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Will Wilkinson (Niskanen Center, Vox, The Fly Bottle) and Matthew Quirk (matthewquirk.com, The Directive)
- Leaving DC to write fiction . 01:18
- Matthew’s new novel, “The Directive” . 06:49
- How would you pull a heist at the Federal Reserve? . 13:39
- Have literary writers forgotten how to tell stories? . 20:14
- A novelist learns to pick locks . 25:43
- Political corruption, fiction vs. reality . 31:33
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Will Wilkinson
Matthew Quirk
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Matthew Quirk
Recorded:Jun 22
Posted:Jun 25, 2014
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Free Will | Jun 25, 2014 | Will Wilkinson & Matthew Quirk
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