Off the Beaten Path Bookstore: Daniel Levin in conversation with Bob Lingle, August 19, 2021
In Proof of Life, Levin dives deep into the shadows–an underground industry of war where everything is for sale, including arms, drugs, and even people. He offers a fascinating study of how people use leverage to get what they want from one another and of a place where no one does a favor without wanting something in return, whether it’s immediately or years down the road.
In this episode, A’ndre and Ryan talk with Daniel Levin about his new book, Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for Missing Person in the Middle East. Daniel recounts the thrilling, brutal, and real-life story of how he was tasked with finding a Westerner who had gone missing in Syria, navigating the Middle Eastern underworld to find this man whose story had largely been ignored by governments and those in power. The backdrop of hostage executions by ISIS in Syria and Iraq looms large over the story, but Daniel’s journey to find this man takes him to meetings with sheikhs, drug dealers, and other powerful and seedy individuals, while encountering others who are of noble and honorable spirit and victims of circumstance, juxtaposing the significant dynamics that present itself in a region racked by conflict. Daniel, who is an armed-conflicts negotiator, gives us a deep insight into the war economy that has come to dominate parts of the Middle East, with a unique, on-the-ground perspective that is at times tragic but hopeful.
“Daniel Levin (Writer, Attorney, & Political commentator) joined Good Mornings with Dahlia Kurtz on Canada Talks, SiriusXM channel 167.”
The Frankie Boyer Show: Daniel Levin on his book Proof of Life, July 7, 2021 (23:55 – 34:45)
“Daniel Levin, writer of Proof of Life, provides an inside look into the industry of the drug, and shows Levin negotiating with dealers and coming into contact with the drug and those who sell it frequently during the course of the book.”
The Jim Bohannon Show: Daniel Levin, July 1, 2021 (40:20 – 1:19:45)
Daniel Levin, Attorney, On The Jim Bohannon Show to discuss his book Proof of Life.
