Sleuths

A group of self-appointed online investigators decide to investigate a Chinese lab. Their findings only deepen doubts.

We meet:

The Seeker, internet sleuth

Rowan Jacobsen, journalist

Links:

Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy, MIT Technology Review

Credits:

Curious Coincidence was produced as part of MIT Technology Review's Pandemic Technology Project, which is supported in part by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation.

The series was created by Antonio Regalado and Jennifer Strong and produced by Anthony Green, Luke Robert Mason and Lindsay Muscato, with help from Emma Cillekens. The executive producer is Golda Arthur.

Theme music was composed and recorded by Jacob Gorski, with Ben Tolliday on cello and Ben Haeuser on woodwinds. The episodes contain original scoring and sound design by Garret Lang.

Art direction by Eric Mongeon with illustration by Selman Design.

The series was edited by Michael Reilly, David Rotman and Jennifer Strong, with fact checking by Matt Mahoney.