Graydon Carter has the great gift of making his readers feel like insiders in the powerful and glamorous worlds he has covered, notably as the editor of Vanity Fair. He talks to Matha about his new book, When the Going was Good, which shares the stories behind the stories, from uncovering the mystery of the “Deep Throat” source to covering the OJ Simpson trial. Hear these veteran magazine editors dish about the brilliant writers and photographers, the iconic cover issues, the media moguls and the expense accounts that made that era of magazines so extraordinary.

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