Episode 552: Azam Ahmed

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 7:50 p.m.

b"Azam Ahmed is an international investigative correspondent for\\xa0The New York Times. His new book is\\xa0Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance.\\n\\u201cI think the fundamental question I always ask when I go into a new place, whether I\\u2019m covering currencies, or hedge funds, or geopolitics in Afghanistan, or the war\\u2014it\\u2019s what does this mean to the world right now? What does the world need to know and how does it fit into that space?\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@azamsahmed\\n\\nAhmed on Longform\\n\\nAhmed\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\n20:00\\xa0\\u201cFor Afghan Officials, Prospect of Death Comes with Territory\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 Dec 2012)\\n\\n21:00\\xa0\\u201cA Day\\u2019s Toil in the Suicide Bombers\\u2019 Graveyard\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 Aug 2013)\\n\\n21:00\\xa0\\u201c2 Afghan Sisters, Swept Up in a Suicide Wave\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 March 2013)\\n\\n25:00\\xa0\\u201cShe Stalked Her Daughter\\u2019s Killers Across Mexico, One by One\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 Dec 2020)\\n\\n46:00\\xa0\\u201cUsing Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 June 2017)\\n\\n48:00\\xa0\\u201cIn Mexico, \\u2018It\\u2019s Easy to Kill a Journalist\\u2019\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 April 2017)\\n\\n54:00\\xa0\\u201cKill, or Be Killed: Latin America\\u2019s Homicide Crisis\\u201d\\xa0(New York Times \\u2022 May 2019\\u2013Feb 2020)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"