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Last week, Bryan went to the Santa Fe International Literary Festival and was able to speak with Patrick Radden Keefe. They discussed a few things about Patrick’s career, including:
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<li>How Patrick discovered magazines in junior high school and what stood out about them (2:21)</li>
<li>How he pitches a story to The New Yorker today (12:20)</li>
<li>His attraction to crime stories (17:19)</li>
<li>Whether there are too many crime stories in the era of Netflix (25:07)</li>
<li>Write-arounds and no-access journalism (31:20)</li>
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Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe
Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

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