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Nut Jobs

By: Marc Fennell
Narrated by: Marc Fennell
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  • Gold winner of the Best Documentary Podcast and Best Serialised Podcast Trophies at the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards

    Winner of the Best Podcast Trophy at the 2020 Mumbrella Publish Awards

    Bronze winner of the Best True Crime Podcast at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards

    It's the $10 million heist you've never heard of. In a matter of months, dozens of truckloads disappeared from American highways. But what were they carrying? Nuts. Marc Fennell takes you into a rabbit-hole of crime syndicates, stolen identities and private investigators that will change the way you think about food forever. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in the heart of California but this journey will take you to Italy; the Spanish coast; deep under the earth; and even into space.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast and a Somethin' Else production. Free for members. You can download all 8 episodes to your Library now.

    ©2020 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. (P)2020 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: The Heist
    May 31 2020

    No one saw it coming. It was one of the most outlandish and complex heists that struck one of the most important agricultural districts in the world.

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    25 mins
  • Ep. 2: Target Practice
    May 31 2020

    Marc is embedded with private investigators to better understand the scene of the crime, how the crimes go down and get closer to understanding who the criminals are.

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    31 mins
  • Ep. 3: Harvested
    May 31 2020

    We meet one of the first victims of the heists & the small town police tasked with the job of tackling the crime.

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    34 mins

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interesting food crime series

I really enjoyed this! it was quirky and entertaining and sad. Finished it very quickly and I wish there was more.

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Unexpectedly fascinating

Marc Fennell has written an entertaining 'crime thriller' about the theft of an awful lot of nuts in California. Along the way, often via guests who are either people involved in the case or experts, he tells us a lot about the food industry, especially the complex web by which food is transported to local cities, and to ports from which it can be exported overseas. I listened to Marc's previous book It Burns and enjoyed that too.

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A good but lesser follow-up

Much more sprawling and unfocused than 'It Burns', though this is perhaps appropriate given that the topic is the logistics industry, which sprawls across the globe and—so we learn—is unfocused among a multitude of independent trucking contractors. But whether that parallel was deliberate or not, this podcast lacked narrative cohesion. Fennell is still an engaging host, and he still brings personal angles into the story (this time through his young son). All the individual pieces of information he presents are interesting (I found the episode with Marion Nestle to be particularly illuminating). But he doesn't tie them together and doesn't draw much of a conclusion, to say nothing of solving the titular mystery (he gets no more specific than "probably the Armenian Mafia").

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A tough nut to crack, excellent series.

Thought provoking and fascinating. never take any food for granted. Excellently presented by Mark Fennell.

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So many perspectives

A wonderful ride through an event and the circumstances which caused it all to happen.

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Fascinating, totally hooked!

Marc Fennell's done it again. I loved It Burns. This new podcast is awesome too - a fresh and fun twist on the true crime genre, totally hooked.

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Nut Job ear opening experience

A very interesting and scary listen, to how we get our food these days. Very well presented. I will be looking up Marc to listen to other pod casts. Enjoyed it far more than I first thought I would. thanks Marc.

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very interesting and compelling read!

food for thought indeed. where does our food come from? What is happening to get it here?

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Will never order an almond latte again....

A world I never knew. Scary but great listening. Loved Narrator, quirky, serious, listenable . thanks

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Fascinating

I really enjoyed this series. Nut Jobs not only follows the story of a series of strange and surprising crimes but looks into the past, present and future of agriculture in California's Central Valley and how it impacts the world. An interesting and fascinating listen. Marc Fennell is also entertaining to listen to even if you don't normally enjoy investigative journalism.

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