George Packer

Can you explain really briefly, we know that Peter Thiel is a billionaire, but can you explain why he's so influential?

Can you explain really briefly, we know that Peter Thiel is a billionaire, but can you explain why he's so influential?

Vance has a law degree from Yale. Right now, his priorities seem to be attacking the courts. What do you make of that?

Vance has a law degree from Yale. Right now, his priorities seem to be attacking the courts. What do you make of that?

Vance has a law degree from Yale. Right now, his priorities seem to be attacking the courts. What do you make of that?

How do you think that younger Vance who wrote Hillbilly Elegy would think of Vice President Vance?

How do you think that younger Vance who wrote Hillbilly Elegy would think of Vice President Vance?

How do you think that younger Vance who wrote Hillbilly Elegy would think of Vice President Vance?

Our guest today is Atlantic staff writer George Packer. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest today is Atlantic staff writer George Packer. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest today is Atlantic staff writer George Packer. We'll be right back after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Vance went on to work for Peter Thiel. And during that Silicon Valley phase, Vance has talked about being at dinners and explaining the struggles of people like him to billionaires. And has he talked about how he reconciled those encounters?

Vance went on to work for Peter Thiel. And during that Silicon Valley phase, Vance has talked about being at dinners and explaining the struggles of people like him to billionaires. And has he talked about how he reconciled those encounters?

Vance went on to work for Peter Thiel. And during that Silicon Valley phase, Vance has talked about being at dinners and explaining the struggles of people like him to billionaires. And has he talked about how he reconciled those encounters?

Did you find signs that it actually troubled him that even among those that he admired that spoke of the ideologies that he now like really accepted and felt found himself in actually also didn't really know much about him and where he was from and people like him?

Did you find signs that it actually troubled him that even among those that he admired that spoke of the ideologies that he now like really accepted and felt found himself in actually also didn't really know much about him and where he was from and people like him?

Did you find signs that it actually troubled him that even among those that he admired that spoke of the ideologies that he now like really accepted and felt found himself in actually also didn't really know much about him and where he was from and people like him?

The thing about Hillbilly Elegy, I mean, I want you to delve a little bit deeper into this because you write, while that memoir really did speak to his life in really deep and profound ways in the lives of many, many people, the memoir belongs in an era that no longer exists. Can you say more about that?

The thing about Hillbilly Elegy, I mean, I want you to delve a little bit deeper into this because you write, while that memoir really did speak to his life in really deep and profound ways in the lives of many, many people, the memoir belongs in an era that no longer exists. Can you say more about that?

The thing about Hillbilly Elegy, I mean, I want you to delve a little bit deeper into this because you write, while that memoir really did speak to his life in really deep and profound ways in the lives of many, many people, the memoir belongs in an era that no longer exists. Can you say more about that?