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Interview of 20 May 2026 of Josh Dean, journalist, author, podcaster, on his book, "The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine". Watch the video on the AFIO Now Videos & Podcasts page.
JOSH DEAN is a New York–based journalist, author, and podcaster. His work has appeared in Popular Science, GQ, Men’s Journal, Rolling Stone, and many other places. He is the cofounder of the acclaimed narrative podcast studio Campside Media, and the author of "The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine," "The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History," as well as "Show Dog: The Charmed Life and Trying Times of a Near-Perfect Purebred." He lives in Brooklyn (and sometimes in the Catskills) with his wife and two sons.