News & Interviews

Reader’s Corner with Bob Kustra, Boise State Public Radio: “Proof of Life” by Daniel Levin

Reader’s Corner with Bob Kustra, Boise State Public Radio: “Proof of Life” by Daniel Levin, June 11, 2021

“Daniel Levin has spent the last twenty years working with governments and development institutions worldwide. A lawyer by profession, he is an advisor on political and economic affairs, from financial development to conflict resolution. Levin is also the author of Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures Among the Powerful.”

Alain Guillot Show: Daniel Levin – Searching for a Missing Person in the Middle East

Alain Guillot Show: Daniel Levin – Searching for a Missing Person in the Middle East, June 6, 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.”

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Proof of Life Interview

The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East by Daniel Levin, June 4, 2021

​“Truly thrilling. Daniel Levin brilliantly conveys both the menace and the evil of Middle Eastern intrigue, and some victories of human kindness over cruelty and despair.”
—Daniel Kahneman, New York Times bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

Literary Hub: Daniel Levin on the Hopelessness of Syria’s War Economy

Literary Hub: Daniel Levin on the Hopelessness of Syria’s War Economy
in Conversation with Andrew Keen, June 3, 2021

“Andrew is joined by Daniel Levin, author of Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East, to discuss a shadowy world in which nothing comes for free and where everything is for sale, including arms, drugs, and even people.”

Daniel Levin on The Nomiki Show

Daniel Levin on The Nomiki Show, May 26, 2021 (27:07-48:18)

“For today’s show, we reflect internally, on the good and the bad within the Democratic Party, from Senator Warren to Senator Manchin and Representative Sinema. Nomiki opens by congratulating Elizabeth Warren for exposing the disaster capitalism of big banks profiting off people’s suffering during the pandemic. Then, Daniel Levin joins to tell the story that inspired his recent book, the story of searching for a missing person in the Middle East.”

Author Event with Daniel Levin in Conversation with Tom Wright

Author Event with Daniel Levin in conversation with Tom Wright, May 25, 2021

“Join the Harrison Public Library and The Village Bookstore of Pleasantville for a special author event with Daniel Levin in conversation with Tom Wright, author of ​Billion Dollar Whale. They will be discussing Levin’s new book — Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East, which is available for purchase at The Village Bookstore.”

Proof of Life Interview

“Daniel Levin was at his office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had gone missing in Syria. No government, embassy, or intelligence agency would help. Could he? Would he? So begins a suspenseful, shocking, and at times brutal true story of one man’s search to find a missing person in Syria over twenty tense days. Levin, a lawyer turned armed-conflict negotiator, uses his extensive contacts to chase leads throughout the Middle East, meeting with powerful sheikhs, drug lords, and sex traffickers in his pursuit of the truth. He also discovers remarkable people who retain their essential goodness and spirit in the face of adversity.”

Proof of Life: World Affairs Council of Dallas / Fort Worth

Proof of Life: World Affairs Council of Dallas / Fort Worth, May 19, 2021

“Daniel Levin was at his office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had gone missing in Syria. No government, embassy, or intelligence agency would help. Could he? Would he? So begins a suspenseful, shocking, and at times brutal true story of one man’s search to find a missing person in Syria over twenty tense days. Levin, a lawyer turned armed-conflict negotiator, uses his extensive contacts to chase leads throughout the Middle East, meeting with powerful sheikhs, drug lords, and sex traffickers in his pursuit of the truth. He also discovers remarkable people who retain their essential goodness and spirit in the face of adversity.”