Writer Evan Ratliff on Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels, his love of mysteries, and the future of longform journalism.

To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasby Hunter S. Thompson, The Mastermindby Evan Ratliff, theHardy Boysseries, the Dragonlance Chroniclesby Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, There Are No Children Hereby Alex Kotlowitz, and Hell's Angelsby Hunter S. Thompson.

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