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Goat Staring and Other Oddities: An Interview with Jon Ronson

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SpyCast

Education, News, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

SPY Historian Vince Houghton traveled to Politicon in Pasadena, CA and sat down (before a live audience) with Jon Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats, and all-around interesting person.

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hunters. security today. Hi and welcome to SpyCast. From the secret files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

1:05.7

I'm Dr. Vince Hote, the Museum's historian and curator.

1:09.4

Every week, the museum brings you interesting conversations

1:12.4

with authors,

1:13.2

scholars, and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage.

1:18.8

Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence.

1:23.0

This will be a little different theme, a little different mood than the last one.

1:33.4

Welcome everyone.

1:34.8

Welcome to Spycast, a live recording.

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I guess that's somewhat oxymoronic,

1:39.0

but live recording of Spycast here at Politicon

1:42.2

in Pasadena, California. I am Vince

1:44.3

Houghton. I'm the historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in

1:47.4

Washington, DC. And with me is John Ronson, who is a Welsh journalist,

1:51.8

author, filmmaker, and radio producer.

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