Behind the News: Tech Moguls and Journalism w/ Eoin Higgins
Plus: Ronnie Grinberg on the Jewish intellectuals of New York's postwar scene.
February 3, 2025
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February 3, 2025
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<p>Eoin Higgins, author of <em><a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-higgins/owned/9781645030461/" rel="nofollow">Owned</a></em>, talks about tech moguls and the journalists, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, who work for them. Ronnie Grinberg, author of <em><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691193090/write-like-a-man" rel="nofollow">Write Like a Man</a></em>, on the mostly male, mostly Jewish New York intellectuals of the postwar scene.</p>
<p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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