Ann Patchett
speaker
1,333 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Ann Patchett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Netanyahu says clearly that is not going to happen.
Iran says it's going to happen, but Netanyahu says it will not.
He says that will remain his priority.
He then immediately shared this with the audience and everyone laughed.
I gasped out loud when I read that because I'm probably most known for how long it takes me to
to create and craft my questions in advance of every interview.
So as I take out my notes, I hope you won't think less of me for doing that.
Well, I'm going to aspire to be the kind of person that can just throw caution to the wind.
And maybe when I interview you next, I can graduate to that level.
Or when I interview you.
That's when we'll do it.
So my first question, is it true that you read in bed at night with a flashlight?
I was talking to a friend of mine who's here tonight, Tanya Selvarantham, and she... I love her and her coat.
Yes.
Yes.
She forwarded me an article that you had written about two years or so ago that I reread and remembered quite vividly about how adamant you've been about not owning a cell phone.
Right.
And...
In an essay in the New York Times titled The Decision I Made 30 Years Ago That I Still Regret, you stated this.
My stepfather had made my mother carry a pager when I was growing up, and when it beeped, she had to find a payphone and see what he wanted.
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