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Episode 503: Evan Osnos

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What Have Been the Hardest Facts in Your Writing?

I remember I was reporting a piece in China about a tycoon and I'd gotten this interview with her out of the most kind of strange circumstances she rejected all these interviewed requests. But later when I was writing the story it was the lead I wanted to say that she was sitting on a silk sofa at such in such a place but as I was writing it I was like I don't know if that sofa is actually silk or if it's like nylon or rayon. The data was inconclusive as far as I was concerned so I then was like okay I can't tell from this photo what this thing is I'm gonna call the hotel and speak to the engineering department and they eventually did

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