Jon Ronson is a British journalist, author and documentary maker best known for his books The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test. The Men Who Stare at Goats was also adapted into a feature film starring George Clooney. Other books include So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Them: Adventures with Extremists. He wrote the screenplay for the feature film Frank staring Michael Fassbender, inspired by his time as the keyboard player in Frank Sidebottom's band. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2017 Netflix film Okja. Jon has produced and presented several documentaries for television and radio, including the critically acclaimed "The Secret Rulers of the World" and "The Crazy Rulers of the World”. He’s also hosted 7 series of his own BBC radio 4 show, "Jon Ronson On...,”. His latest project, The Debutante, an audio documentary about a Tulsa debutante turned white supremacist spokeswoman turned undercover informant for the US government, is out now on Audible.

Jon Ronson is guest number 280 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Jon Ronson’s Audible series, The Debutante is available here .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

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