Wind of Change
- Category
- Narrative
- Host
- Patrick Radden Keefe
- Language
- English
Wind of Change is Patrick Radden Keefe testing a rumor that the CIA wrote the Scorpions power ballad of the same name as Cold War soft power.
The investigation is also a road trip through hair metal, defectors, and the way a song colonizes a childhood. Keefe is a reporter who likes a yarn and keeps the sourcing visible.
The series is a model of narrative nonfiction that is allowed to be fun. The fun does not erase the question of what governments think culture is for.
The chorus will get stuck in your head anyway. The reporting answer, such as it is, arrives only if you stay for the last interviews.
Last episode listed in the official feed
Bonus #3 - Scorpions Live from New York | Fundraiser For Ukraine
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