Episode 321: Nicholas Schmidle

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 6:37 p.m.

b'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'