Graeme Wood is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a lecturer in political science at Yale University. He is the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Graeme Wood discuss why the January 6th insurrection does not resemble other coups; his experience interviewing Mohammed bin Salman and being Richard Spencer's middle school lab partner; and the need for general interest journalists whose curiosity is not constrained by their identity.
This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
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Graeme Wood on January 6th, Saudi Arabia, and Interviewing Extremists | The Good Fight podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
