{"podcast":{"title":"The Next Big Idea","slug":"the-next-big-idea-743842","podcast_index_feed_id":743842,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LI1683199352","website_url":"https://nextbigideaclub.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a6ab495a-883e-11ec-8c25-c7992afe5f38/image/09bc0267e5751affd95e56450e5e5d5b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Next Big Idea Club","episode_count":354,"summary":"The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join hosts Rufus Griscom and Caleb Bissinger — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: Network+NBI@yapmedia.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:17:30.459334+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-743842"},"episode":{"title":"Patrick Radden Keefe on a Double Life, a Gilded City and a Mysterious Death","slug":"patrick-radden-keefe-on-a-double-life-a-gilded-city-and-a-mysterious-death","published_at":"2026-04-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-743842/patrick-radden-keefe-on-a-double-life-a-gilded-city-and-a-mysterious-death","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-743842","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP8879793822.mp3?updated=1775704656","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP8879793822.mp3?updated=1775704656","summary":"In 2023, Patrick Radden Keefe met a man who told him, \"I might have a story for you.\" When you're Patrick — New Yorker staff writer, author of \"some of the most memorable nonfiction books of the last decade\" (that's the New York Times talking) — this is a hazard of the trade. But he heard the guy out. The guy said he knew a family whose 19-year-old son had died in mysterious circumstances. \"He went off the balcony of a luxury apartment building overlooking the Thames.\" When the boy's parents started looking into it, they made an astonishing discovery: Their son — a nice, upper-middle-class Londoner — had been running around the city posing as the son of a Russian oligarch. \"This guy said only about that much,\" Patrick tells us in today's episode, \"and I knew if the family would talk to me, this was my next thing.\" His new book is London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth. The Next Big Idea is now on YouTube! You can find our episodes ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Follow Rufus on ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠, subscribe to our ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠, or send us an email at ⁠podcast@nextbigideaclub.com⁠. The best way to support the show is by becoming a Next Big Idea Club member. Learn more at ⁠⁠nextbigideaclub.com⁠⁠, and use code PODCAST for a super secret discount (spoiler: it’s 20% off). Sponsored By: Fabric — Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family at ⁠⁠meetfabric.com/nbi⁠⁠ Factor — Head to ⁠⁠⁠factormeals.com/idea50off⁠⁠⁠ and use code idea50off to get 50% off your first box Granola — Get three months free at ⁠⁠granola.ai/idea⁠⁠ Shopify — Start your $1/month trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/nbi⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"In 2023, Patrick Radden Keefe met a man who told him, \"I might have a story for you.\" When you're Patrick — New Yorker staff writer, author of \"some of th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3498,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-next-big-idea-743842/episodes/patrick-radden-keefe-on-a-double-life-a-gilded-city-and-a-mysterious-death/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-743842/patrick-radden-keefe-on-a-double-life-a-gilded-city-and-a-mysterious-death.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}