🎧 Foreign Interference: Ronald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington with Jennet Conant
20th Century
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15m
Jennet Conant is the author of Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Navigating a Dangerous Era and the New York Times bestsellers The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington and Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. She has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Newsweek, and The New York Times.;Producer: Dan Morelle;Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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