IW Archive 2009 Nov 09

Alex talks with Jon Ronson, the journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and radio presenter who wrote The Men Who Stare at Goats, a book about the U.S. Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The book accompanies a three-part TV series broadcast on Channel 4 in Britain, Crazy Rulers of the World, and was adapted to a feature length movie starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey