Leaving school at age 16 for a technical apprenticeship, Andrew Downie (@adowniebrazil) would stumble into his first journalism job while traveling in Mexico. Within five years he'd be working for The New York Times in Haiti. After decades of covering Latin America, Andrew now lives in Spain where he is working on a biography of soccer legend Pelé.

Countries featured: Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Scotland

Publications featured: The Mexico City News, UPI, New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, Time magazine, Reuters

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

Andrew's website - https://bit.ly/3rdleRx

His biography of Socrates - https://bit.ly/44RTmA9

The Instagram dedicated to Socrates - https://bit.ly/3PxT9xO

Tariq Panja on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EBn3Ln

Always Take Notes podcast - https://bit.ly/3sJQ4Sl

Unofficial Partner podcast - https://bit.ly/3LiNqt0

Tommy Tomlinson substack - https://bit.ly/45PWQof

Wright Thompson on Longform - https://bit.ly/3Ew7hRS

Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats