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    Three Brief Encounters with Anthony Bourdain

    by Brendan Francis Newnam Jun 08, 2018 3 minutes

    Anthony Bourdain during the Peabody interview for Parts Unknown.

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    The first time I met Anthony Bourdain, he told me a joke. I was an enterprising host and producer of a fledgling food-and-culture podcast and radio show, and word had spread that he was in the building, recording an interview. I waited outside the studio like a nerdy paparazzo, with my headphones, microphone, and recording kit cocked and ready to go. When he emerged, I quickly slipped between him and his publicist,

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