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b'Alexis Okeowo, a foreign correspondent, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Businessweek.\\n\\n\\u201cNigeria is a deeply sexist country. It can be difficult for people to take you seriously. But that also has its benefits, because it\\u2019s very easy to disarm your subjects. If I\\u2019m interviewing people who underestimate me, I can get them to open up because they somehow think that I\\u2019m na\\xefve or I don\\u2019t know what I\\u2019m doing. So I don\\u2019t mind if some sexist general or banker thinks I\\u2019m this young little student who doesn\\u2019t know what she\\u2019s talking about. As long as you tell me what I want to know, it\\u2019s great.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter and MarketingProfs for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@alexis_ok\\nalexisokeowo.com\\nOkeowo on Longform\\n[7:00] "Nigeria\\u2019s Stolen Girls" (New Yorker \\u2022 Apr 2014)\\n[19:00] "Inside the Vigilante Fight Against Boko Haram" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Nov 2014)\\n[31:00] "Freedom Fighter" (New Yorker \\u2022 Sep 2014)\\n[33:00] "Lagos Must Prosper" (Granta \\u2022 Apr 2015)\\n[51:00] "How the Lord\\u2019s Resistance Army Forced Captives to Become Couples" (FT Weekend Magazine \\u2022 Jul 2013)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'