Weekender: Syria, Spies and Succession Problems

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Brazen Weekender! I'm Megan, a producer at Project Brazen, and this is the newsletter where I share what the team has been watching, reading, and listening to this week. Today, I've got a grisly but riveting podcast to share, as well as a new Netflix spy thriller and plenty of long reads to get stuck into. But before we get started, I quickly wanted to let you know that the final episode of our newest podcast, The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy, and Madness, comes out on Monday. It's a close look at the life and mysterious death of Mark Lombardi, a conceptual artist who exposed corruption in a way nobody else could. If you haven’t already listened, you have just enough time to catch up on the story before the grand finale. And if you’d like to support us, you can get a discount on merch by using the code ILLUMINATOR15 at checkout.

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