Ep. 9: Barry Eisler Shadowproof Presents

Best-selling author Barry Eisler talks about his latest novel "The Gods Eye View," exploring issues of whistleblowing and mass surveillance.

For one hour, Kevin Gosztola and Barry Eisler discuss Eisler's fiction book set in the present-day, where the government will hunt down and kill whistleblowers and journalists to protect secret worldwide surveillance programs. They talk about Eisler's key inspiration for the book, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and other sources of inspiration for the story. They also have a conversation about the culture within the global security state, which is reflected in Eisler's novel.