Whatever happened to Julian Assange?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
A few years back, Julian Assange was a household name in the West. The founder and face of Wikileaks, one of the world's most well-known destinations for leaks of classified information, Assange was hailed as a hero by some and a villain by others. And, whether you think he's a soldier in the war for transparency or some sort of super-villain, there's no denying that many people in power wanted him neutralized by any means possible. In our last episode, we left Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he'd been living, and fighting extradition charges, for several years. Then he seemed to disappear from the headlines. So what happened?
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| 0:00.0 | Three years ago, I got a tip. |
| 0:02.1 | It just came out out of nowhere. |
| 0:03.5 | The biggest flash in my life. |
| 0:05.2 | For decades, a deadly incident has been covered up for political reasons. |
| 0:09.6 | What was so big about this incident? |
| 0:12.9 | On NPR's new podcast, Taking Cover, we unravel the story behind the worst |
| 0:17.2 | marine-on-marine-friendly fire in modern history and why it was kept secret. |
| 0:21.8 | What did you have to hide? |
| 0:23.8 | Listen to Taking Cover on NPR's embedded on the iHeart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, |
| 0:33.1 | the island of Kotao looks like a postcard. |
| 0:37.3 | I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister. |
| 0:41.3 | In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island. |
| 0:46.4 | A dark cloud who's come over the island. |
| 0:49.6 | Death, mystery, and danger. |
| 0:52.8 | Listen to Death Island on the iHeart radio app or wherever you get your favorite shows. |
| 0:57.7 | And if you want early access to new episodes and to hear exclusive bonus content, |
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| 1:10.4 | Picture Miami. |
| 1:12.2 | Picture its beaches. |
| 1:14.0 | Picture three radio journeys. |
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