East Scholar (voice) Self - Middle East Scholar (voice) See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Hillary Clinton Self - Secretary of State (voice) (archive footage) Self - Secretary of State (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Michael Steiner Self - German SRAP (voice) Self - German SRAP (voice) See fewer	Serial (2014)
Marc Grossman Self - Ambassador (voice) Self - Ambassador (voice) See fewer	Wide Angle (2002)
Carlotta Gall Self - Reporter, New York Times (voice) Self - Reporter, New York Times (voice) See fewer	Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
James Dobbins Self - Ambassador (voice) Self - Ambassador (voice) See fewer	The Situation (II) (2006)
Jeff Eggers Self - National Security Council (voice) Self - National Security Council (voice) See fewer	Pod Save the World (2017)
Barney Rubin Self - Afghanistan Expert (voice) Self - Afghanistan Expert (voice) See fewer	Serial (2014)
Sami Yousafzai Self - Afghan Reporter (voice) Self - Afghan Reporter (voice) See fewer	Vice News Tonight (2016)
Chuck Hagel Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage) Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Voice of America News (1942)
Carol Rosenberg Self - Reporter, Miami Herald (voice) Self - Reporter, Miami Herald (voice) See fewer	P.O.V. (1988)
Barack Obama Self - President (voice) (archive footage) Self - President (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)