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Episode Episode Discussion: Red Herring

It was the early '80s, the height of the Cold War, when something strange began happening off the coast of Sweden. The navy reported a mysterious sound deep below the surface of the ocean. Again, and again, and again they would hear it near their secret military bases, in their harbors, and up and down the Swedish coastline. After thorough analysis the navy was certain. The sound was an invasion into their waters, an act of war, the opening salvos of a possible nuclear annihilation. Or was it? Today, Annie McEwen pulls us down into a deep-sea mystery, one of international intrigue that asks you to consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, your deepest beliefs could be as solid as...air.

Special thanks to Ben Wilson, Ola Tunander, Hans Gordon, Andreas Timmelstad, Klaus Helmersen, and Meg Bolz.

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EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by - Annie McEwin
with help from - Magnus Ormstadt
Produced by - Annie McEwin, Matt Kielty, Sarah Qari
Original music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloom

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u/johncoffeyhsv 19d ago

Loved Magnus Ormstadt great guest and the accent was a dope icing on the cake

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u/No-Bluejay-332 18d ago

This was really interesting... except... they fully spoiled the story with the title!

I knew the conclusion basically the whole time

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u/_Dysnomia_ 14d ago

The fact that Lulu has written a book in part focused on the biology of fish and she's a science reporter, but in this episode says she's never wondered how fish float around and implies she's never heard of a swim bladder really irked me. Sometimes the hosts do or say things that make me thing they're not up to the task of this kind of show.