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My guest today is Maureen Callahan. Maureen is an award-winning investigative journalist, columnist, commentator, and the host of the podcast The Nerve.

She is the author of Pokerface, The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga, Champagne Supernovus, Kate Moss, Mark Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the 90s

Renegades who remade fashion, and Ask Not, the Kennedies and the women they destroyed.

Today I'll be talking to her about her book, American Predator, the hunt for the most meticulous

serial killer of the 21st century. A detailed account of the crimes of Israel Keys,

and of the police and FBI investigations that followed his arrest

for the abduction and murder of a young barista,

as the investigators attempted to get Keyes to reveal the names of his other victims

and the locations of their corpses.

Efforts that went badly awry.

American Predator is an enthralling read and a fascinating and sobering look at the actions of that psychopath,

as well as providing detailed insights into real-life police procedure.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Maureen Callahan.

I can talk about American Predator, actually.

There's a major, major news story unfolding here in America,

which is the abduction from her home in the middle of the night of the elderly mother of one of the top morning hosts in American television.

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