The Nerd Reich Gil Durán

Secrets & Spies

Sep 12, 202600:59:42News & Politics

Journalist Gil Durán spent years in political consulting before returning to reporting, and eventually, to the beat that became the subject of his book, The Nerd Reich. He joins Chris to lay out his case that a corner of...

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