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Real-Life Political Violence Fuels Fiction in ‘The Abstainer’
Episode 318
Ian McGuire talks about his new novel, and Elisabeth Egan discusses Romy Hausmann’s “Dear Child.”
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5 years, 10 months ago
The Ottoman Empire’s Influence on the Present Day
Episode 317
Alan Mikhail talks about “God’s Shadow,” and Benjamin Lorr discusses “The Secret Life of Groceries.”
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5 years, 10 months ago
The Fate of Refugees After World War II
Episode 316
David Nasaw talks about “The Last Million,” and Carlos Lozada discusses “What Were We Thinking.”
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5 years, 10 months ago
Hari Kunzru on Writing ‘Red Pill’
Episode 315
Kunzru talks about his new novel, and Ben Macintyre discusses “Agent Sonya,” his latest real-life tale of espionage.
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5 years, 11 months ago
C.I.A. Operatives in the Early Years of the Cold War
Episode 314
Scott Anderson discusses “The Quiet Americans,” and Peter Baker and Susan Glasser talk about “The Man Who Ran Washington.”
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5 years, 11 months ago
Ayad Akhtar on Truth and Fiction
Episode 313
Akhtar discusses "Homeland Elegies," and Marc Lacey talks about "Cry Havoc," by Michael Signer, and "The Violence Inside Us," by Chris Murphy.
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5 years, 11 months ago
Brian Stelter on Fox News and Reed Hastings on Netflix
Episode 312
Stelter talks about "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth" and Reed Hastings discusses "No Rules Rules: Netflix and the…
5 years, 11 months ago
Jeffrey Toobin on Writing About Trump
Episode 311
Toobin talks about “True Crimes and Misdemeanors,” and Dayna Tortorici discusses Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults.”
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6 years ago
Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’
Episode 310
Andersen talks about his new book, and Lesley M.M. Blume discusses “Fallout.”
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6 years ago
The Life of a Brilliant, Suffering Scientist
Episode 309
Samanth Subramanian discusses “A Dominant Character,” his biography of J. B. S. Haldane, and Patrik Svensson talks about “The Book of Eels.”
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6 years ago