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New Yorker Radio Interview Hour with James Comey

In the latest episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, editor David Remnick interviews former FBI Director James Comey about his new book and his last few months in that office. It's an extended, thoughtful interview, with Remnick asking mostly questions that haven't been asked in the TV interviews, with thoughtful answers from Comey. Getting beyond sound bites and hot takes on what happened or what's been said, Comey talks with seriousness about making decisions in difficult situations, which can be helpful lessons whether or not one agrees with the actual decisions.

And that, Comey said, is a major goal of the book: it's about ethical decision-making, not about Donald Trump. Or, for that matter, really about James Comey.