Bradley Hope and Tom Wright are former journalists at The Wall Street Journal, the co-founders of journalism studio Project Brazen, and the co-authors of the book Billion Dollar Whale.

Their new podcast is Corinna and The King. Hope’s new book is “The Rebel and the Kingdom.”

“We’re a little bit skeptical of just jumping into the big story of the day with something that doesn’t feel differentiated. It needs to have character, storytelling — it can’t just be a great topic, or an important topic, even.”

Show notes:

• @bradleyhope
• @TomWrightAsia
• Hope’s Wall Street Journal archive
• Wright’s Wall Street Journal archive
• 06:00 Billion Dollar Whale (Hachette Books • 2019)
• 09:00 Project Brazen
• 10:00 Blood and Oil (Hope and Justin Sheck • Hachette Books • 2020)
• 19:00 Fat Leonard (Project Brazen • 2021)
• 25:00 Persona: The French Deception (Evan Ratliff • Verified • 2022)
• 47:00 "Road Trip! American Student Joins Rebels in Fight for Qaddafi Stronghold" (Hope • The National • Aug 2011)

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