Jere Van Dyk

Journalist and author Jere Van Dyk joins us to discuss his new book, "The Trade: My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping."

Reporter Jere Van Dyk discussed his many years of experience reporting in Afghanistan, and told the story of being ambushed and kidnapped by the Taliban in the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years.

In Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban he tells the gripping story of his 45 days in a Taliban prison.