Introducing “Where is Austin Tice?” from NPR and the BBC

In short

The episode introduces NPR and BBC’s “Where is Austin Tice?” focused on the 2012 disappearance of Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and journalist in Syria, and the search for his whereabouts and release.

Guest backgrounds

Deborah Tice is Austin’s mother, speaking about not seeing him since 2012; Josh Baker is the host/creator introducing the series.

Key claims

Austin vanished “off the face of the earth”; investigators used GPS coordinates, located prisons, found his file, and note that presidents and popes have called for his release.

Notable examples

interviews with intelligence officers, tracking down war criminals, and uncovering evidence not previously public; claims that some people know what happened but may not want the truth revealed.

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Discover the complexities and developments surrounding the case of Austin Tice.

“Marine and a journalist who disappeared while working in Syria.”

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0:00I haven't seen my son since 2012. I know that my son is somewhere alive.

0:06Josh Baker:This is Deborah Tice. The disappearance of her son, Austin, is one of the biggest missing person cases in the world. And for years, we've been searching for him. Oh, gunshots. GPS coordinates of every location that Austin is possibly known to have been held at. This is the prison that Austin was in. Oh, my God. We found Austin's file. Presidents and popes have called for Austin Tice's release. And we are not ceasing our effort to get him. Leave no stone unturned in finding Austin and bringing him home. It just disappeared off the face of the earth. Austin is a former U.S. Marine and a journalist who disappeared while working in Syria.

0:53He had combat experience in the American military. Austin says, I'm living in a place at a time and with a people where life means more than anywhere I've ever been. Everybody in Syria thought Austin Tice was not just an ordinary journalist

1:08Josh Baker:who came and disappeared in Syria. There's far more to the Austin Tice case than I ever realised. We've spoken to intelligence officers, tracked down war criminals and uncovered evidence that has never been made public. I'm playing a game of semantics here. Because I caught him in a lie. There are people who know what happened to Austin and some of them don't want the truth to come out. What do you want from me? I should solve the mystery. I want to know about my son. I'm Josh Baker. Listen to Where Is Austin Tice? Coming Tuesday, September 8th from NPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4. Find new episodes twice a week in the Embedded podcast feed or wherever you get your podcasts.

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From the publisher

This is the story of one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time. It’s been more than fourteen years since American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria. There have been many stories about what happened to him. His disappearance has reached the highest levels of power and yet, so little is actually known. BBC’s award winning investigative journalist Josh Baker returns for his most ambitious chapter yet, in a major new series from BBC Radio 4 and NPR’s Embedded.

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