Radio War Nerd EP189 — Photographing Kurdistan's Struggle Against ISIS, w/ Joey Lawrence

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Guest: Joey L. , photographer & filmmaker Recorded: July 6, 2019 The War Nerd talks to photojournalist Joey Lawrence about his incredible stories & photos from his journeys to Iraqi Kurdistan & Rojava. Joey talks about his new book, "We Came From Fire"—a collection of his photos and reporting from the last 4 years documenting Kurdistan's struggle against ISIS. We also talk about certain western hacks misreporting the Syria war, including a certain Roy Gutman . . . At 1:50:00, Ames tells the story of an Alex Jones "black helicopters" conspiracy theorist reinvented as a leading "Russian disinformation" expert by Washington DC's best & brightest . . . Buy Joey L.'s book "We Came From Fire: Kurdistan's Armed Struggle Against ISIS" . Check out his documentary "People of the Delta" . Follow Joey L. on Twitter . Interlude music by RWN sound god Brendon Anderegg. Buy his music at Thrill Jockey . And don't forget the new audiobook by the War Nerd's alter-ego John Dolan: "Pleasant Hell" , the comic memoir read by the author himself. Buy it here!

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