Host: Our guest today is journalist Darren Brody, author of the book, Workers of the World Untied: The Story of the FBI's Infiltration into America's Labor Unions. Mr. Brody, describe what it was like to write this book.

Brody: (Laughs) Well, after four court cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, and, ah (clears throat)...ah, countless (clears throat, coughs)...and countless death threats--

Host: You received death threats?

Brody: Oh, I can't tell you how many letters I received in the mail and threatening phone calls I got in the middle of the night, ah...(coughing)...ah, warning me if I...(coughing)...didn't stop my efforts and...sorry...(coughing, choking)...

Host: (chuckles) Why don't we take a quick break while we get Mr. Brody some water (click).

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Comment by Teresa on September 9, 2012 at 8:45am

You're sick.  And I love it...:-P  Glad I clicked backward to read this.

Comment by Mike Handley on August 25, 2012 at 9:11am

Nice job, Joey. Glad I'm not the only one whose radar finds blips in unexpected places.

Comment by Jeanette Cheezum on August 23, 2012 at 6:15pm

What Gita said.

Comment by Gita on August 23, 2012 at 3:36pm

Why is it always the investigative journalists who get bumped off, dammit? Why not the gasbag blowhards like Limbaugh and Hannity? 

(Well written.)

Comment by Stephen Torelli on August 23, 2012 at 4:26am

... and an ambulance. Excellent observation, Joey.

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