Summer Series – August in Kabul with Andrew Quilty [Webinar]
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars in 2022.
Andrew Quilty was one of a handful of Western journalists who stayed in Kabul as the city fell. His new book August in Kabul his first-hand account of those dramatic final days.
This was recorded on Wednesday 3rd August 2022 and things may have changed since recording.
The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute
Guest:
Andrew Quilty, journalist and author // @andrewquilty
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Edited by: Emily Perkins
Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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