Robert Young Pelton has made a career of interviewing people in the most dangerous places in the world.
Robert Young Pelton has made a career of interviewing people in the most dangerous places in the world. (Photo: The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Outside Podcast: Robert Young Pelton

Robert Young Pelton has made a career of interviewing people in the most dangerous places in the world.

Robert Young Pelton has made a career of tracking down warlords and interviewing people in the most dangerous places in the world. He’s been kidnapped in Colombia, survived an assassination attempt in Uganda, and joined the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Outside editor Chris Keyes wanted to know how spending that much time on the edge has affected him in the long term. But the answer’s not what you’d think.

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