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Mar 2020
21m 59s

The Last Flight

Sony Music Entertainment
About this episode

In the first episode of Telescope, we hear from Carmen Graterol, a Venezuelan living in Mexico City. On a planned trip to Caracas to visit family, suddenly it's unclear whether she'll be able to leave.


Host & Executive Producer Jonathan Hirsch

Editors: Catherine Saint Louis, Vikram Patel

Producers: Shara Morris, John Asante, Mary Knauf

Engineer: Scott Somerville

Music by Matt McGinley & Blue Dot Sessions.

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