Bob Baer appears in the following:
Context and a TV Show: Homeland
Friday, November 23, 2012
Every so often, we pick a popular movie, play, or TV show and talk about the real-life context. Today: Showtime's "Homeland."
Bob Baer, the Intelligence Columnist for TIME Magazine and 21-year veteran of the CIA, talks about what "Homeland" gets right and what it says about counter-terrorism. Then, June Thomas, a culture critic for Slate and host of the new Slate podcast The Afterword, discusses what the show says about the evolution of spy thrillers after 9/11.
Context and a TV Show: Homeland
Monday, October 01, 2012
Every so often, we pick a popular movie, play, or TV show and talk about the real-life context. Today: Showtime's "Homeland."
Bob Baer, the Intelligence Columnist for TIME Magazine and 21-year veteran of the CIA, talks about what "Homeland" gets right and what it says about counter-terrorism. Then, June Thomas, a culture critic for Slate and host of the new Slate podcast The Afterword, discusses what the show says about the evolution of spy thrillers after 9/11.
