On a January night in 1978, a white light burned through the sub-Arctic sky. It was Cosmos 954, a nuclear-powered Soviet espionage satellite that had malfunctioned and fallen to earth. As the satellite disintegrated, it scattered dangerously ra

Bonus

New Series: The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh

Jan 4th, 2023 3m 12s

Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running “the world’s happiest company” for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedica

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Bonus – Interview with Michelle Nijhuis

Dec 12th, 2022 27m 49s

Helen interviews award-winning environmental journalist and author, Michelle Nijhuis about wildlife crime, protecting Paddlefish, and the history of the modern conservation movement.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad

Special Preview Episode: Elizabeth the First. The Taylor Burton Show

Dec 8th, 2022 30m 56s

Here’s your special preview episode of the new series Elizabeth the First – about the remarkable life of Elizabeth Taylor.In our preview, Elizabeth Taylor meets Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra. And the rest is Hollywood History.Headl

The Real Black Market | Chapter 7

Dec 5th, 2022 31m 48s

Making her final visit to Warsaw, Helen learns about the aftermath of Operation Roadhouse. She discovers an uncertain, but hopeful future for this vulnerable fish and the communities who care about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p

Bait and Switch | Chapter 6

Nov 28th, 2022 32m 45s

An old friend helps Helen shed some light on the shady side of the caviar industry. Meanwhile, a visit to a lawyer in the Hampton’s causes Helen to question everything she’s been told about this case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po

The Caviar Mafia | Chapter 5

Nov 21st, 2022 29m 1s

Who was pulling the paddlefish poachers’ strings? Helen zeroes in on some of Roadhouse’s biggest suspects, but is also forced to confront a troubling question from her own past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi

Operation Roadhouse | Chapter 4

Nov 14th, 2022 27m 53s

Back in Missouri, Helen lands a meeting with a top conservation official. She gets the inside scoop on why Operation Roadhouse was launched and how it was executed.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Expensive Taste | Chapter 3

Nov 7th, 2022 29m 16s

Why would criminals travel halfway across the world to the Ozarks in search of fish eggs? To answer that question, we need to travel back in time to Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, to understand how caviar became such a coveted and valuabl

Spanky DeFriese | Chapter 2

Oct 31st, 2022 32m 13s

Helen realizes that to get to the truth, she needs to start fishing where the fish are. Immersing herself in Warsaw’s ‘snagging’ culture, Helen discovers that this town has fallen prey to Paddlefish poachers before.Learn more about your ad cho

Fish Guts on the Roadside | Chapter 1

Oct 23rd, 2022 30m 24s

Journalist Helen Hollyman arrives in Warsaw, Missouri determined to solve the mystery of how a suspected international caviar poaching ring infiltrated this small midwest town to steal its most prized possession. When fish guts start appearing

Trailer

Teaser: The Paddlefish Caviar Heist - Series Premieres October 24

Oct 7th, 2022 5m 19s

Warsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of just over 2,000 people in the American Midwest. Locally it’s known as the “quiet end of the Lake of the Ozarks.” Very few realize that it’s the paddlefish capital of the world. But when a new group ar

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