Bonus Episode: Evan Ratliff

Published: April 29, 2016, 3:57 p.m.

b'Evan Ratliff, a co-host of the Longform Podcast, discusses"The Mastermind,\\u201d his new 7-part serialized story in The Atavist Magazine.\\n\\n\\u201cOn several occasions [sources] didn\\u2019t want to go into the details of how they were identified. They were just like, \\u2018My safety is in your hands. Just be careful.\\u2019 And I didn\\u2019t really know what to do with that. I was sort of trying to balance what to include and what not to include and trying to make these decisions. Will Paul Le Roux know it\\u2019s this person? It\\u2019s impossible to know. I tried to err on the side of caution, but there\\u2019s no ethics hotline you can call and be like, \\u2018What do I do in this situation?\\u2019\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to our friends at\\xa0MailChimpfor\\xa0making today\'s episode possible.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'