{"id":140,"date":"2020-02-17T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/?p=140"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:07:27","slug":"the-pangolin-reports-turn-into-podcast-productions-in-english-and-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"The Pangolin Reports turn into podcast productions in English and Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_4be723fe-a464-414b-bd2c-a41cab896186_1024x680.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_4be723fe-a464-414b-bd2c-a41cab896186_1024x680.webp 1000w, https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_4be723fe-a464-414b-bd2c-a41cab896186_1024x680-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_4be723fe-a464-414b-bd2c-a41cab896186_1024x680-768x510.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A truck near the Burmese-Chinese border. Credit: Patrick Boehler<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, we\u2019re extremely proud to share episode one of&nbsp;Sustainable Asia\u2019s podcast series on the Pangolin Reports. Executive producer Marcy Trent Long and her team worked with our reporters Xu Jiaming and Tin Htet Paing as they retraced pangolin smuggling routes in Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the first episode&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableasia.co\/new-page-1\"><strong>on their site<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/pp5jvjvy\"><strong>Pocket Casts<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6pSJXaRFMImiTW8h4y0GZH\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sustainable-asia\/id1353457276#episodeGuid=0b207e68323e472b9c041169137427da\"><strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;or on your favourite podcast platform. Transcripts are hosted by our friends at China Dialogue, in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/en\/11855-Podcast-Why-are-pangolins-so-prized-in-China-\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/a>and in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/ch\/11855-Podcast-Why-are-pangolins-so-prized-in-China-\"><strong>Chinese<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next weekly episode is scheduled for coming Friday. You\u2019ll hear more on our reporting from colleagues in Indonesia and Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_0b3fd475-c1f9-41eb-bcde-be6b0fce9d94_1920x1440.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_0b3fd475-c1f9-41eb-bcde-be6b0fce9d94_1920x1440.webp 1000w, https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_0b3fd475-c1f9-41eb-bcde-be6b0fce9d94_1920x1440-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/investigative.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_0b3fd475-c1f9-41eb-bcde-be6b0fce9d94_1920x1440-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The shop display in Yangon has a sign that says, \u201cPangolin scales, freshly ground on site.\u201d They also offer to pulverize the scales on site.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re also very proud to be featured on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/storyfm.cn\/\"><strong>\u6545\u4e8b FM<\/strong><\/a>(StoryFM), a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/12\/world\/asia\/china-podcast-gushi-fm.html\"><strong>hugely popular Chinese-language podcast<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that\u2019s often compared to \u201cThis American Life\u201d in the U.S. in terms of audience, reach and content. The episode is based on Jiaming and Tin\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/myanmar-now.org\/en\/news\/across-myanmar-pangolins-are-trafficked-in-plain-sight\"><strong>reporting in Myanmar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can listen to the episode&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/storyfm.cn\/episodes\/e325-investigative-reporters-read-pangolins-all-over-the-world-are-being-sold-to-china\/\"><strong>on their site<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/xtuz4dcu\"><strong>Pocket Casts<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4hChIc03nbt5vZcQ16DeKg\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ch\/podcast\/%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B-fm\/id1256399960?l=en\"><strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/pupHdwACuo0z-UgXTwbwXw\"><strong>WeChat<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or on your favourite podcast platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiipublicradio.org\/#stream\/0\"><strong>Hawaii Public Radio<\/strong><\/a>released an extensive two-part interview with our managing editor, Patrick Boehler, as part of their Helping Hand series. You can listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiipublicradio.org\/post\/helping-hand-pangolin-reports-part-one\"><strong>part one here<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiipublicradio.org\/post\/helping-hand-pangolin-reports-global-environmental-reporting-collective-part-two#stream\/0\"><strong>part two here.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Each episode is about 10min long. They will give you an overview of what we\u2019ve found and what we plan to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigative.earth\/news\/tag\/China\">China<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigative.earth\/news\/tag\/Myanmar\">Myanmar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we\u2019re extremely proud to share episode one of&nbsp;Sustainable Asia\u2019s podcast series on the Pangolin Reports. 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