Episode 96: Nathaniel Rich

Published: June 11, 2014, 4:43 p.m.

b'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'