Extended Interview: Salman Rushdie

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

CBS News

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Cbs

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The author talks about his first fiction published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup so here we are coming to a bookstore.
0:42.3	Is this a haunt of yours?
0:44.3	Yeah, it's actually not particularly close to where I live, but I come here a lot.
0:49.3	Because?
0:50.3	Because...
0:51.3	Because...
0:52.3	So when you come into a bookstore, what are your expectations? and I think it's a beautiful store.
0:56.4	So when you come into a bookstore,
0:58.2	what are your expectations?
1:00.3	What do you do when you come into a bookstore?
1:01.9	What do you want a bookstore to be?
1:04.0	Well, at first I want to make sure you got my books.
1:04.8	Ah.
1:06.5	So you go straight to your books?
1:08.7	No, not straight, but I have an eye open.
1:12.8	You meander to your... I'm meander, but I do always check it out.
1:14.9	It's embarrassing to admit.
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