Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, by Gay Talese
Nov 15, 2015•33 min
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Episode description
Fifty years after it was first published, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” remains the most influential and talked about magazine story of all time. Author Gay Talese joins host David Brancaccio to discuss how the groundbreaking work of New Journalism came about, the evolution of celebrity, and why his story remains as resonant today as the day it was first published.
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