Here’s a preview of a new Pushkin podcast, The Chinatown Sting. In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan’s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. But this bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who’ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today. In this episode, we meet Tina Wong, a young mother who found herself in the middle of the operation with two choices—go to prison, or risk her life to bring down the man at the helm. Listen to The Chinatown Sting wherever you get podcasts and binge the entire season, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription—sign up on The Chinatown Sting Apple Podcasts show page or at pushkin.fm/plus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's a preview of the podcast Nobody Should Believe Me. This season, we tell the story of Lisa McDaniel, who crafted a public image as the Director of Patient Advocacy at the Guthy Jackson Foundation while concealing her conviction for child abuse more than a decade ago.We begin with an introduction to the McDaniel family: Lisa, her husband Carey, and their children—Mishelle, Angellyn, and Collin. While the unraveling of their family began when Collin was “diagnosed” with NMO (Neuromyelitis Optica), to understand the full story, we must go back to where it all began: Hazlehurst, Georgia.Host Andrea Dunlop and our producer Myrriah travel with Mishelle—Lisa’s courageous eldest daughter—to her mother’s hometown, where they sit down with Lisa’s younger sister, Sabrina. Sabrina recounts a childhood marked by emotional manipulation and physical abuse at the hands of her older sister. She walks us through Mishelle’s early years, how, as a baby, she was often left with relatives for days at a time, and then through Lisa’s troubled pregnancy with her second child, Angellyn.Stay tuned through the end of the episode for a preview of what’s to come this season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2020, the Financial Times exposed a 2 billion euro fraud at Wirecard, a high-flying German fintech. Many thought that was the end of the story. But for reporter Sam Jones, it was just the beginning. This season on Hot Money: Agent of Chaos, from Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times, Jones investigates Wirecard’s chief operating officer who vanished just as Wirecard collapsed. And turned out to also be a Russian spy. Here’s episode 1. Listen to Hot Money: Agent of Chaos wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new season of Deep Cover, a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an epic six-year deception that upended the lives of countless people. Here’s a preview of episode 1. A mysterious letter arrives from Sarah. In it, she asks: What do you think of my crime? Listen to new episodes of Deep Cover on Mondays, available wherever you get your podcasts.Pushkin+ subscribers can hear more ad-free episodes from this season of Deep Cover, before they’re released to the public, right now. Learn more on the Deep Cover show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's a preview of What Happened to Talina Zar, from iHeartMedia. It's April 2020 and the world is locked down. In Oklahoma, a woman named Talina Zar posts a chilling message on Facebook: she’s sick with COVID and heading to a remote lake, alone—to recover, or to die. Then, she vanishes. As days turn into weeks, strangers online—true crime obsessives with time to kill and nowhere to go—begin digging into her disappearance. What they uncover is something far stranger, and far more disturbing, than they could’ve ever imagined. In Season Three of What Happened To…, investigative journalist Melissa Jeltsen unravels a mystery born from isolation, obsession, and a pandemic that made everyone feel like a potential suspect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do law enforcement officials really use psychics to solve cases? To find out, Lucy speaks with a psychic who worked on Dia's case. She also talks to a police psychologist who conducted studies with psychics while she was at the Los Angeles Police Department.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For an upcoming bonus episode, we want to hear from you, our listeners. Do you have questions about the reporting process? Are there lingering details that you want to hear more about? Theories? Send a voice memo or email your questions to wheresdia@pushkin.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Enjoy this episode from Cautionary Tales. In 1827, Edinburgh, Scotland was a world centre for anatomical study, but there was a shortage of cadavers for medical students to dissect. Two men, William Burke and William Hare, spotted a grim business opportunity. They began sourcing bodies - by any means possible...Host Tim Harford's hair-raising story explores a question: what makes some markets acceptable, and others repugnant?If you enjoy it, find Cautionary Tales wherever you listen to podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Enjoy this episode from Nobody Should Believe Me. This season, novelist Andrea Dunlop is following the story of Jordyn Hope as they unravel the secrets of their childhood. After revelations that they were abused as a child, Jo bravely returns to their small, deeply religious hometown to attempt to unravel their many lingering questions about their upbringing. Was their abuse a secret? If not, why didn’t anyone help them? Jo connects with her first grade teacher and childhood best friend as they begin their search for answers. Andrea travels with Jo, hoping to help her friend find healing, and to see what the future might look like for the survivors in her own life. If you want to hear more, find Nobody Should Believe Me wherever you listen to podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The police search Dia’s ranch three years after she disappeared. The missing person’s organization, Find Me, returns to Lake Hemet. Lucy checks in with her sources.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A neighbor who searched for Dia agrees to be interviewed. Keith Harper tells a new story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another death at Bonita Vista ranch raises questions about Keith Harper and prompts a closer look at his past relationships with women. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Keith Harper and Clinton Abrams race to discover what happened to Dia, enlisting a cadre of private investigators and psychics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dia seemed to have it all. But the reality of her life was more complicated. Lucy learns that right before Dia went missing, she made a dramatic decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the summer of 2020, a woman named Dia Abrams disappears from her home near Idyllwild, California. Her family and friends gather to search for her but some of their stories don’t quite add up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle. Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.  Where’s Dia? launches July 23rd from Pushkin Industries and iHeart Podcasts. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to binge the entire season early and ad free. To hear the show week by week, listen to Where's Dia on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.