Edward McPherson with Robert Sullivan: Look Out

In this episode of Library Talks , author Edward McPherson sits down with fellow author Robert Sullivan to discuss his latest book, Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View. Look Out is an exploration of long-distance mapping, aerial photography, and top-down and far-ranging perspectives—from pre–Civil War America to our vexed modern times of drone warfare, hyper-surveillance at home and abroad, and quarantine and protest. Blending history, reporting, personal experience, and accounts of activists, programmers, spies, astronauts, artists, inventors, and dreamers, Edward McPherson reveals that to see is to control—and the stakes are high for everyone.

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Edward McPherson with Robert Sullivan: Look Out is an episode from The New York Public Library Podcast by The New York Public Library.

This episode is 01:00:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

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