Scott Anderson is a long form feature article writer who primarily writes for the New York Times Magazine with his work focusing on conflicts and wars around the world. He gained worldwide recognition for his piece in GQ, which answered the question of why men go to war.
Following her investigation into the apartment building bombings that killed over 300 people, a leading Russian journalist was murdered in her apartment building elevator, while a member of parliament was murdered in front of his Moscow home shortly after organizing an inquiry into the bombings. It has since come to light that the bombings were orchestrated by FSB officers and one man believes he was imprisoned for poking around the case.
This podcast explores the controversy surrounding the deletion of an article featuring Vladimir Putin from a top magazine publisher, which led to the resignation of two top editors and accusations of censorship and cover-up.
A blogger decides to translate a controversial post for the Russian audience after seeing the amount of effort Conde Nast put in preventing Russian readers from accessing it, and it ends up being one of the biggest traffic getters for the blogger.
Journalist Scott Anderson believes that the 1999 apartment bombings in Russia were an FSB operation designed to bring Putin to power. He also shares that people can be easily deceived and the truth can be hidden, as evident in Putin's rise to power.