The Italian Squad: Paul Moses on the true story of the immigrant cops who fought the rise of the Mafia

EPISODE 1518: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of the ITALIAN SQUAD, Paul Moses, about the true story of the early 20th century New York cops who fought the rise of the Mafia

Paul Moses is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at CUNY-Brooklyn College and a former reporter and editor at Newsday. He is the author of An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians and The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace. His latest book is The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia (2023)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

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