In this episode, TPV editor-in-Chief John Horgan interviews Christine Fair about her book The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba: Deadly Lines of Control (Oxford University Press, 2023). Christine Fair is a ‘language nerd’ and an associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Christine’s book is the first scholarly work that translates literature from the jihadist terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba.Together with Horgan, they discuss how Christine’s interest in LeT started, how her work came about, and why it’s important that LeT’s texts are now translated in English. Terrorism and Political Violence is a podcast series produced by the Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence (TPV) in collaboration with Utrecht University. This podcast is comprised of two types of episodes. In Issues up close, editors of the TPV journal will discuss a range of subjects from prominent issues covered by the journal such as the history of terrorism, its causes and consequences, questions concerning political violence and major global trends and threats. In our Book Talks episodes, editors will host conversations with experts from across the field to discuss their current work. More information about this series, and other episodes, can be found on www.uu.nl/tpv. With special thanks to Pieter Veen for the soundtrack.