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b'Jeffrey Gettleman is the East Africa Bureau Chief for the New York Times and the author of Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival.\\n\\n \\u201cI\\u2019m not an adventure-seeking adrenaline junky. I like to explore new worlds, but I\\u2019m not one of these chain-smoking, hard-drinking, partying types that just wants thrills all the time. And unfortunately that\\u2019s an aspect of the job. And as I get older and I\\u2019ve been through more and more, the question gets louder. Which is: Why do you keep doing this? Because you feel like you only have so many points, and eventually the points are going to run out.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp, V by Viacom, 2U, and Kindle for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n@gettleman\\nGettleman on Longform\\n[01:15] Gettleman\\u2019s Archive at The New York Times\\n[01:30] Gettleman\\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning work\\n[01:30] Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival (Harper \\u2022 2017)\\n[08:30] Tampa Bay Times (Previously St. Petersburg Times)\\n[11:30] Fan Club\\n[12:30] The Front Row\\n[18:00] "Into the Heart of Falluja" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 May 2004)\\n[22:00] "The World\\u2019s Worst War" (New York Times \\u2022 Dec 2012)\\n[30:00] "Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War" (New York Times \\u2022 Oct 2007)\\n[30:30] "Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits" (New York Times \\u2022 Sep 2012)\\n[35:45] Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad \\u2022 Dover Publications \\u2022 1990)\\n[38:45] "Ominous Signs, Then a Cruel Attack" (New York Times \\u2022 Sep 2013)\\n[45:45] "Jeffrey Gettleman\\u2019s World of War" (Jack Shafer \\u2022 Slate \\u2022 Mar 2009)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'