In about ten minutes I’m going to get a call from New York, where I’ll be talking live and nationwide on WNYC’s The Takeaway about the collision between the Dubai assassination and spy fiction…

*RING!*

Later:

Well, it happened—a 4-minute window that went by in about 40 nanoseconds. Celeste Headlee did a great job, but I finished it agonizing about how stupid I’d sounded. Only after listening to it again did I realize I’d done okay.

You can visit the The Takeaway to listen to that little blip that is me. Or, click below for the mp3…

[The Takeaway, Olen’s 4 minutes]