Episode 112: Don Van Natta Jr.
b'Don Van Natta Jr., a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, writes for ESPN and is the author of several books, including Wonder Girl.\\n\\n"The nature of the kind of work I do as an investigative reporter, every story you do is going to get attacked and the tires are going to get kicked. It\\u2019s going to get scrutinized down to every phrase and down to every letter. You have to have multiple sources for key facts on this type of story. We set out to get that and we got it."\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter and Bonobos for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@DVNJr\\nVan Natta Jr. on Longform\\n[3:00] "The Trials of White Boy Rick" (Evan Hughes \\u2022 The Atavist \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[3:00] The Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award\\n[4:00] "His Game, His Rules" (ESPN \\u2022 Mar 2013)\\n[4:00] "Rice Case: Purposeful Misdirection by Team, Scant Investigation by NFL" (with Kevin Van Valkenburg \\u2022 ESPN \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[11:00] "Sources: Rice Told NFL He Hit Fiancee" (ESPN \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[14:00] "Ravens Respond to OTL Story" (ESPN \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[14:00] Steve Bisciotti responds to Van Natta\'s report (Baltimore Ravens)\\n[15:00] "Here\'s Every Edit ESPN Has Made To Its OTL Ray Rice-Ravens Report" (Timothy Burke \\u2022 Deadspin \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[17:00] "Van Natta Defends Ray Rice Report" (ESPN \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[24:00] League of Denial (Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru \\u2022 Crown Archetype \\u2022 2013)\\n[24:00] "League of Denial: The NFL\'s Concussion Crisis" (Frontline \\u2022 2013)\\n[24:00] "N.F.L. Pressure Said to Lead ESPN to Quit Film Project" (James Andrew Miller and Ken Belson \\u2022 The New York Times \\u2022 Aug 2013)\\n[25:00] "The Match Maker" (ESPN \\u2022 Aug 2013)\\n[28:00] "Jerry Football" (ESPN \\u2022 Aug 2014)\\n[43:00] "Questions Linger About Why N.F.L. Destroyed Patriots\\u2019 Tapes" (Greg Bishop \\u2022 The New York Times \\u2022 Dec 2007)\\n[47:00] Wonder Girl (Little, Brown and Company \\u2022 2011)\\n[58:00] "Comfort Inn Hero" (The Miami Herald \\u2022 Aug 1992)\\n[105:00] "The Whistleblower\'s Last Stand" (ESPN \\u2022 Mar 2014)\\n[107:00] "The Half-Time Hero" (Jeff Maysh \\u2022 Howler \\u2022 Oct 2014)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'