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Myfirst book,Chatter, wasaboutthe world of espionage.
And what was really interesting was that shed documented this history basically as it regards high culture.
This is the first time youve done a podcast.
What else does the form allow you to do in comparison to other kinds of reporting?Everything.
Theres something about this story that almost has the ring of being too good to be true.
I did, and he was completely right, and thereve been a bunch of instances like that.
But the biggest thing was that I started looking into how plausible something like this would be.
One hundred percent plausible.
Its a bit creepy, of course, when you think about it.
This was part of what was so striking to me about the responses from a bunch of the ex-spies.
None of them not one said, We would never do such a thing.
Instead, there was often this palpable sense that they hoped it was true.
Theres also a very rich strain of like, How dare you call them hair metal?!
Technically this isnothair metal, and getting into these vanishingly fine distinctions.
All these people have written and said, Season two, look into it!
The responses have been all over the map.
Its been wild, and in a way, thats what I wanted.
If people listen to it and want to argue amongst themselves, so much the better.
Do you think all this will change peoples opinion of Wind of Change as a song?
