Episode 3: David Grann, staff writer at The New Yorker.

"You don't always know all the answers. I think that's what kinda makes life interesting. The thing that makes these stories real, while they are in some ways unfathomable, [is that] there's an uneasiness of certitude. Because there are things that are not always known, there are elements of doubt, and that can be very haunting...In some of the stories, you get as close as you can to all you know—and then there are parts that elude you."

Show notes and links:

1. "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (Amazon)
2. "Crimetown, U.S.A." (The New Republic • July 2000)
3. "The Yankee Comandante" (New Yorker • May 2012)
4. "The Squid Hunter" (New Yorker • May 2004)
5. "Trial By Fire" (New Yorker • Sep 2009)
6. "The Chameleon" (New Yorker • Aug 2008)
7. davidgrann.com
8. @davidgrann
9. Grann on Longform