The Best of Project Brazen, 2022

We had a busy year at Project Brazen! Here's some of our favorite work. If you like what you hear, subscribe to Brazen Presents wherever you get your podcasts and stayed tuned for our new shows dropping in 2023.

We had a busy year at Project Brazen! Here's some of our favorite work. If you like wha... more

Curated bySusie Armitage, Podcaster

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"I know who you are."

Corinna has a tense run-in with Queen Sofia, her lover's wife. This is the unbelievable true story of a love affair that brought the Spanish royal family to its knees.

Corinna and The King

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"I am the king. I can do whatever I want."

King Juan Carlos is injured on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana and evacuated back to Spain on his ex-lover Corinna's private plane. After they land, the story of their affair breaks – and the Spanish royal family will never be the same.

"I am the king. I can do whatever I want."

Corinna and The King

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"People just vanished."

Alex, a Ukrainian refugee from the city of Kherson, talks about life under Russian occupation and how he finally made his escape.

Hidden Worlds

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"We just had sticks."

Childhood friends Alexandr and Vitalii tell the story of how they defended their hometown of Borodyanka against the Russian invasion. They lacked proper weapons — but not bravery.

Hidden Worlds

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"I feel so elder. I feel I'm not around 22 years old... maybe 30 or 44."

Ogai, a young journalist who fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took control in 2021, reflects on her new life as a refugee in Ireland.

"I feel so elder. I feel I'm not around 22 years old... maybe 30 or 44."

Kabul Falling

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"I was nobody, just a number, just a refugee."

As Taliban fighters patrol the streets of a newly recaptured Kabul, Afghan journalist Fatima leaves her apartment for the last time.

"I was nobody, just a number, just a refugee."

Hidden Worlds

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Disgraced US Navy contractor "Fat Leonard" goes on the run

Just three weeks before he was due to be sentenced by a San Diego court, Leonard fled house arrest, triggering a major manhunt in the US. Project Brazen co-founder Tom Wright discusses how the notorious fraudster may have made his daring escape.

Fat Leonard

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How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive?

Bradley Hope recounts his first encounter with Adrian Hong, who led an underground organization to undermine the Kim Jong-un regime by helping top North Korean diplomats defect.

How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive?

Hidden Worlds

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What does "My Body My Choice" mean in the Middle East?

How do the new restrictions on abortion in the U.S. impact the battle for reproductive rights in the rest of the world?

What does "My Body My Choice" mean in the Middle East?

People Like Us

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Curated bySusie Armitage

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The Best of Project Brazen, 2022

"I know who you are."

Corinna and The King

"I am the king. I can do whatever I want."

Corinna and The King

"People just vanished."

Hidden Worlds

"We just had sticks."

Hidden Worlds

"I feel so elder. I feel I'm not around 22 years old... maybe 30 or 44."

Kabul Falling

"I was nobody, just a number, just a refugee."

Hidden Worlds

Disgraced US Navy contractor "Fat Leonard" goes on the run

Fat Leonard

How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive?

Hidden Worlds

What does "My Body My Choice" mean in the Middle East?

People Like Us

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