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James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, and Deborah Fallows, a linguist and writer, are the co-authors of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America.\n\n\u201cThe credo of reporting\u2014you know, what you don\u2019t know till you show it\u2014that\u2019s my 'this-I-believe.' That\u2019s the reason I\u2019ve stayed in this line of work for this many decades because there\u2019s nothing more fascinating that you can do but to serially satisfy your curiosity about things. What\u2019s it like on an aircraft carrier? What\u2019s it like in a Chinese coalmine? What\u2019s it like in a giant data center in Wyoming? What is it like in all of these things? And journalism gives you a structural excuse to go do those.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, MUBI, Best Self Journal, and Thermacell for sponsoring this week's episode. Also: Longform Podcast t-shirts are now available!\n@JamesFallows\n@FallowsDeb\nJames Fallows on Longform\nLongform Podcast t-shirts\n[02:15] Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America (Pantheon \u2022 2018)\n[09:25] The Reinvention of America (New Yorker \u2022 May 2018)\n[19:40] James Fallows's archive at The Atlantic\n[27:20] Tears of Autum (Charles McCarry \u2022 E.P. Dutton \u2022 1974)\n[34:35] James Fallows's archive at Washington Monthly\n[38:20] "Lloyd Bentsen: Can Another Texan Apply?" (The Atlantic \u2022 Dec 1974)\n[44:05] \u201cThe Passionless Presidency\u201d (The Atlantic \u2022 May 1979)\n[58:25] Redlands Daily Facts\n[58:45] The Morning Call\n[59:05] Seven Days\n[59:15] Erie Reader\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices