The Sundance film Narco Cultura follows a CSI unit in Juarez, Mexico - the world's murder capital - and explores the culture surrounding Narcocorridos, which are Mexican ballads commissioned by drug lords that detail and glorify violence. Late City Edition Producer Zachary Wyche sat down with director Shaul Schwarz to discuss the film and Narcocorrido culture.

Narco Cultura

Episode Two: Cameron Koffman

Episode Three: Shamus Khan

Episode One: Reed Alexander

Kaiser Kuo hosts The Sinica Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China. I sat down with Kaiser to discuss China’s relationship with the liberal international order, the often adversarial American media coverage of Chinese foreign policy, and its most recent management of the coronavirus outbreak. We also talked about his experience starting Tang Dynasty, the first heavy metal rock band in China.

Episode Five: Kaiser Kuo

Karen Chee is a comedian and writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers. In this episode, I sat down with Karen to discuss her path from studying History and Literature at Harvard University to working with Seth Meyers. She also reflected on the thrill of writing jokes for Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh at the 2019 Golden Globes and pondered the liberal nature of political satire in America.

Episode Four: Karen Chee

David Ignatius is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post, where he has covered the Middle East and the CIA. We discussed his newest book, The Paladin: A Spy Novel, which was released in early May. I also asked David about the future of media and journalism amidst the rise of “fake news,” cyber warfare, and international, geopolitical relations after COVID-19. David also explains the CIA slang phrase “lemon squeezer.”

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