Talking Dateline: Missing Ana
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Hi, everyone. I'm Blaine Alexander, and this is Talking Dateline. And today I am so excited to be joined by the one, the only, the incredible Jose Diaz-Balart. Jose, thank you so much for joining me today. What a treat, what a privilege, and what a pleasure it is. This is so much fun. So, Jose, we're going to be talking about your Dateline debut episode entitled Missing Ana about the disappearance of Ana Maria Konezovic, a South Florida businesswoman who moved to Madrid hoping to start a new chapter after separating from her husband. But just months later, after making that move, she vanished. And what followed was an international investigation that ultimately led authorities to focus on Ana's estranged husband, David Konezovic.
And as of today, Ana has still never been found. Now, if you haven't seen this episode yet, you need to go back, watch it. You can stream it on Peacock or listen in the Dateline podcast feed and then come right back here. And then later, we'll have an extra clip from Ana's friends speaking with Jose about their memories of her. And of course, we'll answer some of your questions on social media. All right, Jose, let's talk Dateline.
Let's talk Dateline.
So number one, just congratulations. The storytelling was beautiful. Your questions were just so, I mean, they have the heart that I know that you have, Jose. That's who you are. And it came through in your episode. So it was really a pleasure to watch.
Oh, thanks. You know, it was also going back to me home in many ways. I grew up in Madrid, close to where Ana spent her last months of life. And so returning to a city that is so much part of my life. And so to be able to go back to a city that has opened its arms to immigrants everywhere, for generations and, and see that Ana was starting a new life there. And she, boy, I mean, the fact that she was able to move and live anywhere in the world and that she decided Madrid was the place and then meeting her friends, you know, playing her friends are just like this, this story is about Ana. It's also the story about women and, who loved Ana and refused to accept that she could disappear.
That was what struck me about this, is that this story of friendship, the story of the persistence of her friends. But let's first talk about Madrid, because so often in Dateline, we talk about the fact that the cities, the locations where we go to report these stories, are so often a character in and of themselves. And that's really what we saw with Madrid. I thought that you did a fantastic job of just describing it, of bringing the city to life. We had the Spanish guitar woven in there. I mean, you really got a sense of the city as you were watching this episode.
Yeah, you know, there's a saying in Madrid, de Madrid al cielo, from Madrid to heaven. Sad that in this case... Madrid to heaven for Ana meant one thing, but Madrid is, it's cobblestone streets that have seen so much. And it's culture, it's history, it's vibrancy. It's very much a part of this story.
It is a city that makes you feel alive. I want to say that. I've had the pleasure of going to Madrid.
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