Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

Science Weekly

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4.2 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished three years ago while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s remote Javari valley. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, investigates what happened to them in a six-part podcast series. Find episode 2 and all future episodes by searching for Missing in the Amazon. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:06.3	Hi, Madeline here.
0:08.1	Today, Science Weekly is bringing you something new.
0:11.7	Episode 1 of a brand new series called Missing in the Amazon,
0:15.8	reported and presented by our Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips.
0:20.7	If you enjoy it, make sure to subscribe to the Missing in the Amazon feed.
0:25.0	There you'll find episode two, as well as all of our award-winning investigative podcasts.
0:31.3	Missing in the Amazon starts right after this.
0:37.9	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:41.1	Good to think Costa Express is always up too.
0:45.2	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:48.0	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:52.7	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:55.4	Oh, you legend.
0:57.8	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:59.5	Should kick in Justin Sanfews to remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
1:03.4	Hmm.
1:04.6	Costa Express.
1:06.0	Quality coffee every time.
1:23.2	The... every time. It's a Sunday morning in June 22, the Amazon jungle.
1:30.6	Forests so dense it can be hard to know if it's night or day.
1:36.0	And teeming with wildlife, most of which you can't see, but you can hear.
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