Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Caviar Underground
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Timothy Knepp - US Fish and Wildlife Service) Consider the paddlefish: It’s prehistoric looking, even ugly. It lives in the Osage River in Missouri. And it’s worth about $40,000 on the black market. We take a look at the seedy world that is the caviar underground.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPaddlefish Polyodon spathula (Timothy Knepp - US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Consider the paddlefish: It’s prehistoric looking, even ugly. It lives in the Osage River in Missouri. And it’s worth about $40,000 on the black market. We take a look at the seedy world that is the caviar underground.
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On the Ground in Ferguson, Taboo Topics and Caviar’s Criminal Underground- 0:00The View From Ferguson
- 6:23Militarization of Police
- 16:38Police Shooting in Los Angeles
- 26:17Death, Sex, and Money
- 41:28The Caviar UndergroundYou’re reading this
The full episode
5 of 5On the Ground in Ferguson, Taboo Topics and Caviar’s Criminal Underground- 0:00The View From Ferguson
- 6:23Militarization of Police
- 16:38Police Shooting in Los Angeles
- 26:17Death, Sex, and Money
- 41:28The Caviar UndergroundYou’re reading this