Benjamin Cunningham: The Wife-Swapping Czech Double Agent Whose Sad Saga Captured the Nihilism of the Cold War Era

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Benjamin Cunningham, author of The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War’s Last Honest Man.

Benjamin Cunningham is a Barcelona-based writer. He is a former correspondent for The Economist, editor in chief of the Prague Post, and copy boy at the Saginaw News. In addition he contributes to The Guardian, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Aspen Review, Le Monde Diplomatique, and is an opinion columnist for Sme, Slovakia’s main daily newspaper. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona.