My new favorite podcast (sorry, Ben) is Stay Tuned with Preet. That’s Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. First asked to stay by Trump and then fired, he is now a frequent contributor on CNN.
On his podcast, he is engaging, funny, and direct. He is an excellent interviewer. From long experience, he knows how to ask penetrating questions and shares his opinions. Podcasts are where the people you see for a minute or two on the news get to talk in long form revealing their ideas and personalities.
You can’t stay attached to the news without suffering. One especially heartbreaking interview was with Bryan Fogel, the Award winning director of the documentary Dissident about the murder of the journalist Jamal Kashoggi. After outstanding press reviews the film could not find one distributor. Even Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post where Kashoggi worked, would not put it on Amazon. Everyone was too afraid or too addicted to Saudi money. It’s just now going to be available on demand.
Do you listen to Podcasts? If so, what are your favorites?
I've seen Dissident. It is a superb documentary, well-edited, and not only examines the journalist's murder and its aftermath, but how Kashoggi's career developed, how his relationship to the power structure changed, and both the courage and tenderness at the center of his character.
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