EPISODE 47 - Operation Paperclip with Annie Jacobsen

Right Where You Are Sitting Now

This episode Kim the usurper takes the interview throne, and interviews our second female guest to date, the wonderful Annie Jacobsen.

Annie has recently published a book called 'Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America', says it all really.

World War II, Secret Nazi Scientists, what more do you need? Enjoy! [powerpress]

Ken's (yeah...KEN'S) musical slices this week come in the shape of:

• Romdraculas - Mockobckne Okha
• Eyvind Kang - Pure Nothing
• Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses- Peacock the Heretic

Annie Jacobsen Bio:

Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author who writes about war, weapons, U.S. national security and government secrecy. Her newest book, “OPERATION PAPERCLIP: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America,” published on February 11, 2014 and became an instant New York Times bestseller.

Her 2011 non-fiction bestseller, ”AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” has been published in five languages and is being made into an AMC scripted television series with Gale Anne Hurd (Walking Dead, Terminator), and Chris Carter (X-Files).

Annie Jacobsen graduated from St. Paul’s School and Princeton University where she wrote with Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster, studied Greek, and served as Captain of the Princeton Women’s Ice Hockey Team. She was a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times Magazine from 2009 until it closed in 2013. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin and their two sons.

(source: http://anniejacobsen.com)