Interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All programs are available as podcasts. Hi, deborah. Hi. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. I want to start this interview with talking a little bit about you. I like the audience to hear the story, which, honestly, frankly, it really offended me which is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor claiming you would never be a political scientist. Can you explain a little bit about that. When i was in college, i struggled with what i wanted to major in. I was really torn between going into science and going into humanities and social science. I finally decided on social science because i found those questions much more interesting and engaging and urgent. Political science course we read all the great political philosophers from plato on up. They were all asking the questions, what is it just is, what is good government, how can you organize government and organize society t
This generation the first part of his career overseas courtesy first of the Chicago Tribune shortly after graduating from harvard in the middle east from iraq and other countries. In 2008 shared a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and then covering politics and Foreign Affairs with the 2014 National Book award and as a finalist for the 2015 put surprise. The new book is adapted from an occasional series of new yorker articles over the past decade including most recently, the profile of biden last august for him it has become an area of accidental expertise planting the former Vice President in the book to highlight the extensive experience, fundamental decency and language of dealing. Speaking of articulate and incite the conversation with Pete Buttigieg the 2020 democratic president ial candidate he also has a new book out he did an event for that three weeks ago so recognizing evans work and also putting in the political his former primary opponent who is now the enthusiasti
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