February 22, 2024
Sharing my love of Willie on Texas Monthly podcast.
John Spong interviews me for the Texas Monthly podcast, One by Willie. We talk about the time I saw him debut his tune, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” at the launch of the statue we erected through CASt.
October 10, 2022
From the vault: Wright talks to Alec Baldwin about Scientology and Tom Cruise.
Here’s an interview Lawrence Wright did years ago with Alec Baldwin on his podcast, “Here’s the Thing.” They discuss Baldwin’s friendship with noted Scientologist Tom Cruise.
September 11, 2016
Radio Interview with On Point
Wright sits down with WBUR’s On Point to discuss the 15th anniversary of 9/11, his new book The Terror Years, and where we are now, in the age of terrorism.
March 12, 2014
LISTEN: Longform.org Interview at SXSW
Longform.org features Wright on their podcast, during their visit to Austin for SXSW. Features quotes like this gem:
"If I had the chance to interview Osama Bin Laden, should I kill him? It’s a fair question. Suppose we’re having dinner — should I stab him with the bread knife? Do I have a moral obligation to kill him? Or do I have a moral obligation as a reporter to simply hear him?"
You can download the episode [MP3] or visit Longform’s website to hear the interview.
- [6:00] Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Knopf • Jan 2013)
- [6:00] The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Knopf • Aug 2006)
- [7:45] The Siege (Twentieth Century Fox • 1998)
- [14:45] "The Apostate" (The New Yorker • Feb 2011)
- [30:15] My Trip to Al-Qaeda (Jigsaw Productions • Apr 2010)
January 16, 2014
Wright on Oregon Public Radio
Wright is interviewed about Going Clear and Scientology by Dave Miller on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Thinking Out Loud.
January 12, 2014
Resurgence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq & Syria
Wright was interviewed with fellow journalist Dexter Filkins by The New Yorker’s Dorothy Wickenden, as part of the Political Scene podcast.
November 22, 2013
NPR on JFK: Wright Talks About Growing Up in Dallas in the 60’s
Wright was interviewed for Wade Goodwyn’s report on the effects of the J.F.K. assassination on the city of Dallas, TX.
NPR: Marking Kennedy Assassination, Dallas Still On “Eggshells” ⟶
June 26, 2013
Interview at IRE Conference
“Speaking at the 2013 Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference, Wright revealed some of the secrets of his craft in a conversation led by his longtime friend John Burnett, a veteran foreign correspondent and longtime Texas-based NPR correspondent.”
[Photo: Travis Hartman, courtesy IRE.org]
April 13, 2013
Slate’s Book Club on “Going Clear”
Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O’Rourke all read Going Clear for this installment of Slate’s Audio Book Club.
February 06, 2013
Radio Interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition”
Steve Inskeep interviews Wright about the new book, Going Clear, and the controversial Church of Scientology.
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