One Year: 1990 - Mandrake the Magician

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990, he picked up a paint roller and became an anti-tobacco vigilante. And he did it all under a secret identity.\\n\\nThis episode was written by Josh Levin, One Year\\u2019s editorial director. One Year\\u2019s senior producer is Evan Chung.\\n\\nThis episode was produced by Kelly Jones, Olivia Briley, and Evan Chung. It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate\\u2019s executive producer of narrative podcasts.\\xa0\\n\\nMerritt Jacob is our senior technical director. We had mixing help from Kevin Bendis.\\n\\nJoin\\xa0Slate Plus\\xa0to get a special behind-the-scenes conversation at the end of our season about how we put together our 1990 stories. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'