WEBVTT - Avenger | 4. The Planes

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Avenger listeners, It's Steve Fishman and I'm really glad

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<v Speaker 1>you've tuned in. I hope you love this show as

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<v Speaker 1>much as we do. A quick word on an upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>bonus episode. We're doing a bonus with Miriam, the real Miriam.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be asking her questions, your questions and getting answers.

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<v Speaker 1>She'll update us on what's going on in her world

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot has Please email your questions or thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>Fisher Stevens can answer your questions too. He's our co

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<v Speaker 1>founder and resident Oscar winner. He's an actor you saw

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<v Speaker 1>him in Succession and director of actors like al Pacino

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<v Speaker 1>and Justin Timberlake. For Avenger, he directed Alexis Bledel, who

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<v Speaker 1>voices Miriam. If we're lucky, Alexis who was the star

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<v Speaker 1>of Gilmore Girls and Handmaid's Tale and is the daughter

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<v Speaker 1>Orbit goes wherever we find great stories. This one happened

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<v Speaker 1>to be in Argentina. Which posts some challenges for our

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<v Speaker 1>small but powerful English dominant company. But we teamed with

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<v Speaker 1>Sonoro Media, a Spanish language podcast company, to do some interviews,

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<v Speaker 1>and we hired our own completely bilingual production staff, led

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<v Speaker 1>by the Great Andres Cabajero. In this episode, Gean Carlo

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<v Speaker 1>and Miriam meet the person who might complete their team.

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<v Speaker 3>Before we begin, please note that for this story we

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<v Speaker 3>interviewed Medium and everyone else for dozens of hours in Spanish.

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<v Speaker 3>We hired actors to voice their words in English between jokes,

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<v Speaker 3>pasta and coffee. The search for the planes used during

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<v Speaker 3>the dictatorship continues slowly, a lot slower than Medium and

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<v Speaker 3>jih Gadlo would like. They fall into a routine. After

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<v Speaker 3>Medium's day job, she goes straight to Jihangadlo's apartment. They

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<v Speaker 3>keep investigating with zero funding, zero outside help, even from

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<v Speaker 3>Canal Trece the TV channel Medium works for. At this point,

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<v Speaker 3>all Medium and Jihgadlo have is each other.

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<v Speaker 4>Every time we come across a new piece of information,

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<v Speaker 4>it's just pure joy.

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<v Speaker 3>Days become weak, then months it's dragging, and finding the

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<v Speaker 3>planes is getting harder. That initial burst of enthusiasm is

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<v Speaker 3>fading and their lives start getting in the way.

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<v Speaker 4>I was so busy at the newsroom. Sometimes I struggled

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<v Speaker 4>to make it to Giancarlo's apartment, or sometimes Giancarlo had

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<v Speaker 4>to leave for some assignment abroad.

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<v Speaker 3>Things start to fizzle. They're hitting a wall with sources

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<v Speaker 3>finding new information.

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<v Speaker 4>The last information we had come across was from the

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<v Speaker 4>nineteen eighties. By that point we knew the type of

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<v Speaker 4>planes that were used, the Electras and the sky Vans.

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<v Speaker 4>We had also identified how many they had bought of

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<v Speaker 4>each model, but we had no way to find where

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<v Speaker 4>they were now. We started losing hope.

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<v Speaker 3>One afternoon, the apartment is silent, just Medium and Giancarlo

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<v Speaker 3>scaring the internet again. Then they stumbled on this obscure

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<v Speaker 3>corner of the web.

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<v Speaker 4>We discovered word the spotters.

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<v Speaker 3>People who as a hobby, track specific planes around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>They build logs and websites mapping out their sightings.

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<v Speaker 4>These spotters were like our Hansel and Gretel. They left

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<v Speaker 4>behind breadcrumbs for us.

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<v Speaker 5>And we start finding the missing details about the planes.

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<v Speaker 3>From orbit media. I'm Andres Kaba Schedo. This is Avenger

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<v Speaker 3>the story of Medium Lewin Episode four the planes. As

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<v Speaker 3>Medium and Giancarlo continue with the investigation, they contemplate sharing

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<v Speaker 3>some of their findings with others, people who had also

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<v Speaker 3>dug into the death flights. One of the first people

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<v Speaker 3>that comes to gian Cardlo's mind is an act from

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<v Speaker 3>a movie he had seen about a young activist kidnapped

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<v Speaker 3>by the Junta.

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<v Speaker 5>This film had a huge impact on me. It really

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<v Speaker 5>helped me understand that part of Argentina's history at the

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<v Speaker 5>much deeper level.

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<v Speaker 3>The movie Gachio Limpo, named after a torture center, portrays

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<v Speaker 3>a key protagonist of the Junta, Jorge Eduardo Costa, nicknamed

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<v Speaker 3>Eltigre the Tiger. In real life, he was the head

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<v Speaker 3>of ESMA, the Navy's mechanics school where Medium was held,

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<v Speaker 3>and Eltigre is played by Enrique Pinedo, an Italian born

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<v Speaker 3>Argentine actor and producer.

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<v Speaker 6>Cambreea the acting for me was always a pseudo hobby.

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<v Speaker 6>It all started back in school. I was the lead

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<v Speaker 6>in a school play, school play that took itself very seriously.

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique was eighteen years old when the junta's ak over

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<v Speaker 3>almost medium's exact age.

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<v Speaker 6>I was studying medicine. He was three am when we

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<v Speaker 6>heard the first report about the coup. My dad was

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<v Speaker 6>away too. He was hopeful that something good would come

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<v Speaker 6>of it, but I told him, are you crazy? This

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<v Speaker 6>is going to be a slaughterhouse. At eighteen years old,

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<v Speaker 6>I had that hindsight.

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique was among the Argentines who were appalled by what

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<v Speaker 3>was happening, but who kept their heads low, and really

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<v Speaker 3>there weren't many options unless he wanted to risk being disappeared.

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<v Speaker 6>We are the ones that did not have the courage

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<v Speaker 6>to stick our heads out. Those who did got their

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<v Speaker 6>heads cut off. And everyone between the ages of eighteen

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<v Speaker 6>to twenty five was a target. And the fact is

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<v Speaker 6>all the crimes that during that period or not going away,

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<v Speaker 6>so any chance we have to announce them, we take it.

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<v Speaker 6>The film Garaje Olimpo was all about that.

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<v Speaker 3>About the relationship between capture and prisoner and the risk

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<v Speaker 3>of being put on a death flight. Enrique brought authenticity

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<v Speaker 3>to the production. He was a pilot. He knew all

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<v Speaker 3>about planes.

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<v Speaker 6>The thing is that my real passion has always been planes.

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<v Speaker 6>When I was three years old, I was already a pilot.

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<v Speaker 6>Had no license, of course, but I knew everything I

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<v Speaker 6>needed to know to be one. And if this sounds ludicrous,

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<v Speaker 6>just bear with me. Before getting deep into movies. Enrique

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<v Speaker 6>had become a pilot for Lappa, an Argentine airline.

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<v Speaker 5>During his time there, Rique had denounced ir regularities inside

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<v Speaker 5>the airline and then resigned. Two months later, one of

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<v Speaker 5>their planes crashed. Sixty seven people died. It is the

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<v Speaker 5>worst aviation accident of Argentine history.

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique isn't the type to let something go. He isn't passive,

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<v Speaker 3>so he writes and directs a film about the accident.

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<v Speaker 6>I wanted to tell the story about what led to

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<v Speaker 6>the accident. I was interested in showing what information the

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<v Speaker 6>airline was hiding. It wasn't fair to put all the

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<v Speaker 6>blame on the pilots.

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<v Speaker 5>He had a strong moral compass and his reasons to

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<v Speaker 5>make that film revealing what was behind the tragedy. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>but all that aside. Enric was an expert complanes.

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<v Speaker 3>And from a very wealthy family. In a recent newspaper interview,

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique was asked where his fortune came from.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, well, I did well when I chose my grandfather.

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<v Speaker 3>His grandfather helped lead an Argentine conglomerate that's been around

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<v Speaker 3>for more than eight decades.

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<v Speaker 4>Enrique is the son of one of Argentina's rich families.

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<v Speaker 4>They'd start businesses and then turn them into multinational enterprises.

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<v Speaker 3>So for Medium and gian Carlo, if they could interest

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<v Speaker 3>in Enrique in their investigation, there might be a perk funding.

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<v Speaker 3>There was also a surprising link between Enrique and Medium.

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<v Speaker 4>When I watched his film about the plane crash, which

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<v Speaker 4>was very well made, I was surprised to see myself

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<v Speaker 4>in it. At the end of his film, Enrique used

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<v Speaker 4>archival footage, a clip of me confronting an airline executive,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, following him through the streets, asking the hard

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<v Speaker 4>questions about the plane crash.

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<v Speaker 3>Medium asks the executive if he thinks he's made any mistakes,

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<v Speaker 3>if he has regrets.

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<v Speaker 6>Sadly, Argentine journalism is very passive, but Miriam had this

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<v Speaker 6>interview that was just incredible. I had to include it

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<v Speaker 6>in the film.

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<v Speaker 4>Giancarlo convinced me it was a good idea to gauge

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<v Speaker 4>his reaction to our investigation, the information we had gathered,

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<v Speaker 4>see if he thought we were actually onto something.

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<v Speaker 3>So Giancarlo invites Endrique and Medium over for dinner and we.

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<v Speaker 4>Show up at Giancarlo's apartment at the same time. He

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<v Speaker 4>asked me what type of wine I had brought. I

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<v Speaker 4>showed it to him. It was a cheap bottle from

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<v Speaker 4>the supermarket. And then he shows me his bottle with

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<v Speaker 4>an elegant French label imported. I shrug and I say,

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<v Speaker 4>I guess I can't compete, and he laughs and says,

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<v Speaker 4>no chance.

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<v Speaker 6>I remember going to Giancarlo's apartment. He made pasta ala matriciana.

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<v Speaker 6>He thought it was fabulous, but I thought it lacks something.

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<v Speaker 6>It was fairly average.

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<v Speaker 3>He's obnoxious, but Jiancadlo sees beyond that.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure Rika has a huge ego, but it was always

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<v Speaker 5>so eager to put his own skin in the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Giancadlo greets them and they start talking about the planes

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<v Speaker 3>they had identified, three Lectras and three sky Vans. They

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<v Speaker 3>asked Enrique if they would have a chance at tracking

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<v Speaker 3>down the pilots of the dead flights with the intel

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<v Speaker 3>they've gathered.

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<v Speaker 5>I told Enrique, I really think we can get to

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<v Speaker 5>those planes, and then the pilots. The air force wasn't

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<v Speaker 5>that big. Plus how many pilots trying to fly those

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<v Speaker 5>specific planes could there be?

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique starts sipping his wine.

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<v Speaker 6>I told him he was right. Not every pilot can

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<v Speaker 6>fly any plane. They also have limited time that they're

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<v Speaker 6>able to fly. But the real challenge, the real key,

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<v Speaker 6>is finding a paper trail that links names planes and flights.

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<v Speaker 6>In other words, they needed to find an official list

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<v Speaker 6>of the pilots or any type of flight and technical log.

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<v Speaker 4>That night, and Rique made great points. I felt that

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<v Speaker 4>we were onto something, we were headed in the right direction,

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<v Speaker 4>and that he joined our team. But I was wrong.

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<v Speaker 6>The thing is, I'm not one to just throw my

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<v Speaker 6>money at stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember a deep sigh from him, followed by a

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<v Speaker 4>gentle rejection. He just wasn't interested. We were really disappointed

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<v Speaker 4>that day, almost thought about just quitting the investigation.

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<v Speaker 5>On one list, there was a plane called Rio Grande.

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<v Speaker 5>He was one of the electors. When we started digging

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<v Speaker 5>into it, we found out that for more than a

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<v Speaker 5>decade he had just been sitting there, more or less

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<v Speaker 5>right under our noses here in Buenos Aires.

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<v Speaker 3>This was the third and final Electra on their list.

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<v Speaker 3>The other two one was in a military museum, the

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<v Speaker 3>other had been decommissioned and sold for parts in Patagonia.

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<v Speaker 3>So the plane in Buenos Aires was the only one

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<v Speaker 3>they had direct access to that may still hold clues

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<v Speaker 3>about its past, the death flights. They have to see

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<v Speaker 3>the plane for themselves, but there's a snag. Jianggadlo has

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<v Speaker 3>to go to Italy for an assignment. Medium will have

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<v Speaker 3>to go alone.

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<v Speaker 4>Just thinking about it made me dizzy noxious. It's like

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<v Speaker 4>my body was warning me, telling me, don't you dare

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<v Speaker 4>go look at that plane. But Giancarlo insisted. He called

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<v Speaker 4>me from Rome to make sure I went to see it,

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<v Speaker 4>and I promised him.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd go, and she does. But since Giancadlo isn't around,

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<v Speaker 3>they call a cab driver. They'd befriended Gustao. He and

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<v Speaker 3>Medium have a lot in common.

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<v Speaker 4>His brother was also a victim during the Dirty War

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<v Speaker 4>and kidnapped, just like me. The story was so familiar.

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<v Speaker 4>When we got closer to the plane, it was so weird,

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<v Speaker 4>Rusted pieces of metal everywhere and all sorts of industrial machinery.

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<v Speaker 3>It's striking to stow too.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember seeing a bunch of old pinball machines and

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<v Speaker 2>some pool tables in between the scraps.

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<v Speaker 3>The plane comes into view, or at least what's left

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<v Speaker 3>of it once it conquered the sky and now is

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<v Speaker 3>just a more or less carcass.

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<v Speaker 2>We stood there for a minute in silence. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a death plane right there, Like with everything in Argentina,

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<v Speaker 2>where do you hide an elephant in a house of elephants?

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<v Speaker 2>There was so much junk in there, and a big plane.

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<v Speaker 2>I've passed by there more than ten times. I could

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<v Speaker 2>never have imagined this.

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<v Speaker 3>From the car, Medium can see the plane's cargo door.

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<v Speaker 3>She imagines people being shoved through it into the sea.

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<v Speaker 2>It was clear Medium was flooded with emotions.

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<v Speaker 3>Medium orders Gustavo to stop the car. He resists.

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<v Speaker 4>He was trying to convince me to go in, but

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't do it. I told him to keep driving.

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<v Speaker 3>As they drive off, the plane seems to stare back

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<v Speaker 3>at Medium silently in the rear view mirror, hinting something like,

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<v Speaker 3>you got close, didn't you.

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<v Speaker 2>I was shocked. Medium had seen everything. She'd been in

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<v Speaker 2>the Argentine Auschwitz, you know, the worst place in all

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<v Speaker 2>of Argentina, and she simply could not go near that plane.

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't help but think about how this plane had

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<v Speaker 4>carried people I had once embraced.

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<v Speaker 3>Even though medium couldn't force herself to go near the plane,

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<v Speaker 3>at least she was able to verify its existence. And

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<v Speaker 3>by then they had located all of the electors.

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<v Speaker 5>So with all the electors accounted for now we start

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<v Speaker 5>looking at the sky vents.

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<v Speaker 4>Then we see that one of the sky vents is

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<v Speaker 4>still active, still flying in for the Lauderdale, Florida.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the first plane they've identified that is still

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<v Speaker 3>flying and no longer owned by the Argentine military. It

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<v Speaker 3>could have logs information about its past. But the high

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<v Speaker 3>from the discovery doesn't last long.

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<v Speaker 4>So I am reading Parhinadose, a major newspaper, and I

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<v Speaker 4>see an article where this journalist had started looking for

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<v Speaker 4>the planes used in the death flights, and he had

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<v Speaker 4>done his homework. He had a lot of the same

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<v Speaker 4>information he had, not only that he had actually visited

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<v Speaker 4>the Elektra at the Junkyard. I was furious. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 4>believe it. Giancarlo and I had been working on this

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<v Speaker 4>story in secret for so long, and then another publication

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<v Speaker 4>comes out with this story. I knew we had.

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<v Speaker 5>To act fast.

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<v Speaker 4>In the next episode, I storm into my boss's office,

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<v Speaker 4>a Canaldre, I hand him the article and tell him

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<v Speaker 4>we're getting scooped on a huge story.

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<v Speaker 3>From Orbit Media. This is Avenger, the story of Medium Luin.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm your host and senior producer andres CAAA Schedo. The

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<v Speaker 3>series was produced by Seguiel Rodrie Sandino and edited by

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<v Speaker 3>Monica Campbell. Original score Nicolas Paschela, mixing and mastering Christopher

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<v Speaker 3>Hoff and Austin Smith. Assistant producers Andres Feschtenholz and Eleanna Gillespi.

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<v Speaker 3>FactCheck Alejandro Marinelli and leonardos Canone. Legal review Neil Rossini,

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<v Speaker 3>Casting director Paula Gammon Wilson. The executive producers from Orbit

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<v Speaker 3>Media are Steve Fishman Fisher, Stevens, Marcy Wiseman, and Katie Springer.

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<v Speaker 3>The voice actors in Avenger include Alexis Blodel as Mediam Lewin,

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<v Speaker 3>Fulvio de la Volta as Giancarlo Siraudo, Gonzalo Vargas as

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<v Speaker 3>Enrique Pinedo, Edgardo Manono Castro as Bruno Vain and Tom

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<v Speaker 3>Schubert as Carlos Macosmiliana and Gustavo. This podcast was produced

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<v Speaker 3>in association with Sonodo. The Sonoto executive producers are Camilla Victoriano,

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<v Speaker 3>Joshua Weinstein and Jasmine Bromedo. The rest of the Sonoda

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<v Speaker 3>production team includes Senior producer Carmen Gratol, editor Rodrigo Crespo,

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<v Speaker 3>Producer Paloma Navarro, Nicoletti, Evelyn Uribe, Marianna Cornello, Sara Mota,

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<v Speaker 3>Manuel Para, Hanna Baram and Tasha Sandoval. Special thanks to

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<v Speaker 3>Radio and Casa and Pomeraanec Recording Studios in Buenos Aires,

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<v Speaker 3>and to Medium Lewin and Giancarlo Serraldo for letting us

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<v Speaker 3>tell their story. Thank you for listening.

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