(An audio-only version of this episode is available on Spotify.)
Those who have only recently begun watching or listening to the “Finding MH370” podcast may not know that the show originated in 2023 as a collaboration between me, Jeff Wise, and Milwaukee-based entrepreneur Andy Tarnoff. Neither of us had done a podcast before, so like many other newcomers to the genre we simply had to figure it out as we went. Ultimately, we produced 31 episodes of the show we called “Deep Dive: MH370.” When we parted ways in early 2024, Andy retained exclusive control of the YouTube channel that we had built together. No longer having any access to the channel and its subscribers, I began again with my own channel.
The rebirth of the podcast as “Finding MH370” has been challenging but intensely rewarding and fun, and I look forward to covering the new ground that lies ahead. At the same time, I think that there newcomers to the podcast who might find value in the original season. Since the production quality of many of those first-season episodes was not what we later came to achieve — especially in the first two, which weer audio only — I decided to partially remake them, with new material grafted onto the core of the original.
Ever since starting the Substack that serves as the podcast’s show page (and which can be accessed via both FindingMH370.com and DeepDiveMH370.com) I’ve had the option for viewers to buy paid subscriptions as a way of showing support. Amid the struggle to simply get the podcast made every week, I haven’t had the time or energy to provide additional subscriber-only content, as many podcasts do. As I was getting ready to roll out the remastered first season it occurred to me that this would be, at last, a way for me to offer something to subscribers. My plan is that for the first week after each episode drops, it will be available exclusively to subscribers of the Substack show page. After that week it will be freely available for view by everyone on YouTube.
Paying subscribers, does this seem like a good idea to you—is this remastered content something that you are interested in? Free subscribers, does this tilt you at all towards throwing in financial support? Please let me know what you think.
In Episode 1, I lay out my own experience with the case and lay out the methodical, expert-based approach that this podcast will follow in attempting to solve the mystery of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. The show’s first guest is Peter Waring, who was a lieutenant in the Australian Navy in 2014 and participated in the search for the wreckage of MH370 with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. I discuss how best to approach this unsolved case, laying out the journalistic and scientific methods that will be used to peel away the layers of the onion in each upcoming podcast episode.
How to Approach an Unsolved Mystery [S1Ep1]