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Michael Idov is a screenwriter, journalist, and the former editor-in-chief of GQ Russia. His latest book is Dressed Up for a Riot.\n\n "It just goes to show that the best thing you can possibly do as a journalist is to forget you\u2019re a journalist, go out, have some authentic experiences, preferably fail at something really hard, and then write about that."\n\nThanks to MailChimp and Mubi for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@michaelidov\nIdov on Longform\n[01:15] "The Movie Set That Ate Itself" (GQ \u2022 Oct 2011)\n[02:00] Idov\u2019s Archive at NY Mag\n[02:25] Dressed Up for a Riot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux \u2022 2018)\n[06:35] \u201cSamizdat\u201d\n[14:00] "Bitter Brew" (Slate \u2022 Dec 2009)\n[16:55] Ground Up (Farrar, Straus and Giroux \u2022 2009)\n[19:30] Adam Moss on the Longform Podcast\n[19:35] Jim Nelson on the Longform Podcast\n[21:40] "Georgia\u2019s Next Leader May Be a Billionaire Zookeeper with Albino Rapper Children" (The New Republic \u2022 Sep 2012)\n[22:20] "Dosvedanie to All That" (Julia Ioffe \u2022 The New Republic \u2022 Feb 2014)\n[24:30] 4 (Magnolia Home Entertainment \u2022 2009)\n[32:50] "My Accidental Career as a Russian Screenwriter" (New York Times \u2022 Jan 2016)\n[33:05] "Russia: Life After Trust" (New York \u2022 Jan 2017)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices