Illuminating writer of print and films, Bruce Feirstein joins Media Mayhem to talk about the state of show biz writing, newspapers and gives some insights from his time writing lines for James Bond.
We also discuss some overlooked villains of the recession, and why both parties were to blame for the bubble bursting.

Bruce Feirstein began his career in advertising, but over the years has become a journalist, screenwriter, film producer and author. He has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1994, but is possibly best known for the three James Bond movies he wrote (or co-wrote), GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. He is also the author of several books, including the bestseller, Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche. He was a contributing editor at Spy magazine and has written editorials for The New York Times. He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Observer, where he wrote a Diary column for 14 years. He has also produced two films in China and has written video games based on the James Bond franchise.