Original Content podcast: Netflix's 'When They See Us' is difficult-but-essential viewing

"When They See Us," a new miniseries on Netflix, can be so infuriating that it's hard to watch — especially its first hour, which depicts the arrest of the teenaged boys who became known as The Central Park Five, and shows police detectives coercing them into confessing to a brutal rape. Some of us struggled to get through that first episode, and the episodes that follow have plenty of painful moments too, but "When They See Us" rewards viewers who persist with a moving and unforgettable dramatization of all the ways the system failed Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Antron McCray. The show is already having an impact, with President Donald Trump facing questions about his aggressive campaign to have the death penalty applied to five boys who were ultimately exonerated (Trump remains unapologetic).