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Chris Walker

AboutWriting
Podcasts 
  • The Syndicate
  • Ballot Trip
  • Blood Vines
Freelance ServicesPressContact
AboutWriting
Podcasts 
  • The Syndicate
  • Ballot Trip
  • Blood Vines
Freelance ServicesPressContact
AboutWriting
Podcasts 
  • The Syndicate
  • Ballot Trip
  • Blood Vines
Freelance ServicesPressContact

Chris Walker

AboutWriting
Podcasts 
  • The Syndicate
  • Ballot Trip
  • Blood Vines
Freelance ServicesPressContact
  • Selected Press

    Press for Blood Vines — 2025

    In ‘Blood Vines,’ a Tale of Wine Fraud, White Zinfandel and Murder — Wine Enthusiast

    Over 30 years ago, one of the biggest wine scams in U.S. history rocked the Central Valley — Cap Radio, Sacramento

    Wealth. Power. Murder. Welcome to Wine Country — Podcast Delivery

    Wine o' the Times (5 star critic's review) — Podcast Geek

    IP Picks: A True Crime Drama set in Wine Country — The Optionist

    2024

    April 9

    Inside the News in Colorado: In his popular media newsletter, Corey Hutchins highlighted my writing and lamenting about journalism "link rot"

     

    January 10

    9News: Denver TV anchor Kyle Clark ran a 1-minute clip on his program NEXT recommending that viewers check out my longform magazine story about an alleged con man.

     

    January 5

    Longreads: The longform curation website selected my most recent feature as one of its top 5 weekly reads, writing "this piece by Chris Walker, about a con artist named Aaron Clark, was easy to read and enjoy."

    2023

    May 5

    Longreads: The curators at Longreads selected a feature I wrote about the kidnapping of an international truck driver as its top weekly read, writing "through one man's story, Walker exposes a dark side of the transmigrante industry."

     

    February 17

    Colorado Public Radio: Host Ryan Warner of Colorado Matters interviewed me about my investigation of tensions between tenants and landlords on Larimer Square, Denver's oldest commercial block.

    Press for The Syndicate — 2020 to 2022

     

    This Multimillion-Dollar Drug Smuggling Ring Used Skydivers to Transport Weed - Vice

     

    ‘The Syndicate’ Podcast About A Colorado Pot Smuggling Ring A Riveting Argument For Federal Legalization - Forbes

     

    From skydiving planes to DEA moles, “The Syndicate” explores the fall of a marijuana-smuggling ring - Salon

     

    What we’re reading (and listening to) - Business Insider

     

    “A Better Life?” plus five more great Colorado podcasts you should be listening to - Denver Post

     

    On Something: Pot Smuggling 2.0 - Colorado Public Radio

     

    New Podcast Dives Into The World Of Cannabis Smugglers - High Times

     

    How Legalization Supports The Illicit Pot Market - Weed Week

     

    The Five: A intense BBC drama, a podcast with Minnesota twist and lush new music - Minnesota Public Radio

     

    Skydiving With One of Denver’s Largest Marijuana Smugglers - 5280 Magazine

    2018

    March 6

    Colorado Public Radio: Colorado Matters Host Ryan Warner interviewed me about my story exploring pirate radio stations in the Rocky Mountains and the renegade DJs who play cat and mouse with the Feds.

    2017

    November 7

    Colorado Public Radio: I was invited onto the popular program Colorado Matters to discuss my narrative feature about secret LSD labs in Denver in the 1960's and the curious chemist who ran them.

     

    June 12

    Colorado Public Radio: Host Ryan Warner interviewed me about my investigation of self-declared soverign citizens in southern Colorado who were living off-grid and threatening county officials.

    2016

    August 17

    Denverite: The local Denver news site highlighted a story I'd written about my strange interactions with Gerald Foos, the subject at the center of journalist Gay Talese's controversial book The Voyeur's Motel.

    2015

    February 14

    Longreads: the longform curators pulled some quotes from a feature I wrote that explored the origins of Los Angeles' underground bicycle racing scene.

    2013

    November 30

    Go Kunming: The English-language news site in the Chinese city of Kunming did a Q+A with me and my adventure buddy about our two-year bicycle trip and what we'd learned by the time we pedaled into China.

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