If you like Telephone Stories, you'll probably enjoy this one, too: Pull the Thread: The Wild Life takes an unprecedented look at the corrupt, dangerous, and fascinating world of wildlife trade. Undercover recordings, a surburban house stuffed with ivory, and socks bulging with cash: this story is a wild ride. A Kingpin has his downfall as investigative reporter Runako Celina unpacks the complex systems surrounding illegal animal products, including the criminalization of poverty as well as the motivations driving demand. In this tale, nothing is as it initially seems. Listen to episode 1, Untouchable, now.
To hear the rest of the show, go to https://luminary.link/wildlife
CREDITS:
Executive Produced by - Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread)
Host - Runako Celina
Producer - Saskia Collette
Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic
Researcher - Madeleine Parr
Editor - Mythili Rao
Original music composer - Jake Long
Music Supervisor- Nicholas Alexander
Sound designer and mixer - David Smith
Fact checker - Dania Suleman
Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin
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