Episode 151: Ian Urbina

Published: July 29, 2015, 4:41 p.m.

Ian Urbina, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, just published "The Outlaw Ocean," a four-part series on crime in international waters.\n\n\u201cIt is a tribe. It has its norms, its language, and its jealousies. I approached it almost as a foreign country that happened to be disparate, almost a nomadic or exiled population. And one that has extremely strict hierarchies\u2014you know when you\u2019re on a ship that the captain is God.\u201d\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and Casper for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@ian_urbina\nUrbina's New York Times archive\n[5:00] Review Longform Podcast in iTunes\n[17:00] "Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship" (The New York Times \u2022 July 2015)\n[18:00] "'Sea Slaves': The Human Misery that Feeds Pets and Livestock" (The New York Times \u2022 July 2015)\n[19:00] "A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vigilantes" (The New York Times \u2022 July 2012)\n[24:00] Lloyd's List\n[27:00] "Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free" (The New York Times \u2022 July 2014)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices