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Publications

Epic

World Health Religion

The Haunting of Girlstown

A mysterious outbreak. Hundreds of stricken schoolgirls. Was it an illness, or was something darker to blame?

Daniel Hernandez Epic May 2020 25min Permalink

Media

What Goes Up

How a daredevil helicopter pilot helped birth modern news.

Jack Hitt Epic Jul 2017 50min Permalink

History

Unfathomable

How sunken treasure and a sibling rivalry led Charles and John Deane to invent modern deep-sea diving.

James Nestor Epic Nov 2016 30min Permalink

Tech

Silicon Is Just Sand

Scenes from the Los Angeles tech boom.

Stephen Elliot Epic Jul 2016 Permalink

Crime

Pipino: Gentleman Thief

Magicians, mafiosos, a missing painting and the heist of a lifetime.

Joshua Davis, David Wolman Epic Oct 2014 35min Permalink

Crime World

The Mercenary

Roy Petersen was blind in one eye, had two replaced hips, and was twice divorced. His job was to solve a gold mine robbery case in the Peruvian Andes. He would need some help.

Joshua Davis Epic Aug 2013 Permalink