Editor’s note: Click here to read an excerpt of the memoir.
We revisit Here & Now‘s Scott Tong’s conversation with journalist Matthieu Aikins about his memoir “The Naked Don’t Fear the Water.” The book chronicles his journey posing as an Afghan refugee to help his interpreter escape Afghanistan in 2016.
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