Josh Dean
@joshdean66
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Writer (Bizweek, GQ, Outside); Author (The Taking of K-129; SkunkWorks coming soon-ish); Podcaster (The Clearing/Chameleon/Hooked). Co-Founder: @campsidemedia
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This dude spent 4 years reporting in his spare time to make Brazil’s first breakout true crime hit, Projecto Humanos. It was an honor to share a stage with
@mizanzuk
at
#SpotifyForPodcastersSummit
- now I gotta learn Portuguese so I can actually listen to it!
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My technologically inept father, who is very much alive and well, just accidentally announced his death to all of his friends and relatives by BCCing his entire address book while preparing this announcement for my stepmom to send out — hopefully many years from now.
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Quite possibly the best ever "Sir, this is an Arby's" right here
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157 wins also still in play
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It's always a little scary putting a new thing into the world, but I have a new show that drops today. It's called HOOKED, and it's produced by
@campsidemedia
in partnership with
@AppleTVPlus
and
@ApplePodcasts
. This one has been in my life a long, long time. Let me explain...
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This robbery was outrageous. But the guys who pulled it off -- they're the reason I did this story. What happens to the architects of a masterpiece, when that masterpiece is a crime.
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Yesterday was a big day for
@ChameleonPod
. We woke up to news that
@spotifypodcasts
picked us as one of the 20 best new shows of 2020, and ended the day with news that the Con Queen suspect we unmasked in ch 9 was arrested in the UK. He's now in custody. The scam is finally over!
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Excited to be a part of this excellent
@joeberlinger
series, made with
@RealImagine
and
@RadicalMedia
, coming to
@netflix
next month.
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We won! Huge congrats to
@samsmullins
@AbukarAdan17
@wambamash
@quietguynoises
and Karen Duffin and
@garretttiedeman
for making a fantastic show
Ambie Awards: ‘Chameleon: Wild Boys’ Wins Podcast of the Year
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It's fun when reporting surprises you. I started this story by going out in search of a guy who was very good at bank robbery. It took some twists from there.
“That is the beginning of the heroin epidemic,” Hathaway says.
How a raging heroin addiction fueled a former Boeing engineer’s 14-month, 30-bank robbery spree
via
@BW
@joshdean66
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Watching the Titan thing unfold last week was very strange for me, because the story I was hearing was not the one playing out in public. So I wrote a thing.
@joshdean66
, a journalist with solid contacts in submersibles world, says his sources felt sure almost immediately that the Titan had imploded. Could the media have done a better job of letting us know that this was, by far, the most likely outcome?
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Some personal news: I am apparently writing another book. I have yet to commence research and I am already stressing out about having to ask people for blurbs.
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I've been working on this one a long time. Close to 3 years -- though it sometimes feels like 30. Very proud of the result, and of the magical mix by
@MfMcAdam
, my podcast partner for Con Queen and Hooked, too. This one is very different! Hopefully in mostly good ways.
Campside's first wholly owned podcast premieres today! Hosted by
@joshdean66
, White Devil is about a wealthy woman who is found on a pier in Belize late at night, next to a body...and what happens next.
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Worst kept secret in my family is now out. It feels good to finally share some news that is not terrible! Proud to be building something with these two, and Adam Hoff, who is maybe not on Twitter.
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@AlecMacGillis
@BerkshireEagle
Some of you may recall that my dad — who is very much still alive — emailed his version of this out by accident to his entire address book about two years ago
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Very excited that we can finally talk about what will be
@campsidemedia
's first talk show -- though it's way more than that. Coming ... soon-ish, and hosted by some Twitter influencer named
@RexChapman
.
Psst.
I can’t wait to guide you all through the wild, incredibly unique, and often hilarious world of sports team/franchise owners.
OWNED is coming soon from
#SmartLess
Media
@SmartLess
,
@campsidemedia
, &
@wonderymedia
. A team effort.
Be on the lookout…
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So the final ep of HOOKED is live. You can now binge the entire series
@ApplePodcasts
. I've never spent so long on a story. I was talking to Tony before The Clearing came out and while we were chasing the Con Queen, for
@campsidemedia
's first show (cont'd)
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Bittersweet day, sharing the final episode of our show. Thus concludes really 3 years of work, and I'm very proud of what we did. Please listen if you haven't. And thank you if you have.
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Whoa, actual book! This is seeming very real! (Please preorder before the nuclear apocalypse! )
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Trump is such an unhinged, pathological liar that he lied TO THE CIA on LIVE TV about the pathetic size of his inauguration crowd
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@jon_menjivar
@mollylambert
I buy them on eBay, paint them, and use them on my extremely large pool table.
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You can find the show here, on Apple podcasts. Thanks for reading. Please listen! If you like what we made, please rate and review. Thanks!
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Look, ma, we're on a billboard! (For like 10 seconds of every hour, if you happen to be at 47th and 7th!)
White Devil, our first-ever Campside Original, gets the big screen treatment in Times Square. Thank you
@amazonmusic
! Listen now on
@playmorepods
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Yes! It lives! Listen and follow now! Starting with Rex and Russell Crowe, who saved his childhood fave rugby team from ruin….
We're talking all things Rabbitohs with Russell Crowe
@russellcrowe
on my new show
#Owned
!
Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts…
@SmartLessMedia
#SmartLessMedia
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Congrats to the formidable
@mizanzuk
who I met in Brazil in 2019, after he had DIY produced a hit investigative podcast. Very proud to have
@campsidemedia
w/ him for this, our 1st foreign language show, in which he may have solved another notorious crime
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Extremely proud to FINALLY be sharing this with the world.
@campsidemedia
’s first talk show, which takes you inside one of the most exclusive clubs on earth. Hosted by the great
@RexChapman
in partnership with
@SmartLess
and
@WonderyMedia
.
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Psyched to print and hang this signed print of the Azorian painting from the
@CIA
art collection at Langley. (You can read about that gallery, by
@GrayManActual
, here: )
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86 Mets had the best drugs
I'm gonna be thinking about this for months
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Chameleon was our first show and franchise. It will always be special to me. And this is such an incredible new show and story from the great
@SamSMullins
and
@AbukarAdan17
When two half-starved boys wander out of the forest, a small Canadian town is never the same. Join our host, Sam Mullins, as he uncovers the answers his town has wondered about all these years.
Chameleon: Wild Boys is out NOW!
Start listening:
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tbh this one hits a little too close to home
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(Thread alert) Today, the first show from our new company,
@campsidemedia
comes out. It's called
@ChameleonPod
and it's the story of this really bizarre scam that's been haunting Hollywood for years now. A little over a year ago, I got a call from a couple guys in Hollywood...
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@taffyakner
A quote I heard/like: Being drunk doesn’t make you an asshole; it makes it impossible to hide fact that you’re an asshole. Ditto power.
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Hey now, this is cool, fun, and a huge honor! Big thanks to the Hooked team
@MfMcAdam
@michellemlanz
@elizvanbrocklin
and Cierra Franco, who I think is not on Twitter. And to
@KyleWasserman
@AppleTVPlus
and
@ApplePodcasts
The
#Ambies
nominees are in! Here are the nominees for Podcast of The Year!
@thelunar_co
@benbrick
@HYHGP
@BBCSounds
@BillSimmons
@ViacomCBS
@davidkushner
@UCP
@dtaberski
@pineapplemedia
@joshdean66
@LemonadaMedia
@SPIEGELandGRAU
@pushkinpods
@slightchangepod
@religionofsport
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A whole new season of Suspect, featuring the return of MC
@matthewshaer
on the mic. Just an incredible story of justice gone awry, featuring one of the coolest law classes in all the land, led by
@larabazelon
A new season means a new
#Suspect
to uncover. Calling all
#Suspect
fans,
@campsidemedia
's latest season, Five Shots in the Dark, is available now. 👀
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Gonna put this "top news" from Twitter in a time capsule so the aliens will know why we all fled earth.
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Today in unbelievable moments of military history: Here's a story I wrote about the time the US was willing to go to war over a poplar tree.
About sums it up: “Nukes in the air...crazy guys with mines on their chests yelling at the North Koreans to come on over, the KPA less than 100 meters away with machine guns trained on us, and me and my buddies are standing around with ax handles and .45s”
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We have a new show! And it's SO GOOD! It's an Audible show, so you'll need a subscription, but this would be a great reason to try it out! Just incredibly exciting and moving work here by
@lindskilbride
@wambamash
@AbukarAdan17
and the great Sean Flynn.
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Trust me, folks: This is a show you are going to want to subscribe and listen to!
In 2003, two half-starved boys emerged from the wilderness, and were cared for by a small Canadian town, but there was a problem – they weren't who they said they were.
Listen to the trailer for our new season of Chameleon: Wild Boys and subscribe here!
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Introducing season 1 of
@campsidemedia
's latest franchise, THE EVAPORATED, with
@SonyPodcasts
, hosted by
@jakeadelstein
and Shoko Plambeck. Coming December 12!
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Exciting news for fans of
@ChameleonPod
. Can't wait to see what
@willgluckwhat
and
@noahpink
do with this.
Hollywood Con Queen Subject Of eOne Will Gluck/Noah Pink Scripted Series & Unscripted Docuseries Based On ‘Chameleon’ Podcast That Unmasked Scammer
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This was fun. I promise it's the best story yet about a crackhead who invented a pillow & became an infomercial star
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Friends, my book is out today. Please pick it up. Among other things, you'll read about a time when we took the Russian threat v seriously
On sale now:
@joshdean66
's TAKING OF K-129, an incredible true tale of espionage—think Hunt for Red October & Argo!
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I love his little crocheted lucha libre mask RT
@physicsgeek
:
@scifri
The clown face spider is just horrifying:
http://t.co/fXjIvk8mey
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New podcast alert! Our first
@HBO
companion project, to accompany an amazing new show from our friends at
@sisterglobal
. Great work from producer
@JoBarratt
and our host
@c_crampton
, with an assist by
@nataliawinke
Our companion podcast for
#Landscapers
, a new four-part TV drama from
@sisterglobal
for HBO and Sky, is out now!
Watch the show on Monday nights and listen to the podcast on Tuesdays here:
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It should have been a recumbent bike RT
@DVNJr
: Victory lap.
http://t.co/m2t2KYJW86
(photo via
@WorldofIsaac
)”
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I wouldn't want to do it every month, but reporting, writing, and closing a feature in 48 hours is quite an exercise
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Here's Hargobind Tahilramani -- back when he was pretending to be a food world influencer in London. He hired a photographer to take his portrait. Photo by Samuel Hauenstein Swan who, remarkably, actually got paid!
Yesterday, we released our show's final episode. Today, we're sharing an exclusive new photo of the Con Queen suspect.
Don't miss Chapter 10.5––an epilogue that shares new details about the suspect's unusual life. Listen here:
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@pamelacolloff
I failed at this twice, and am now TRYING to be diligent about this on the third attempt, but track the sources as you go, in footnotes or whatever. I'm using Scrivener and putting them in comments. But then of course there are days when I completely forget.
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We fell into a very deep rabbit hole here. Coming Oct 1. Check out the trailer! Chameleon: Hollywood Con...
@Stitcher
In just a couple of weeks, the first podcast from Campside Media goes live. It's got it all: a wild scam, a wily con artist, a handful of the biggest names in Hollywood, and some dogged detective work from
@joshdean66
+
@vanessagrigor
. Set your calendars:
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This idea of impersonating celebrities for no obvious purpose sounds familiar. The Con Queen may have a very long tail...
@ChameleonPod
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Has anyone ever reached Unmatched Sock Pile Zero? I think a lot about what this must be like. I bet it’s glorious.
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All this talk about "the My Pillow guy" Mike Lindell visiting the White House means it's probably a good time to revisit this, his origin story. Wrote this 4 years ago. Feels like 40.
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@BradfordPearson
Seriously, they could have run this guy and he would have won in a rout. (Actually, dammit: I decided to check on him before posting this and Pedals was apparently hit by a car?! RIP, Pedals.)
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Check out the NYT, just giving away children’s book ideas here.
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Chameleon season 2 is here! Two episodes live now! Congrats
@trevoraaronson
and
@vanessagrigor
for bringing us an entirely new wild tale...
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@adamwren
@JoshRoiland
@dankaufman70
I would never argue that DFW is above rebuke — or even that all of his non-fiction is 100% accurate — but how can you challenge a guy’s “journalism” and then fail to find and interview the key figure here: his fact checker?
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Okay, I think that's it. Please subscribe to the show here and, if you like it, rate and review. This isn't just a podcast cliché. It really does help. And if you don't like it, well, we have more shows coming down the line. Fin.
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I can’t decide which of the 500 tributes to RT, bc they are all worthy and also … somehow not enough? Grant was as real as it gets, as a human and a journalist. Kind and fearless, as well as genuine, in a business that tends to only reward one of those things. RIP, friend.
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Spectacular. Stick with it for the twist ending.
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It's true! Coming (gulp) tomorrow!
Out tomorrow by
@joshdean66
: "The Taking of K-129" Go get a copy if you like spy/Cold War stories or just good books
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The relentless popularity of Andy Borowitz at the New Yorker dot com is really challenging my assumptions about intellectuals.
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So this is extremely cool if you (like so many people, myself included), have a Blackbird obsession.
For those of you who are incurable SR-71/YF-12 fans...a little bit of Lockheed Love....A Code One article and a pdf of Kelly Johnson's original "white paper"....
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Which reminds me to say this: Our show, The Clearing launches today. Find episodes 1 and 2 wherever you get podcasts. We put a lot of work into bringing this story to life. Going on 3 years for me. Here's a link:
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If I hadn’t dedicated my first book,
Show Dog, to my mom, I would have dedicated it to Fred Willard. Best in Show was obviously the inspiration and he was just so good — in there and everywhere.
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A really important show, made with another exciting journalism start-up
@LongLead
, and hosted by the great Garrett Graff (
@vermontgmg
). Very proud of this, and of the work of the team, led by Ryan Sweikert, who is either not on Twitter, or just lurking behind a burner.
Incredibly excited to launch the new season of my
@LongLead
podcast into the world today—across seven episodes we explore the rise of the modern far-right, from the KKK to Ruby Ridge, Waco, the Bundy ranch, and the steps of the US Capitol. Subscribe here:
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Chameleon season 4 is live! And it’s a banger! Subscribe now for another wild investigation— and the soothing baritone of
@yudhijit
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@BradfordPearson
It's impossible to be afraid when I am long-striding with the flair of 1984 Olympic 10K silver medalist Mike McLeod.
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Episode 4 of Hooked is now live. And this one is a father-son story unlike anything you’ve heard before!
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Happy launch day to our latest show, Friendly Fire, which is season 2 of our
@SonyPodcasts
franchise Witnessed, reported and hosted by the great Sean Flynn, and produced by the equally great
@lindskilbride
. It's a really nuanced crime story, 14 years in the making. Listen now!
Introducing Witnessed: Friendly Fire.
When a K-9 officer in the Scott County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Department winds up dead at the hands of his partner, a grieving widow takes it upon herself to untangle the truth from the lies.
Listen to Episode 1 now:
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In particular, the work of
@BarryMeier
,
@papergirlmacy
,
@praddenkeefe
,
@EricEyre
,
@CEBismuth
and so many others....
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Whether or not she wins, millions of Americans voted for a soulless serial rapist with absolutely no ideas or principles.
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It's true! I wrote a book! And I'll try not to talk about it too much - at least not until late summer, when it becomes a real thing.
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If you're in or near Ann Arbor and want to see me talk Azorian with some of the project engineers -- all of them Wolverines -- we'll be at the Ford Library on Thursday at noon.
This Hughes Glomar Explorer model lives
@MHLatUM
but come to the Ford Library 10/11 at noon to learn the real story behind this amazing vessel. Author Josh Dean & NAME alums who worked on this top secret mission will share their stories from the unbelievable Project Azorian.
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On the other hand, it's just a new version of a story so many Americans could tell — about a pill, prescribed by a doctor, that blew up their lives. Tony's lucky in that he lived through this. But he lost a lot. I know the opioid crisis seems so huge, almost abstract ...
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Yesterday, the Sacklers were allowed to walk with their fortunes, and no other punishment. Meanwhile, there are SO MANY stories like this...of lives ruined.
I’m thinking of firefighter Troy Lubinski, who killed himself last year when he couldn’t survive his opioid addiction. That’s Stephanie, who has cancer now; she wrote Judge Drain a letter begging him to make the Sacklers feel the pain her family felt from Troy’s death.
#NoJustice
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This would fall under Some Professional News....More than two years in the making. We're excited to share it with people, finally, next Thursday.
The Clearing. My first show with
@pineapplemedia
is almost here. Hosted by reporter
@joshdean66
and in association with
@Gimletmedia
.
Premieres July 18. Subscribe and catch the trailer now:
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It's an honor to follow in the very deep digital footsteps of
@dtaberski
, who made the first-ever Apple Original, with The Line ... and I really hope this show adds something important to the collection of incredible journalism about the epidemic, Purdue, and the Sacklers...
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He wasn't some career criminal, or mastermind. He was an engineer at Boeing -- or, he had been one -- until he hurt his back, and was given Oxycontin by his doctor. I think you see where this is going. Tony ended up on heroin, living in a car, with his son ...
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New show coming soon! (This is not an April Fool’s joke)
Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch drops April 1st!
@thisislarrison
returns to her Mississippi hometown to reexamine an unsolved cold case – the murder of her grandmother, Presh.
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People who hear his story will come out of this with a very different understanding of the hell one company unleashed upon America. And you'll think differently about addicts and addiction...about why the people you read about in the news ended up doing bad things...
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New show! Next week! Why the hell did Trump pick Waco? That answer, and a whole lot more, from the great
@vermontgmg
How did America get the far right so wrong? What will it take now to get it right?
LONG SHADOW, season 2, hosted by Garrett Graff (
@vermontgmg
) and co-produced by
@LongLead
and
@CampsideMedia
, premieres April 12.
Follow here
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This was a pretty small news story I found, and there wasn't much to it beyond those facts, which surprised me. This felt like a missed opportunity. So I wrote to the guy, whose name is Tony Hathaway. A week or so later, he wrote back from prison, and told me the real story...
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Yesterday, I watched Brazil vs Mexico with
#USMNT
legend Cobi Jones. Today, I wrote about it for GQ.
http://t.co/vfysC2USw0
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Everyone talks about Hollywood but I’m pretty sure the two dominant industries in LA are donuts and valet parking.
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Plus
@will_peischel
,
@cal_hitchcock
, Cierra Franco,
@DougSlawin
and Rod Sherwood. Also to
@KyleWasserman
and the whole crew at
@AppleTVPlus
, as well as
@zkahn
and the PR/marketing crew...
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