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History Daily

Saturday Matinee: Avenger

History Daily

Airship | Noiser | Wondery

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4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we follow the daring investigation of Argentinian journalist, Miriam Lewin, who survived torture as a teenager and now wants to bring her tormentors to justice.



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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:10.5

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0:27.2

You know how they say truth is stranger than fiction?

0:28.5

There's a corollary.

0:30.9

Truth is more gruesome than fiction, too.

0:35.8

For instance, here's some promotional copy for what sounds like a Hollywood thriller.

0:44.1

It's 1977 Argentina. The military has seized power. Miriam Lewin is 19 years old, an activist and a target of a brutal dictatorship. She'll spend two years in prison, but

0:49.3

Miriam is one of the lucky ones. Her fellow prisoners will be tossed from airplanes to their deaths

0:54.8

on the infamous death flights. Three decades later, Miriam is a respected investigative journalist.

1:00.9

She steadfastly avoided doing stories about the death flights, the subject being too painful,

1:06.6

until a phone call from an Italian photojournalist changes everything.

1:13.2

It's harrowing, edge-of-your-seat stuff, and it's not fiction.

1:17.9

On today's Saturday matinee, we're bringing you the first episode from the new podcast

1:22.2

Avenger about one journalist's quest to hold accountable those responsible for

1:27.3

unspeakable atrocities.

1:29.1

I hope you enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow Avenger.

1:33.9

We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

1:41.4

Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondry's American Scandal.

1:45.0

Our latest series tells the story of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster,

1:48.9

which killed seven astronauts, including teacher Krista McColliffe,

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