NPR’s “All Things Considered”

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January 18, 2025In which I ruminate about the days of fine dining and frequent hijackings in American airspace.

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A Boston Globe Top Nonfiction Book of 2013

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January 18, 2025“A book that hums with the revolutionary, paranoid energy of the era.”

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A New York Times Top 10 of 2013

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January 18, 2025“A pure pop masterpiece…Reading this is like watching a Scorsese movie, or hearing the best song of summer squirt out of the radio.

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A San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book of 2013

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January 18, 2025Year-end praise from Western Airline 701’s second stop.

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A ThinkProgress “Year in Culture” Best Book

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January 18, 2025“A fascinating, sometimes funny, often very sad reminder of the short span of our historical memories.”

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A KQED Best Book of 2013

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January 18, 2025“History, writ large and small, has never been so engaging.”

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A NYTBR Notable Book of 2013

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January 18, 2025Finding deeper truths about the nature of extremism.

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A Slate Staff Pick for 2013

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January 18, 2025“A mesmerizing account…”

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BookCourt in Brooklyn

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7 p.m. @ BookCourt 163 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 875-3677 A conversation about terrorism with Gregory D. Johnsen; alcohol afterwards

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New York Public Library

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6:30 p.m. @ the NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch 455 Fifth Avenue (6th Floor) New York, NY 10016 A multimedia spectacular at the NYPL

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ThinkProgress

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January 18, 2025“One of the most intriguing pieces of non-fiction I’ve read this year.”

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Queens Reading

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7 p.m. @ Molly Blooms 43-13 Queens Blvd Sunnyside, NY 11104 (718) 433-1916 My long-awaited hometown Skies event!

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Portsmouth (NH) Reading

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7 p.m. @ RiverRun Bookstore 142 Fleet Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 431-2100

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Cambridge (MA) Reading

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7 p.m. @ Porter Square Books Porter Square Shopping Center 25 White Street Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 491-2220

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MSNBC

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January 18, 2025An extremely rare chance to catch me wearing makeup and a tie.

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Winston-Salem Journal

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January 18, 2025“Captures well the terror and lunacy of those times.”

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Minnesota Public Radio

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January 18, 2025A corker of a segment on MPR’s “The Daily Circuit.”

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Book TV

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January 18, 2025C-SPAN’s coverage of my talk at the Jimmmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.

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The National

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January 18, 2025A thoughtful rave from Abu Dhabi.

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WITF Smart Talk

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January 18, 2025An absorbing chat with a living legend of Pennsylvanian radio.

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