Andy Kroll on the Madness of Online Crowds: What the 2016 Murder of Seth Rich Tells Us About Our Conspiratorial Age

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Andy Kroll on the Madness of Online Crowds: What the 2016 Murder of Seth Rich Tells Us About Our Conspiratorial Age

Andrew Keen

Sep 12, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Andy Kroll, author of A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.

Andy Kroll is an investigative reporter for ProPublica, where he covers voting, politics, and threats to democracy. He is the former Washington bureau chief for Rolling Stone magazine, where he wrote extensively about the Seth Rich case. He has also written for Mother Jones, National Journal, and The California Sunday Magazine. He lives in Washington, DC. This is his first book.

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