Episode 38: Ted Conover

Longform

Education, Arts, Books, News

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Ted Conover, author of five books and the recent Harper's article "The Way of All Flesh." Show notes: tedconover.com Interview Transcript Personal Archive [1:00] "The Way of All Flesh" (Harper's • April 2013) [3:30] "Power Steer" (Michael Pollan • New York Times Magazine • March 2002) [15:00] Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America's Illegal Migrants (1987) [33:30] "Enter the Chicken" (Burkhard Bilger • Harper's • March 1999) [34:00] Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (2000) [36:15] The Routes of Man: Travels in the Paved World (2011) [42:30] "A Snitch's Dilemma" (New York Times Magazine • July 2012) [49:00] Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes (1984) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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