<p>Peter recalls his long lunch with Hitler's architect, best friend and Nazi Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer. We then discuss: Speer's genial evil and staggering denial; his dark genius for self-preservation; and the plans for Hitler's tomb that he shared with Peter nearly four decades ago. The first in a two-part series, perfect listening for a holiday of secretly horrific social encounters.</p>

Dining Late with Albert Speer Pt. 2: Sponsored by Pontiac

Peter Foges is a film and television producer. He worked for the BBC in London for fifteen years as a correspondent, an anchor, a producer, and a director before moving to the United States to serve as BBC TV's bureau chief. He sits on the Editorial Board of Lapham's Quarterly. 

Dana Vachon is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the co-author, with Jim Carrey, of the novel Memoirs and Misinformation, and the author of the novel Mergers and Acquisitions. His essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vanity Fair. 

Together they eat cheese. And chat.