Episode 29: Jon Lee Anderson

Jon Lee Anderson is an acclaimed biographer, investigative reporter, and war correspondent currently writing for The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1998. Over his distinguished career, he’s reported from conflicts across the globe—including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Liberia, Angola, Mali, and more—and contributed to major outlets like The New York Times, Harper’s, Life, and The Nation. Anderson is also a respected author, known for his definitive biography Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (during which he located Che’s hidden burial site), The Fall of Baghdad, Guerrillas, and The Lion’s Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan. His latest book To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban is out now. He has been recognized with prestigious honors, including the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for excellence in Latin American reporting.

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