Jessica Stern on Interviewing Perpetrators

Episode 11 of the Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal? podcast, hosted by Nicola Quaedvlieg and Alette Smeulers, titled "Jessica Stern on Interviewing Perpetrators " was published on November 29, 2023 and runs 54 minutes.

November 29, 2023 ·54m · Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?

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Jessica Stern is a renowned expert on terrorism from Boston University. During her career, she has interviewed dozens of perpetrators including Radovan Karadžić. She wrote a book about the interviews with him, which received a lot of criticism. Most strikingly, she has received allegations of genocide denial. In this episode, Jessica explains she does not deny the genocide but wishes she had done some things differently in her book. She also talks about the insights she gained from other interviews with terrorists.

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Jessica Stern is a renowned expert on terrorism from Boston University. During her career, she has interviewed dozens of perpetrators including Radovan Karadžić. She wrote a book about the interviews with him, which received a lot of criticism. Most strikingly, she has received allegations of genocide denial. In this episode, Jessica explains she does not deny the genocide but wishes she had done some things differently in her book. She also talks about the insights she gained from other interviews with terrorists.

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