Slate Presents: One Year

1990: Mandrake the Magician


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A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990, he picked up a paint roller and became an anti-tobacco vigilante. And he did it all under a secret identity.


This episode was written by Josh Levin, One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


This episode was produced by Kelly Jones, Olivia Briley, and Evan Chung. It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. 


Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. We had mixing help from Kevin Bendis.


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