Poached Eggs: An American Caviar Crime Caper

Take a deeper dive into David Gauvey Herbert's Longreads feature about counterfeit caviar in an unlikely corner of rural America. David leads Longreads Audience Editor Catherine Cusick through interview tape he collected, a bit of caviar's rich history and a blow-by-blow of key moments in the story he reported. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Whitney Donaldson, Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.