Episode 240: Scott Eden Pans for, Finds Gold in his Atavist Story ‘The Gilded Age’

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By Brendan O’Meara

Scott Eden returns to the show to talk about his incredible and ambitious piece for The Atavist titled “The Guilded Age.”

This extra interview in your feed is part of a new partnership with The Atavist where I interview that month’s featured writer about that month’s story to provide readers and listeners some extra depth to the experience.

In this very first one with The Atavist, Scott talks about:

  • Developing sources as an investigative reporter
  • How COVID affected this story … right at the very end
  • Finding a new angle on something that was already covered
  • And that moment when a machete was brandished in Peru

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