2020 Pulitzer Prize Entry
BZ/MP | Audio Reporting | Bryant/Zamberlan
To make it easier on the judges, we have combined all of the episodes for our 2019 INTERSECTIONS podcast onto a single page. The episodes linked below all have been stripped of their advertising as requested.
Episode 1 — “The Fall I Was Supposed to Take Easy”
Original Air Date: 08/12/2019
THE BRINK with BENJAMIN BRYANT: INTERSECTIONS is a special multi-part investigative presentation from BZ/MP, released in a serialized storytelling format, telling the story of an American soldier Ana Clarke, and the night a tragic accident took away her ability to tell her own story–and gave others the opening to tell a very, very different one “for” her. Join host Benjamin Bryant and Tommy Zamberlan as they uncover the explosive truth of what happened that night, and the many injustices that followed, ultimately revealing a pattern of neglect and an urgent, unresolved issue that puts every serving member of the military at risk.
Episode 2 — “An Orgy of Evidence”
Original Air Date: 08/13/2019
THE BRINK with BENJAMIN BRYANT: INTERSECTIONS is a special multi-part investigative presentation from BZ/MP, released in a serialized storytelling format, telling the story of an American soldier Ana Clarke, and the night a tragic accident took away her ability to tell her own story–and gave others the opening to tell a very, very different one “for” her. Join host Benjamin Bryant and Tommy Zamberlan as they uncover the explosive truth of what happened that night, and the many injustices that followed, ultimately revealing a pattern of neglect and an urgent, unresolved issue that puts every serving member of the military at risk.
Episode 3 — “He Didn’t Start the Fire"
Original Air Date: 08/14/2019
THE BRINK with BENJAMIN BRYANT: INTERSECTIONS is a special multi-part investigative presentation from BZ/MP, released in a serialized storytelling format, telling the story of an American soldier Ana Clarke, and the night a tragic accident took away her ability to tell her own story–and gave others the opening to tell a very, very different one “for” her. Join host Benjamin Bryant and Tommy Zamberlan as they uncover the explosive truth of what happened that night, and the many injustices that followed, ultimately revealing a pattern of neglect and an urgent, unresolved issue that puts every serving member of the military at risk.
Episode 4 — “Original Sin”
Original Air Date: 08/15/2019
THE BRINK with BENJAMIN BRYANT: INTERSECTIONS is a special multi-part investigative presentation from BZ/MP, released in a serialized storytelling format, telling the story of an American soldier Ana Clarke, and the night a tragic accident took away her ability to tell her own story–and gave others the opening to tell a very, very different one “for” her. Join host Benjamin Bryant and Tommy Zamberlan as they uncover the explosive truth of what happened that night, and the many injustices that followed, ultimately revealing a pattern of neglect and an urgent, unresolved issue that puts every serving member of the military at risk.
Episode 5 — “Win or Lose, the Game’s Still Over”
Original Air Date: 08/16/2019
THE BRINK with BENJAMIN BRYANT: INTERSECTIONS is a special multi-part investigative presentation from BZ/MP, released in a serialized storytelling format, telling the story of an American soldier Ana Clarke, and the night a tragic accident took away her ability to tell her own story–and gave others the opening to tell a very, very different one “for” her. Join host Benjamin Bryant and Tommy Zamberlan as they uncover the explosive truth of what happened that night, and the many injustices that followed, ultimately revealing a pattern of neglect and an urgent, unresolved issue that puts every serving member of the military at risk.