Patrick Radden Keefe on Crime Stories, No-Access Journalism, Getting Tenure at The New Yorker, and Turning ‘Say Nothing’ Into a Series

Bryan sits down with the writer to discuss various elements of his career

By Bryan Curtis May 22, 2024, 4:23pm EDT

How Patrick discovered magazines in junior high school and what stood out about them (2:21)
How he pitches a story to The New Yorker today (12:20)
His attraction to crime stories (17:19)
Whether there are too many crime stories in the era of Netflix (25:07)
Write-arounds and no-access journalism (31:20)

Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe
Producer: Brian H. Waters

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