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Patrick Radden Keefe on Crime Stories, No-Access Journalism, Getting Tenure at The New Yorker, and Turning 'Say Nothing' Into a Series

Patrick Radden Keefe on Crime Stories, No-Access Journalism, Getting Tenure at The New Yorker, and Turning 'Say Nothing' Into a Series

Update: 2024-05-22
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Last week, Bryan went to the Santa Fe International Literary Festival and was able to speak with Patrick Radden Keefe. They discussed a few things about Patrick’s career, including:


  • How Patrick discovered magazines in junior high school and what stood out about them (2:21 )

  • How he pitches a story to The New Yorker today (12:20 )

  • His attraction to crime stories (17:19 )

  • Whether there are too many crime stories in the era of Netflix (25:07 )

  • Write-arounds and no-access journalism (31:20 )


Host: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Patrick Radden Keefe on Crime Stories, No-Access Journalism, Getting Tenure at The New Yorker, and Turning 'Say Nothing' Into a Series

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