Foreign Correspondence

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Foreign Correspondence is a podcast that brings you hour-long interviews with journalists around the world hosted by Jake Spring.

Episodes

Sunday Jun 16, 2024

Jen Wieczner - Features - New York Magazine

Sunday Jun 16, 2024

“If someone were going to make this story into a movie, I want to hear about the scenes that would be in it.” Notable scenes of Jen Wieczner's career include commuting from Boston to New York while juggling a juice bar job and a journalism internship, scrambling for interviews in Japan, and attending the Goldman Sachs CEO's late night DJ set. Now a features writer at New York Magazine, she discusses how she approaches long-form stories on finance and other topics.

Countries featured: United States, Japan

Publications featured: Fast Company, Marie Claire, Smart Money, Market Watch, Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, New York Magazine

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

Jen's profile of an abrasive chess master - https://bit.ly/3Xk1nOq

Her story Why Your Boss is Dumping Your Wife - https://bit.ly/4c36wPd

Her profile of Mylan's CEO Heather Bresch - https://bit.ly/4blkawh

Her profile of Steve Cohen's return to hedge funds - https://bit.ly/4elwI9n

Her story on How High Can Bitcoing Go - https://bit.ly/4eADdWa

Her story The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars - https://bit.ly/3XrnXou

Her story about nannies in NYC - https://bit.ly/4eqNSTe

The Atlantic article Bill Ackman Is a Brilliant Fictional Character - https://bit.ly/3VGzkYe

Reeve's Wiedeman's book on WeWork - https://bit.ly/4aZMxQk