Episode 69: Patrick Winn, an award-winning American journalist who covers crime in Southeast Asia.

<p>Patrick Winn is an award-winning investigative journalist. He specialises in rebellion and black markets in Southeast Asia.</p><p>Winn is the author of two narrative non-fiction books: </p><p><a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patrick-winn/narcotopia/9781541701953/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Survived the CIA</a> (PublicAffairs / Icon Books)</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Shadowlands-Fiefdoms-Bomb-Scarred-Southeast-ebook/dp/B07BYV9D7D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3EKC9N5ZDZHMV&amp;keywords=hello%20shadowlands&amp;qid=1692338332&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=hello%20shadowla%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C368&amp;sr=1-1" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia</a> (Icon Books)</p><p>Winn is a long-time contributor to <em>The World</em>, a radio program broadcast on more than 300 NPR stations across America. His writing and short documentaries have appeared in/on <em>The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the BBC, The Atlantic</em> and many other outlets. He has received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (also known as the ‘poor man’s Pulitzer’) and a National Press Club award. He’s also a three-time winner of Amnesty International’s Human Rights Press Awards, among other prizes. Winn is a member of 2050 Productions, a small Bangkok-based team telling Southeast Asian stories through documentary video, audio and reportage.</p><p>Winn has appeared on screen as an expert source on two documentaries.</p><p>Narco Wars (National Geographic, <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/narco-wars-c465c738-371b-4ef6-8fac-c0c469d9e9b0?entity_id=de97581c-c17e-4228-b3a9-0f0178a4efc5" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">broadcast on Hulu</a>), Season Three, Episode Two: “Prince of Death”</p><p>The Business of Drugs (Netflix), <a href="https://www.netflix.com/watch/80199968?tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C80199963%2CVideo%3A80199968%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButton&amp;trackId=14277283" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the “Meth” episode.</a></p><p>Winn was an associate producer on <em>Hope Frozen</em>, a Netflix original documentary, and a field producer for the debut Myanmar episode of <em>Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown</em>. Both won Emmys.</p><p>Winn was raised in Eden, a dwindling North Carolina factory town that once manufactured carpets and beer. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2003 with a degree in journalism. His early reportage explored economic decay in the American South and crime within the US military.</p><p>Since 2008, Winn has lived in Bangkok and reported on Southeast Asia. He reads and speaks Thai — and occasionally sings it, badly, in upcountry karaoke joints.</p>