Journalism Land

Maddy Crowell is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in The Atavist, The Guardian, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other places. In this episode, we talk about her Columbia Journalism Review piece published earlier this year, "The Hacker [https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/runa-sandvik.php]." Check out her website [https://www.maddycrowell.com/] for more information on Maddy and her work.

Nicolas Niarchos is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, and the New York Times, among other places.   In this episode, we talk about his Nation piece published earlier this year, "Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red [https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/indonesia-nickel-pollution-batteries/]."

Sarah Topol is a Lisbon-based writer and a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine. Her work has also appeared in Harper's, GQ, and The Atlantic, among other places. In this episode, we talk about her magazine piece published earlier this year, "The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/magazine/belarus-mural.html]." Check out her website [https://www.sarahatopol.com/] for more information on Sarah and her work.

Sean Williams [https://www.seanwilliamswrites.com/] is journalist based in Berlin. He's written for Harper's, GQ, The New Republic, and The New Yorker, among other places. He's also co-host of the Underworld podcast [https://www.underworldpod.com/].  In this episode, we talk about his recent Rolling Stone piece [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/shyne-rapper-diddy-belize-1352815/], "Guns, Rhymes, God, and Politics: Shyne’s Epic Fall and Rise," in which he profiles former rapper and current Belize politician Shyne Barrow.

Lauren Markham is a California-based writer whose work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, among other places. Here is a link to her website [https://www.laurenmarkham.info/], and to The Guardian Longreads piece [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/21/disaster-waiting-to-happen-moria-refugee-camp-fire-greece-lesbos] we discussed.