190. Corruption 101: Taking Notes with Dan Luzadder and Bill Conroy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinedaypress Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinedaypress X: https://x.com/TrineDay In this Episode, Kris Millegan and Todd Baumann talk to TrineDay authors Dan Luzadder and Bill Conroy about corruption and how it operates, and what we can DO about it. Bill Conroy is the author of The Great Pretense: A Tour Through the Boneyard of the CIA’s War for Drugs: https://trineday.com/products/the-great-pretense-a-tour-through-the-boneyards-of-the-cia-s-war-for-drugsConroy’s 40-year journalism career has focused heavily on investigative reporting — as an editor-in-chief, managing editor and reporter. His work has been published online and in print for a range of publications, including daily newspapers; alternative and business weeklies; magazines; and national online publications, such as the Daily Beast, Narco News and HousingWire. He also have appeared in investigative documentaries aired by major networks, including the BBC, CNBC, the History Channel, Prime Video and Al Jazeera-Europe. Dan Luzadder is the author of The Manchurian Journalist: Lawrence Wright, the CIA, and the Corruption of American Journalism: https://trineday.com/products/manchurian-journalist-lawrence-wright-the-cia-and-the-corruption-of-american-journalismDan Luzadder is an American journalist and author whose lengthy newspaper career began as a teenaged police reporter in the last days of linotypes. He came of age amid hagiographic newsroom characters who believed shoe leather reporting, tight deadlines and well-placed sources were journalism’s divinity. He has written for the New York Daily News and the New York Times, shared a Pulitzer Prize (1983) for general local reporting, won a national public service award from the American Bar Association for exposing corruption in federal courts, and is a member of the Scripps Howard Journalism Hall of Fame. He resides with his wife, Nancy, in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of The Manchurian Journalist: Lawrence Wright, the CIA and the Corruption of American Journalism. (Trine Day). He is currently at work on a book and investigative documentary series on a cold-case crime spree in Speedway, Indiana in 1978, and is completing a book exploring the American myth of Al Capone.