Josh Cohen interviews Mark Danner for his podcast, Unfiltered.
Josh and Mark discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, similarities to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the expansion of NATO. They look back on Mark’s series of debates with Christopher Hitchens on the Iraq War. Mark recalls the beginning of his journalism career, including working and learning under Robert Silvers at the New York Review of Books, the importance of a good editor, and he legacy of Robert Silvers. Mark talks about his current work regarding Trump’s “slow-motion coup,” both on January 6, and his ongoing attempts to undermine U.S. democracy.
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