The first episode Dustwun of Season 2 of the Serial Podcast is out:

“For this season, Sarah Koenig teams up with filmmaker Mark Boal and Page 1 to find out why one idiosyncratic guy decided to walk away, into Afghanistan, and how the consequences of that decision have spun out wider and wider. It’s a story that has played out in unexpected ways from the start. And it’s a story that’s still going on.”

New York Times: ‘Serial’ Season 2 Lets Bowe Bergdahl Tell His Side of Afghan Story.

“In interviews with the screenwriter Mark Boal, he explained in his own words why he had left his base in June 2009, an action that prompted a manhunt involving thousands of troops and led him to spend nearly five years in brutal captivity under the Taliban.

His odyssey ended in May 2014, when the Obama administration swapped him for five Taliban detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a deal that was heavily criticized by Republicans.”

MetaFilter: Serial Season 2, Episode 1: DUSTWUN. “Bowe Bergdahl without preamble, and in (some of) his own words.” There’s also FanFare: Serial: Episode 01: DUSTWUN.