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Episode 379: Joshua Yaffa

Episode 379: Joshua Yaffa

Longform
59 min
13 Feb 20
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Joshua Yaffa is a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker. His first book is Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia. “Especially in a place like Russia, where there’s a lot of sensitivity around what people might tell you—when they do open up to you, there’s a lot of trust there. And you better not abuse it or mishandle it, because you could put people in danger. Just being a decent person, and demonstrating that decency, goes a long way.” Thanks to Mailchimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode. @yaffaesque joshuayaffa.com [19:45] "The Search for Petr Khokhlov" (New York Times Magazine • Jan 2015) [22:45] Longform Podcast #339: Michael Lewis [26:15] "Ukraine's Unlikely President, Promising New Style of Politics, Gets a Tase of Trump's Swamp" (New Yorker • Oct 2019) [30:15] "The Double Sting" (New Yorker • Jul 2015) [37:45] "Russia's House of Shadows" (New Yorker • Oct 2017) [37:45] "A Village Doctor's Literary Calling" (New Yorker • May 2019) [38:00] Citizen K (Alex Gibney) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices