Today we are joined by New York Magazine’s Shawn McCreesh. We talk to Shawn about the art of a good profile, his days at New York Times, and his connection to previous ISW interviewees. 

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Show Notes

New York Magazine: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner’s Politico Ambitions 

New York Magazine: How SBF Sweet-Talked the Media 

NYTimes: Opinion | In My Hometown, Opioids Are Still Stealing Lives 

New York Magazine: Get Me Risa Heller! 

Mediate: ‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out’: Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed 

Guest Recommendations: 

New York Magazine: Pete Hamill on the Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class 

NY Times: Jamie Tarses' Fall, as Scheduled

GQ: Ted Kennedy on the Rocks | GQ 

The New Yorker: Ted Turner, the Lost Tycoon 

Vanity Fair: OVITZ AGONISTES 

NY Times: Woman of Mass Destruction 

New York Magazine: The Death of (the Idea of) the Upper East Side