After spending decades covering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our old friend Yaroslav Trofimov, in 2022, found himself reporting on a bloody conflict in the nation where he'd grown up: Ukraine.
In this week's Whale Hunting podcast I talk to Yaro, one of the world'
Daniel Ortega has led Nicaragua's descent into dictatorship. For a special audio edition of Whale Hunting, reporter Clara Preve spoke to Samantha, an activist who stood up against Ortega's regime and paid the price. Scroll down to skip straight to their conversation.
This week in our weekly roundup, a deep dive into LA train thefts, a new pod on CIA-backed cultural production, a sleeper hit on a Taiwanese crime family and more!