In this expanded, web-exclusive edition of Words and Pictures, we spend an extra half-hour talking with Ted Rall about his new graphic biography of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Drawing from Ted's conversations with Snowden's own ACLU attorney as well as friends, colleagues, and security experts, Snowden is a complex portrait of a mysterious public figure and the world of government surveillance he brought to light.
We also get nerdy about such wide-ranging topics as the state of political cartooning and of alternative media, the various shades of libertarianism, economics here and abroad, and Ted's battles with the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Police union.
To hear the original broadcast version of Ted's October 2015 appearance on Words & Pictures, click here.
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