HATCHET MAN

PART 4: A Nation’s Troubled History

The podcast series HATCHET MAN tells the tale of a little-known but extraordinary Albanian television series that aired in 1996 and ushered in social chaos and civil war.

In Part Four, we look at the paranoia, persecution, and lunacy of 20th-century Albanian life; a struggling president’s affection for booze and air hockey; and a legendary CIA spy’s plan to keep the nation from economic ruin.

CREDITS

Bob Paris. Writer, performer, producer.

Elizabeth Wlodarczak. Reader of credits, feeder of cats.

MUSIC

The Shed. “Baby Camel Walk.”  Courtesy of the artist.

Voyageurs. “Liquid Skulls”  and “A Mystic.” CC by 3.0.

John Bartmann. “Balkan Gypsy Party.”  CCO 1.0.

Keith Jars. “Surfacing Nebula.” CCO 1.0.

TRG Banks. “Great Aunt Henrietta.” CCO 1.0.

KSO Art. “Tender Stones.”  CC by 4.0.

MFP. “NT.”  CC by 4.0..