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Episode 3: David Grann

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Education, Books, Arts, News

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2012

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

David Grann, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks with Max Linsky. Show notes: @davidgrann davidgrann.com Grann on Longform "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (Amazon) "Crimetown, U.S.A." (The New Republic • July 2000) "The Yankee Comandante" (New Yorker • May 2012) "The Squid Hunter" (New Yorker • May 2004) "Trial By Fire" (New Yorker • Sep 2009) "The Chameleon" (New Yorker • Aug 2008) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Support for this episode comes from Zell.

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which means they're finding millions of new victims every single year.

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For starters, Zell wants to remind you, only send money to people you know and

0:36.7

trust.

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0:40.9

Terms and conditions apply.

0:48.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan. Cripto is like the financial system but different.

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0:54.9

credit school or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:58.7

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1:03.8

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

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Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

1:09.8

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. Welcome to the long form podcast. I am Aaron Lamer. I'm here with my co-host Max Linsky and

1:27.6

Evan Ratliff. Today on the program, Max Lky talked to David Grant.

1:34.1

So for anyone who doesn't know who David is, he is a staff writer at the New Yorker.

1:38.9

He's also an author of the Law City of Z, which actually grew out of a New Yorker story about the Amazon and he has a collection the Devil and Sherlock Holmes

1:47.0

All of us are huge fans it would be almost fair to say this entire podcast was one long con for us to get to talk to David

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