Emmanuel Dzotsi chats with journalist Jason Rezaian about his new show, 544 Days, which explores Jason's imprisonment by the Iranian government and the struggle to free him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, folks.
Emmanuel here.
We're hard at work on a really fun episode for you guys.
It's gonna be out in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, we have something a little special for you.
It's a story about a high stakes negotiation, the kind you hear about every once in a while between the United States and another country, usually over weapons of some kind, in which real people, like hostages, are used as bargaining chips.
The story we're gonna play you gets inside one of those negotiations in the most personal, intimate way possible.
It's about the negotiations to free and american journalist Jason Rezaianhe, who is being held hostage in Iran.
And this story is personal because it's told by him.
Years after his release, Jason went and talked to all these people who haggled over his life.
He looked into every weird and improbable event that got him home, and he made a podcast about it.
And that series is called 544 days.
I've got Jason here to talk about it today.
Hi, Jason.
Hey, Emmanuel.
How are you?
I'm good, I'm good.
How are you?
I feel like your series just launched.
I really appreciate you taking the time.
You must be a busy mandehead.