Freedom and its Discontents, a politics and culture podcast with author & journalist Michael Scott Moore <br/><br/><a href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">michaelscottmoore.substack.com</a>
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Freedom and its Discontents, a politics and culture podcast with author & journalist Michael Scott Moore <br/><br/><a href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">michaelscottmoore.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
June 9, 2026
035 Meg Smaker: Captured in Colombia
<p>Meg Smaker is a filmmaker and journalist, director of Jihad Rehab (or The UnRedacted), which was the subject of an earlier Radio Free Mike <a target="_blank" href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/listen-now-003-meg-smaker?utm_source=publication-search">episode</a>. In 2003, Meg was held hostage with two other Americans in Colombia by an anti-FARC militia for about ten days. We talk about what it means to be held hostage; in fact this interview starts with Meg interviewing me.</p><p>A little context: Jihad Rehab deals with former inmates of the American prison at Guantánamo who were sitting in a re-integration center in Yemen. Meg exlpains how her short kidnapping in Colombia led her, eventually, to the topic of her controversial film.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/">Upgrade</a> to a paid subscription to Radio Free Mike. Platforms: <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-free-mike/id1788416382">Apple</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6cCR2gO3JVisYIqnuBPvS5">Spotify</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOPN_8T0B4IQMHBmqeM3i8bcDbVTPEBfB">YouTube</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://pca.st/6fy31t7x">Pocketcasts</a></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><p>Meg Smaker <a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5982477/">filmography</a> on IMDB</p><p>Website for the film now called <a target="_blank" href="https://jihadrehab.com/">“Unredacted”</a></p><p><p>radio free mike is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">michaelscottmoore.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 2, 2026
034 Ed Park: An Oral History of Atlantis
<p>Ed Park is a novelist and journalist and the author, most recently, of <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-greek-tragedy-one-day-a-deadly-shipwreck-and-the-human-cost-of-the-refugee-crisis-jeanne-carstensen/b0b82e1d44c94ab5?aid=123217&ean=9781668083147&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books&next=t">An Oral History of Atlantis</a>, a collection of stories full of wit and humor and strange invention. We talk about our shared enthusiasm for REM — which shouldn’t take any of my listeners by surprise — and by the end of the show we talk about his two upcoming books in a surprising amount of detail. So if you’re interested in that, stick around.Ed has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and his two upcoming books include a memoir “of sorts,” called Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties (in August) and a long story called The Repairer of Reputations (in September). Ed tells me the long story is not unrelated to the stories we discuss on this episode. </p><p>Platforms: <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-free-mike/id1788416382">Apple</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6cCR2gO3JVisYIqnuBPvS5">Spotify</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOPN_8T0B4IQMHBmqeM3i8bcDbVTPEBfB">YouTube</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://pca.st/6fy31t7x">Pocketcasts</a></p><p>Next week on June 10 I’ll be in conversation with Jeanne Carstensen — also a Radio Free Mike <a target="_blank" href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/007-jeanne-carstensen-a-greek-tragedy?utm_source=publication-search">guest</a>! — at Village Well Books in Culver City. Her book <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-greek-tragedy-one-day-a-deadly-shipwreck-and-the-human-cost-of-the-refugee-crisis-jeanne-carstensen/b0b82e1d44c94ab5?aid=123217&ean=9781668083147&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books&next=t">A Greek Tragedy</a><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-greek-tragedy-one-day-a-deadly-shipwreck-and-the-human-cost-of-the-refugee-crisis-jeanne-carstensen/b0b82e1d44c94ab5?aid=123217&ean=9781668083147&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books&next=t"> </a>tells one of the horrific stories from the migration push across the Mediterranean. It was a finalist this year for the PEN/Galbraith Award.</p><p>Tickets available <a target="_blank" href="http://withfriends.co/event/28162488/refugee_crisis_book_talk_a_greek_tragedy_by_jeanne_carstensen">here</a>, and the price can include a copy of the book. And I’m happy to sign copies of <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-desert-and-the-sea-977-days-captive-on-the-somali-pirate-coast-michael-scott-moore/e3618a6618f46a54?aid=123217&ean=9780062449184&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books&next=t">The Desert and the Sea</a><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-desert-and-the-sea-977-days-captive-on-the-somali-pirate-coast-michael-scott-moore/e3618a6618f46a54?aid=123217&ean=9780062449184&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books&next=t"> </a>at the store.</p><p><strong>Podcast Resources:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/an-oral-history-of-atlantis-stories-ed-park/3a26061c854005ff?ean=9780812998993&next=t&aid=123217&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books">An Oral History of Atlantis</a>, by Ed Park </p><p>Ed’s <a target="_blank" href="https://ed-park.com/">website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/three-tenses-ed-park/87535a02c083174d?ean=9798217154944&next=t&aid=123217&listref=radio-free-mike-featured-books">Three Tenses</a> preview</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-repairer-of-reputations-ed-park/c524e58f08e0fb08?ean=9781641298728&next=t">Repairer of Reputations</a> preview</p><p>The new Radio Free Mike <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/radio-free-mike-featured-books">virtual bookshop</a> features almost every book mentioned on the podcast, and I earn a small commission if you order from this page.</p><p><p>radio free mike is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">michaelscottmoore.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 19, 2026
033 Daniela Gerson: The Wanderers
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">michaelscottmoore.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p>Today we’re talking to not one, but two guests — a journalist, Daniela Gerson (right), and her wife Talia Inlender, who’s an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles. Daniela’s the author of THE WANDERERS, a new book about their Jewish grandparents, who all escaped the Holocaust from eastern Poland by heading east — though not together, and the coincidence they discovered about their family histories will be worth the price of admission. We talk about World War II history, fleeing the Third Reich, and about how the past is not really past.</p><p>This episode has a mild echo on Talia’s feed, which vanishes after a while. We’re on a budget around here. For that reason, please <a target="_blank" href="https://michaelscottmoore.substack.com/">upgrade</a> to a paid subscription to Radio Free Mike!</p><p>Platforms: <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-free-mike/id1788416382">Apple</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6cCR2gO3JVisYIqnuBPvS5">Spotify</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOPN_8T0B4IQMHBmqeM3i8bcDbVTPEBfB">YouTube</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://pca.st/6fy31t7x">Pocketcasts</a></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wanderers-a-story-of-exile-survival-and-unexpected-love-in-the-shadow-of-world-war-ii-daniela-gerson/524dc8cdb24d670e?ean=9780306834301&next=t">The Wanderers</a>, by Daniela Gerson</p><p>A review at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-wanderers-review-this-side-of-survival-0fa24b4b">Wall Street Journal</a></p><p>Daniela’s <a target="_blank" href="https://danielagerson.com/">website</a></p><p>Talia’s <a target="_blank" href="https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/talia-inlender">bio</a></p><p>The new Radio Free Mike <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/radio-free-mike-featured-books">virtual bookshop</a>, featuring almost every book mentioned on the podcast. (I earn a small commission if you order from this page.)</p><p><p>radio free mike is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p>
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