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Nicholas Schmidle is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His latest article is "Virgin Galactic's Rocket Man."\n\n\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot more pressure that I\u2019ve put on myself to make sure that the next [article] is better than the last one. To make sure there are sourcing standards and expectations I have for myself now that I might not have had earlier. I\u2019m putting even more priority on building long-term relationships in which I trust an individual. ... I feel like the pieces coming in are tighter in terms of sourcing, but story selection becomes a lot more difficult. You want to do a different story.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Skagen, and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@nickschmidle\nSchmidle on Longform\nLongform Podcast #46: Nicholas Schmidle\n[2:00] "In the Crosshairs" (New Yorker \u2022 Jun 2013)\n[2:00] "Getting bin Laden" (New Yorker \u2022 Aug 2011)\n[2:20] "Virgin Galactic's Rocket Man" (New Yorker \u2022 Aug 2018)\n[20:45] "Michael Flynn, General Chaos" (New Yorker \u2022 Feb 2017)\n[24:30] A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe \u2022 Farrar, Straus & Giroux \u2022 1998)\n[24:40] I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel (Tom Wolfe \u2022 Farrar, Straus & Giroux \u2022 2004)\n[25:00] The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe \u2022 Farrar, Straus & Giroux \u2022 1979)\n[31:45] "Freedom for Tyrone Hood" (New Yorker \u2022 Jan 2015)\n[33:45] "A Very Rare Book" (New Yorker \u2022 Dec 2013)\n[37:00] The Staircase (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade \u2022 Netflix \u2022 2004)\n[39:45] "The Digital Dirt" (The New Yorker \u2022 Feb 2016)\n[40:10] "The Kings of the Desert" (New Yorker \u2022 Apr 2015)\n[48:00] "Ten Borders" (New Yorker \u2022 Oct 2015)\n[56:20] "The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back" (New Yorker \u2022 May 2008)\n[57:00] Scrivener software\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices