437 - HOLLIE MCKAY | The Rise of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

In this episode, we welcome Hollie McKay back to the show. She is a journalist, war correspondent, and humanitarian. She is also the bestselling author of Only Cry for The Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield (our 2021 Book of the Year), and her new book out now called Afghanistan: The End of the US Footprint and the Rise of the Taliban Rule. In this interview, we discuss her new book, the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan, what is going on in Afghanistan now, how the corruption of the Afghan government led directly to the Taliban takeover, how she’s able to cope with seeing so much depravity and human suffering, where she is headed next, and much more. Let’s get into it…

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