Jeffrey Goldberg: The FishbowlDC Interview

Say hello to The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. He is the author of "Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror" and the proud owner of this month's Atlantic cover story. What word do you routinely misspell? occasion, all the time What's the name of your cell phone ring? I think it's called Radiance, or Radiant, or Radiation, or something. But I keep meaning to change it the theme song from "Shaft." What time did you get up this morning? 5:30. When did you last cry and why? In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, when a very nice lady asked me how I keep my shit together despite the pressures of campaigning. How many emails do you receive a day, roughly? Actual emails, about 30 or 40. Crap, about 30 or 40. What's your favorite letter? The purloined one. What single person played the biggest role / had the biggest influence on your journalism career? I can't single out one. Seth Lipsky taught me a great deal, but so did Michael Hirschorn, Gerry Marzorati and David Remnick. And a bunch of others. When's the last time you volunteered? Where? Jewish tradition states that a high form of giving is anonymous giving, so let me not answer this one. Read the rest when you click below...(and see previous FishbowlDC interviews: Julie Mason, David Shuster, Joe Curl, Alex Pareene, Peter Beinart, Jonah Goldberg, Megyn Kendall, Ana Marie Cox, Jim Brady, Howard Mortman, Amy Argetsinger, Jose Antonio Vargas, Chuck Todd, Tom Gottlieb, Kelly Ann Collins, David von Drehle, David Lat, Mark Leibovich, Zain Verjee, David Plotz, Paul Kane, Karen Travers, Mark Halperin, Hugo Gurdon, Greg Kelly,Ken Rudin, John Dickerson, Anne Schroeder, Spencer Ackerman, Bret Baier, Bob Sellers, Greta van Susteren, Danielle Jones, Jonathan Salant, John McCalla, Pam Hess, Ryan Grim, Marc Ambinder, Marty Kady, Jack Shafer, Annie Lou Bayly, Jerry Zremski, Charlie Cook, Dave Hughes, Howard Fineman, Katie Tarbox, Mark Segraves, Chris Cillizza, Tom Sietsema, Bill Triplett, Robin Givhan, David Brody, Norah O'Donnell, Carl Cannon, Jordan Lieberman, David Folkenflik, Molly Henneberg, Ernesto Londono, Brody Mullins, Aaron Blake, Martha Raddatz, Andrew Sullivan, Christina Bellantoni, Shane Harris, Nora McAlvanah, Adam Nagourney, Erin McPike, Mike Memoli, Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, Arthur Delaney, Chris Mincher, Rachel Sklar, Laura Sullivan, Jeff Kosseff, Matthew Cooper, Scott McCrary, Dan Reilly, Jennifer Griffin, Ari Shapiro, Jonathan Kaplan, Rick Klein, Mike Allen, Olivier Knox, Erik Wemple, Nathan Burchfiel, Andrea Mitchell, Mike DeBonis, Anne Kornblut, April Ryan, Amy Morris, Keith Koffler, <strongMark Silva, Ann Compton, Mark Knoller, Betsy Fischer, Katherine O'Hearn, Pamela Brown, Beverly Kirk, Wendell Goler, Glenn Kessler, Susan Page, Michael Crowley, Claudia Milne, Kelly Dinardo, Bruce Becker, Michael Rogers, Paul Schur, Diana West, Eric Nuzum, Bill Adair, Jonathan Ward, Jennifer Sergent) Also, drop us a line to let us know who else you'd like FishbowlDC to interview. They must work in the Washington area and you must include their email address. Who is your favorite active journalist? That's a hard one. Dexter Filkins, Larry Wright, Mark Bowden, James Fallows, all spring to mind. The really hard workers. John Burns. How could I forget John Burns? And George Packer. I'll stop here, because I'm just going to wind up naming my friends. What did you have for breakfast? Woodstock Water Buffalo Yogurt. For real. What one toiletry item could you not live without? You know the late Wilfred Thesiger, the great British explorer and writer? He used rocks for pillows. He's a role model for me. If you could have one superpower, which one would it be? The power to impose democracy on the Middle East. And X-Ray vision. Red or white wine? Red. PG-13 or R?G. Lincoln, Jefferson or Washington Memorial? Lincoln, by a long shot. Then Jefferson. I don't understand the Washington Monument. I understand George Washington, just not his monument. Leg or breast (chicken, of course) Leg. Friday night or Saturday night? Friday night. "Wedding Crashers" or "Old School" Old School. The Palm or Cafe Milano? The Palm. I like Milano, except for the noise and the creeps. Yankees or Red Sox? Anyone but the Red Sox. Jenna or Barbara? Barbara Senior. McSteamy or McDreamy? Don't care. Leno or Letterman? Letterman. Does anyone go for Leno? Stewart or Colbert? Stewart, though it's close. Boxers or briefs? What did Gingrich say? That question is beneath my dignity.

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