Videos

New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle reported on the creation of space tourism company Virgin Galactic through the stories of its test pilots, engineers, and leaders. This virtual event was h…

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee talked about his book, The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI’s Hunt for America’s Stolen Secrets, about Brian Regan, a CIA a…

Nicholas Schmidle talked about Faisal Shahzadof, the alleged bomber in the failed New York Times Square bomb plot, and the Taliban in Pakistan. Mr. Schmidle is the author of To Live or to P…

From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, a discussion of reporting from Pakistan and Afghanistan. The panelists included, J. Malcom Garcia author of The Khaa…

Nicholas Schmidle talked about his book To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan (Henry Holt and Co.; May 12, 2009). Mr. Schmidle lived in Pakistan in 2006 and 2007 as …

Nicholas Schmidle talked about recent developments in Pakistan, including President Obama’s White House meeting last week with Afghan President Karzai and Pakistani President Zardari, and th…