Maddy Crowell is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in The Atavist, The Guardian, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other places. In this episode, we talk about her Columbia Journalism Review piece published earlie

Episode 48, Nicolas Niarchos, "Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red"

Oct 24th, 2023 35m 7s

Nicolas Niarchos is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, and the New York Times, among other places. In this episode, we talk about his Nation piece published earlier this year, "Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making

Episode 47, Sarah Topol, "The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus"

Dec 2nd, 2022 35m 35s

Sarah Topol is a Lisbon-based writer and a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine. Her work has also appeared in Harper's, GQ, and The Atlantic, among other places. In this episode, we talk about her magazine piece published earlier t

Episode 46, Sean Williams, "Guns, Rhymes, God, and Politics: Shyne’s Epic Fall and Rise"

Jul 21st, 2022 36m 20s

Sean Williams is journalist based in Berlin. He's written for Harper's, GQ, The New Republic, and The New Yorker, among other places. He's also co-host of the Underworld podcast. In this episode, we talk about his recent Rolling Stone piece,

Episode 45: Lauren Markham, "‘A disaster waiting to happen’: who was really responsible for the fire at Moria refugee camp?"

Jun 24th, 2022 30m 7s

Lauren Markham is a California-based writer whose work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, among other places. Here is a link to her website, and to The Guardian Longreads piece we discussed.

Episode 44: Zack Kopplin, "The Real War Dogs of Iraq"

Jun 23rd, 2022 46m 4s

Zack Kopplin is a journalist for The Government Accountability Project. His investigative work has been published in the New Republic, The Daily Beast, and The Guardian, among other places. Here are links to the stories we talked about https:/

Episode 43, Joshua Hammer, "The Sopranos of Berlin: A Brutal Crime Family and a Billion Dollar Jewel Heist"

Jun 23rd, 2022 21m 42s

Joshua Hammer is a journalist based in Berlin. His stories have been published in The New Yorker, and Smithsonian among others outlets. Here is a link to his GQ article, "The Sopranos of Berlin: A Brutal Crime Family and a Billion Dollar Jewel

Episode 42, Justin Ling, "The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent"

Jul 22nd, 2021 20m 2s

Justin Ling is a freelance journalist based in Montreal. He's been published in The Guardian, and Vice among others. Here is a link to his Walrus article, "The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent," along with his website, below. https://thewalrus.

Episode 41, Chris Pomorski, "Dr. Opioid"

Jul 17th, 2021 23m 3s

Chris Pomorski is a freelance journalist based in Asheville, North Carolina. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among other places. https://www.chrispomorski.net/

Episode 40, Ariel Sabar, "A Biblical Mystery at Oxford"

Jul 16th, 2021 50m 23s

Ariel Sabar is a magazine journalist and author. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, and Harper's, among other places. He is also the author of four works of non-fiction, the latest of which is, "Ver

Episode 39, Matthew Bremner, "The Death Truck"

Jul 12th, 2021 34m 49s

Matthew Bremner is a journalist who focuses on long-form features. His work has appeared in the The Financial Times, Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Men’s Journal, among other places. Here are links to his website and work: https://matthewe

Episode 38, Avi Asher-Schapiro, "Skin in the Game"

Jun 30th, 2021 27m 58s

Avi Asher-Schapiro is a journalist covering tech & rights for Thomson Reuters Foundation. He wrote "Skin in the Game" for Harper's. He's also written for The Intercept and Vice, among other publications. Here are links to his Twitter feed and a

Episode 37, David Dayen, "Islands in the Stream"

May 27th, 2021 29m 28s

David Dayen is the Executive Editor at The American Prospect. This episode features David talking about his recent cover story, "Islands in the Stream." David has also written a number of books, the most recent of which is, “Monopolized: Life

Episode 36, Joshua Hunt, "This is not a sneaker, it's an asset class"

May 8th, 2021 57m 58s

Joshua Hunt is a freelance magazine journalist who was previously a foreign correspondent in Japan for Reuters. His work has been published in GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek, Wired, and The Atlantic among other places. He also wrote a book, "Univer

Episode 35: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, "Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls?"

Apr 12th, 2021 58m 17s

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and National Geographic among other places. He's also written two books, "The Spy Who Couldn't Spell," and, "The Dinner Se

Episode 34: Darren Loucaides, "The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country," and, "What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country"

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 9m

Darren Loucaides is a writer based in Barcelona. He's published pieces in WIRED, The Guardian Long Reads, and Slate, among others. Here are links to the two stories we discuss in the interview: https://www.wired.com/story/italy-five-star-mov

Episode 33: Seth Hettena, "Erik Prince's Private Wars"

Dec 13th, 2020 29m 32s

Seth Hettena is a freelance journalist based in San Diego. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, and The New Republic among other places. Here's a link to the article: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/erik-prince-libya

Episode 32: Justin Rohrlich, "How a Fake CIA Spy Fooled Everyone and Swindled Millions"

Oct 13th, 2020 28m 44s

Justin Rohrlich is an Emmy-winning journalist. His work has appeared in the Daily Beast, Vice News, Foreign Policy, and Quartz, among other places. Here's a link to the article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-fake-cia-spy-garrison-courtney-

Episode 31: Sierra Crane Murdoch, "Perfect Storm"

Oct 5th, 2020 41m 49s

In this episode, journalist Sierra Crane Murdoch talks about her recent Harper's piece, "Perfect Storm." Sierra's journalism has been published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Atlantic, and High Country News, among other places. She rece

Episode 30: Michael J Mooney, "The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Dog Crate"

Oct 5th, 2020 33m 27s

Michael J. Mooney is a best-selling author. He has written for ESPN the Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, GQ, and Outside to name a few. On this episode, he discusses his Atlantic piece, "The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled He

Episode 29: David Gauvey Herbert, "Boss of the Beach"

Aug 4th, 2020 31m 46s

David Gauvey Herbert is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Longreads, and New York Magazine, among other places. On this episode, he discusses his New York Magazine piece, "Boss of the Beach." Here's a lin

Episode 28: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, "In search of Inigo Philbrick, the disappearing art dealer"

Jul 27th, 2020 39m 50s

This episode features journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis discussing his British GQ piece, "In search of Inigo Philbrick, the disappearing art dealer." Oliver is a magazine journalist whose work has appeared in WIRED, The Guardian, and the New Yo

Episode 27: Samanth Subramanian, "Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But why?"

Jul 27th, 2020 28m 22s

Samanth Subramanian is a journalist and author. On this episode, he discusses his New York Times Magazine piece, "Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But why?" Aside from the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appear

Episode 26: Michael Weiss, "The Hero who Betrayed his Country"

Jun 23rd, 2020 35m 46s

Michael Weiss is a journalist based in New York. On this episode, he talks about his Atlantic piece, "The Hero who betrayed his Country," about a seemingly model Estonian soldier who spied for Russia. Michael writes for The Daily Beast and has

Episode 25: McKenzie Funk, "How ICE Picks its Targets in the Surveillance Age"

Jun 22nd, 2020 59m

In this episode, journalist McKenzie Funk talks about how he reported and wrote his New York Times Magazine story, "How ICE Picks its Targets in the Surveillance Age." McKenzie has written for Harper's, National Geographic, and Outside Magazine