Episode 499: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 2:27 p.m.

b'Yudhijit Bhattacharjee is a contributing writer for\\xa0National Geographic\\xa0and the\\xa0New York Times Magazine. His new podcast is\\xa0Chameleon: Scam Likely.\\n\\u201cI want a crumpled piece of paper where there are enough ridges and valleys and lines for me to be able to navigate, and they have to be authentic. And then of course the best stories among them will have surprise and intrigue, and things that are completely unexpected happen somewhere along the way. But it\'s hard to anticipate all of that. You still have to have a little bit of faith.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@Yudhijit\\n\\nyudhijit.com\\n\\nBhattacharjee on Longform\\n\\nBhattacharjee\\u2019s\\xa0National Geographic\\xa0archive\\n\\nBhattacharjee\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n03:00\\xa0"Who\\u2019s Making All Those Scam Calls?"\\xa0(New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Jan 2021)\\n\\n06:00\\xa0"The Downfall of India\\u2019s Kidney Kingpin"\\xa0(Discover Magazine \\u2022 Aug 2010)\\n\\n09:00\\xa0Natalie Angier\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n\\n09:00\\xa0George Johnson\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n\\n09:00\\xa0Gina Kolata\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n\\n18:00\\xa0Bhattacharjee\\u2019s\\xa0Science\\xa0archive\\n\\n\\n26:00\\xa0"The Man Who Captures Criminals for the D.E.A. by Playing Them"\\xa0(New Yorker \\u2022 July 2018)\\n\\n29:00\\xa0"My Father and Me: A Spy Story"\\xa0(GQ \\u2022 June 2012)\\n\\n29:00\\xa0The Spy Who Couldn\\u2019t Spell\\xa0(Penguin Random House \\u2022 2016)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'