Nov 21, 2008 7:52 AM

Danger, NPR! (Updated)

I’ll be on NPR’s Day to Day later on, talking about the Human Terrain murder in Afghanistan. UPDATE: Here’s the audio.

I'll be on NPR's Day to Day later on, talking about the Human Terrain murder in Afghanistan.

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED and a contributing writer for The New York Times’ opinion section. Shachtman previously served as editor in chief of Rolling Stone, where he led the storied outlet to a Polk Award and its first-ever Emmy nomination. Before that, he was the editor in ... Read More

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