Ian Urbina - The Outlaw Ocean

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Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Piracy. Gunrunning. Human trafficking. The harvest of endangered animals. Vigilantes pursuing justice. All happening in a world most of us know nothing about: the open ocean. This week, I sat down with Ian Urbina for an episode unique in the ManTalks canon. It’s my belief that cultivating or embodying the healthy masculine (or feminine) has to involve both inner and outer work, and a big part of outer work is being aware of what’s happening in--or happening to--the world. Ian’s expertise, passion, and concern for this darker corner of human life was readily apparent to me. It was an honor to talk to him. Ian Urbina, a former investigative reporter for the New York Times, is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on reporting about environmental and human rights crimes at sea. Listen in to hear about what it was like to chase one of INTERPOL’s most wanted ships, how “labor brokers” kidnap men (and boys) to work on ships, and how shame and pride perpetuate the dangers present on the high seas. Share your takeaways with me! Leave a rating or review, or hit me up on Insta @mantalks Connect with Ian Website: https://www.theoutlawocean.com Facebook: @ianurbinareporter Instagram: @ian_urbina Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Connor Beaton, and this is the man talk show, training for men and answers for women.
0:16.2	Now, joining me today is Ian Urbina.
0:18.9	He is an investigative reporter based in Washington. His most recent stories,
0:24.1	The Outlaw Ocean, chronicles a diversity of crimes offshore, including the killing of stowaways,
0:30.8	sea slavery, intentional dumping, illegal fishing, the stealing of ships, gun running, standing of crew and murder with impunity.
0:40.6	He has reported from Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East, much of the
0:46.5	time spent on fishing ships. Mr. Urbina has also written extensively on criminal justice issues,
0:54.0	including stories about the use of
0:56.1	prisoners for pharmaceutical experiments, immigrant detainees working unpaid, solitary confinement
1:02.8	in immigration detention facilities, and the dependence of the U.S. Defense Department on
1:08.4	prison-based labor. Several of his stories have been made into
1:12.6	feature films. In 2008, he was also the member of a team of reporters that broke the story about
1:18.9	then-Governor Elliott Spitzer of New York and his use of prostitutes, a series of stories for which
1:25.2	the New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.
1:29.2	In 2016, he won a Polk Award for the Outlaw Ocean Series and several other awards
1:34.8	for a series called Drilling Down about fracking.
1:38.1	Before joining the New York Times in 2003, he was in a doctoral program in history and anthropology at the University of Chicago,
1:46.7	where he specialized on Cuba. So, I mean, just a few things here. He's Emmy nominated. He's the
1:54.3	founder of a nonprofit called the Outlaw Project, which is dedicated to producing journalism
1:59.6	about the environmental human rights and
2:02.2	labor concerns that exist offshore and around the world.
2:05.5	He's a Pulitzer Prize winner, an accomplished long-distance runner.
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