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Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
The official companion podcast to National Geographic’s eight-part series, Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. Join investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller after each episode as she sits down with former black market operators to hear the story of their rise, fall, boom and bust. These intimate, honest and empathetic conversations pull back the curtain on the global underworld and reveal how the people operating these trafficking rings are more like us than we realize. How did they get pulled to the dark side? What was it like to live the outlaw lifestyle? And, how did it end?
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4.9 stars from 220 ratings
“The content is fascinating but there some. strange issues with the production of the podcast. There are places that simultaneous audio tracks and some sound effects are super loud in comparison to the spoken voices.”
I-66 Commuter via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/11/21
Definitely one of my favorites...
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“Excellent companion piece that expands on the show with more excellent reporting of intriguing topics and characters. Marianna does a perfect job of delivering a substantive telling of stories that I have found to often fall flat in the past. The analysis goes much further than other shows I’ve...”Read full review »
allansmw520 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/08/21
A must listen to.
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“I’m thoroughly enjoying the television show so I decided to check out the podcast. It’s one of the best investigative journalism podcast I’ve ever listened to. Thank you for making this!”
KyleN32 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/07/21
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