Nathaniel Rich writes for Rolling Stone, Harper's and the New York Times Magazine. His latest novel is Odds Against Tomorrow.\n\n"I'm drawn to obsession. I think I'm an obsessive in a way, probably most writers are. It's an obsessive act to sit at a desk by yourself."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and EA SPORTS FIFA WORLD CUP for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@NathanielRich\nnathanielrich.com\nRich on Longform\n[15:45] "Diving Deep Into Danger" (New York Review of Books \u2022 Feb 2013)\n[21:45] Odds Against Tomorrow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux \u2022 Feb 2013)\n[23:30] Longform Podcast #64: Gay Talese\n[23:45] The Bridge (Gay Talese \u2022 Harper & Row \u2022 1964)\n[26:15] "The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox" (Rolling Stone \u2022 Jun 2011)\n[26:30] "Tyler Hadley's Killer Party" (Rolling Stone \u2022 Dec 2013)\n[35:30] "How to Spend 47 Hours on a Train and Not Go Crazy" (New York Times Magazine \u2022 Feb 2013)\n[40:00] "For Whom the Cell Tolls" (Harper's \u2022 May 2010)\n[43:45] "The Man Who Saves You From Yourself" (Harper's \u2022 Nov 2013)\n[44:30] San Francisco Noir (Little Bookroom \u2022 Mar 2005)\n[45:15] David Sullivan speaks at the Commonwealth Club (Jul 2010)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices