Michael Goldfarb

First Rough Draft of History (podcast)

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Michael Goldfarb is the host of the First Rough Draft of History podcast and the author of Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance and Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace: Surviving under Saddam, Dying in the New Iraq.

He is a former London correspondent for GlobalPost, a former contributor to Politico Europe and a former London Bureau Chief for National Public Radio.

Contact: Website

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