David Stout - Pakistan - AFP

The Taliban has interns. David Stout a correspondent in Pakistan for Agence France Presse (AFP) looked into the communications apparatus of the Islamic fundamentalist group, only to find it operates much like any media organization, unpaid interns and all. We also discuss how after growing up in small town New Mexico, Dave pingponged around Asia before landing in more-idyllic-than-you’d-expect Islamabad.

We talk about the situation in Kashmir (2:10), being raised in Hobbes, New Mexico (6:07), an early does of journalism rejection before finding his way in college (9:30), moving to Thailand/Vietnam and getting his start as a professional journalist (12:00), starting to work on the editing desk for AFP in Hong Kong (17:01), getting the gig in Pakistan (22:10), the story on Kung Fu in Hong Kong he couldn't quite bag (31:15), his story on the Taliban's media operations (34:05), and finish on the lightening round (39:20).

 

Here are links to some of the things we talk about:

Dave's story on the Taliban's propaganda war - https://yhoo.it/2ktcSD4

Pakistani newspaper Dawn - http://bit.ly/2kMduEa

Lunch with the FT - https://on.ft.com/2muj4LR

"A Kingdom of Their Own" by Joshua Partlow - https://amzn.to/2mlp0qe

David Halberstam bio on Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/2msAf0i

A Year of Living Dangerously on IMDB - https://imdb.to/2m836Xl

 

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