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Pat Walters

@PatWalters

Pat Walters is an editor, producer and guest host at the public radio show and podcast Radiolab. Before that he created a podcast called Undone, co-created a show called Uncivil, and edited Pop-Up Magazine.

Q&A: How a letter, honesty and patience won the trust of a shamed school cop

Q&A: How a letter, honesty and patience won the trust of a shamed school cop

Washington Post narrative writer Eli Saslow answers an essential question: "How'd he get that guy to talk to him?"

"Why’s this so good?" No. 48: Burkhard Bilger noodles a catfish

The story I want to tell you about, “In the Monster's Maw,” was published in 1997, and that's important. Because in 1997, when Burkhard Bilger went out to Oklahoma for…