Weekender: Diamonds, Duterte, and Techno-Utopians

By Megan Dean

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Brazen Weekender, the newsletter stacked with recommendations for what to watch, read, and listen to this week. I'm Megan, a producer at Project Brazen, and today I'm sharing a podcast on Australia's richest person and a glossy new Netflix docuseries—plus long reads on Philippines’ president Rodrigo Duterte and a true crime mystery. Enjoy!

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