This podcast is a brilliant work of science communication that touches the clinical of science while reaching across the aisle to the humanity of it all.
This podcast is wrapped up in mystery and emotion. It is about the feeling of the journey, the mystery of it all, and the wonder of discovery. Every episode is masterfully crafted, with a hook at the end to get you sucked right into the next one.
What originally seems like a tragic, true crime story for the ages, turns into a corruption reality that reaches to the heights of the El Salvadoran government.
So I am reviewing this podcast not just because it’s great, and from a local radio station*, but also because it’s like coming home to damp earth, fresh air, and great conversation.
I think my age and aspects of my natural curiosity leaned me away from America in the 80s to the early oughts, which is what happens to most children when they’re dreaming about being astronauts and movie stars. Long Shadow taught me a lot about those blindspots and what I had been missing