Veteran Journalist & Author of The Book of Charlie David Von Drehle

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series .. On this episode, we talk with Veteran Journalist & Author of The Book of Charlie David Von Drehle .. He is a deputy opinion editor and columnist for The Post, where he writes about national affairs and politics from a home base in Kansas City, MO. He joined The Post in 2017 after a decade at Time magazine, where he wrote more than 60 cover stories as editor-at-large. Originally from Denver, when this veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas City, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship -- and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie’s sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru’s president. This 109 year old man and his wisdom is the topic of a phenomenal book on the human spirit highlighting the beauty of Kansas City. We cover quite a bit. Enjoy. More on David - https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-von-drehle/ Get the Book of Charlie - https://www.amazon.com/Book-Charlie-Remarkable-American-109-Year-Old/dp/1797153498   For More Famous Interviews: The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal:         https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ER   Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991 Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/famous-interviews/support