'Serial' season 2 goes live

Popular podcast "Serial" went live this morning with the premiere episode of its second season.

The season will focus on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and then was held by the Taliban for nearly five years.

“I’m going, ‘Good grief, I’m in over my head,’” Bergdahl said, speaking publicly about the incident for the first time. "Suddenly, it really starts to sink in that I really did something bad. Or, not bad, but I really did something serious.”

In May 2014, the Obama administration traded five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl. The move was criticized, as some believe Bergdahl was a deserter.

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