Mariana van Zeller
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Podcast Appearances
I want people to see many of these traffickers.
Again, we do not condone what they do.
It's difficult to even empathize.
But the majority of the people that I talk to are people just like you and me that don't have the opportunities or the luck that we have.
And I ask all of them hard questions.
It's my job as a journalist.
I'm not there to then have fun with them, even though I'm trying to connect on a human level and treat people with respect and try to find the humanity out of them.
Because by finding the humanity, then you really get the depth of the reporting that you need to understand why things like this happen.
But at the same time, I'm also holding them accountable for what they do.
So even the cartel, like you're always told there are questions that you don't ask the cartel.
I will always ask those questions of the cartel.
One of the first ones is what cartel they belong to.
They don't like being asked that.
Bosses and structures or names and things like that.
I try to always do my job as a journalist, which is hold people accountable.
I think that was actually our director on that episode.
Rob Moraskin is really good with music.
We also have an amazing music supervisor, Dan Wilcox.
He's an amazing supervisor.
He also finds really good music.