Podcast appearances and mentions of christian kiefer

Researchers in the US say just a couple of years ago, your average American would have classed an annual salary of 200 hundred thousand dollars - roughly 60 thousand dirhams a month - as rich. But is that all there is to it? Or are our expectations changing? What does it mean to live a rich life in 2025? Beth Clay from Finance Her Well and Christian Kiefer, CEO & Founder of Spa Wellness Project Management join Jen Crichton to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Themen Mitarbeiterbindung in Kanzleien, die Optimierung der Employee Experience durch nachhaltige Mobilitätsangebote sowie Gamification und Game Based Learning in der Aus- und Weiterbildung waren im März 2024 die Top-Themen, die ich mit meinen tollen Gästen besprechen durfte. Auch in dieser Key Learnings-Folge habe ich Euch meine wichtigsten Erkenntnisse aufbereitet. Viel Spaß beim Wissensaufbau!  

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Themen Mitarbeiterbindung in Kanzleien, die Optimierung der Employee Experience durch nachhaltige Mobilitätsangebote sowie Gamification und Game Based Learning in der Aus- und Weiterbildung waren im März 2024 die Top-Themen, die ich mit meinen tollen Gästen besprechen durfte. Auch in dieser Key Learnings-Folge habe ich Euch meine wichtigsten Erkenntnisse aufbereitet. Viel Spaß beim Wissensaufbau!  

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Themen Mitarbeiterbindung in Kanzleien, die Optimierung der Employee Experience durch nachhaltige Mobilitätsangebote sowie Gamification und Game Based Learning in der Aus- und Weiterbildung waren im März 2024 die Top-Themen, die ich mit meinen tollen Gästen besprechen durfte. Auch in dieser Key Learnings-Folge habe ich Euch meine wichtigsten Erkenntnisse aufbereitet. Viel Spaß beim Wissensaufbau!  

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) Christian Kiefer ist Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH. Die Mobile Learning Labs wurde 2015 von mehreren Kollegen eines Berliner Mobile Game Development Startups gegründet. Das Team verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Entwicklung von Spielen sowie der Konzeption und Umsetzung von digitalen Lerninhalten. So hat Christian Internationale Medieninformatik an der HTW Berlin studiert. Während seines Studiums war er im Teaching And Learning Technology Center der Hochschule tätig. Vor der Gründung der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH arbeitete er in verschiedenen Berliner Startups aus der Gaming Branche. Die Mobile Learning Labs GmbH entwickelt seit 2015 Quizzer – das international preisgekrönte System zum spielerischen, mobilen Lernen mit Quiz. Das System wird in Unternehmen verschiedensten Größen und in den verschiedensten Bereichen eingesetzt, so z.B. für die Ausbildung von Einzelhandelskaufleuten bei EDEKA, bei Polizeischüler:innen in der Schweiz, Finanzexperts in Österreich oder Drohnenpiloten bei der EnBW. Seit neuem können die Inhalte für Quizzer auch schnell und einfach per KI generiert werden.   Themen Mit Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) habe ich in der GainTalents-Podcastfolge 343 über Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning gesprochen. Herzlichen Dank an Christian für den sehr guten Podcast und für die vielen tollen Insights zum Thema. Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning Gamification: Spielmechaniken in einen spielfremden Kontext bringen Spielerische Elemente werden in eine Lernanwendung eingebracht Einen Highscore an ein web-based Training dranhängen ist keine Gamification :-)! Game based learning: die Lernanwendung wirkt für den Nutzer wie ein Spiel  z.B. eine Quizapp - Nutzer/-in ist in einer Spielanwendung und merkt eigentlich gar nicht, dass er/sie Lerninhalte vermittelt bekommt Personalisierung sorgt für Emotionalisierung (z.B. virtuelle Spielteilnehmer sehen aus, wie Mitarbeitende im Unternehmen) spielerische Lösungen sollten: optisch gut / grafisch sehr gut umgesetzt sein typische Spielekriterien erfüllen: zu üben, sich verbessern, zu scheitern, Erfolgserlebnisse ermöglichen Einführung einer spielerischen Lösung - worauf kommt es an: Freiwilligkeit ist zu beachten Nutzer müssen das Gefühl bekommen, dass sie in einem geschützten Raum sind Präsentation im Rahmen von Trainings und Seminaren (spielerisch die Nutzung testen) Regelmäßig neue Inhalte in die spielerische Lösung einfließen lassen Einbindung des Betriebsrates ist sehr wichtig - früh in die Konzeption einbinden Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz sollte erlaubt werden (die meisten Nutzer spielen aus Erfahrung aber in der Freizeit) Welche Trends gibt es in den nächsten Jahren? Gaming-Technologie entwickelt sich sehr dynamisch Einbindung von KI für eine intelligente Content-Steuerung in einer App AR/VR ist spannend für die Zukunft (aber die Hardware ist heute noch teuer)   #employeejourney #ausundweiterbildung #Employeeexperience #education #gamification   Shownotes Links - Christian Kiefer LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-kiefer-17b43749/ Webseite:     https://ml-labs.com Alle Hörer:innen sind eingeladen, unverbindlich Quizzer zu testen. Kontakt an: info@ml-labs.com   Links Hans-Heinz Wisotzky:  Website https://www.gaintalents.com/podcast und https://www.gaintalents.com/blog Buch: https://www.gaintalents.com/buch-die-perfekte-candidate-journey-und-experience LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansheinzwisotzky/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaintalents XING https://www.xing.com/profile/HansHeinz_Wisotzky/cv Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GainTalents Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gain.talents/ Youtube https://bit.ly/2GnWMFg  

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) Christian Kiefer ist Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH. Die Mobile Learning Labs wurde 2015 von mehreren Kollegen eines Berliner Mobile Game Development Startups gegründet. Das Team verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Entwicklung von Spielen sowie der Konzeption und Umsetzung von digitalen Lerninhalten. So hat Christian Internationale Medieninformatik an der HTW Berlin studiert. Während seines Studiums war er im Teaching And Learning Technology Center der Hochschule tätig. Vor der Gründung der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH arbeitete er in verschiedenen Berliner Startups aus der Gaming Branche. Die Mobile Learning Labs GmbH entwickelt seit 2015 Quizzer – das international preisgekrönte System zum spielerischen, mobilen Lernen mit Quiz. Das System wird in Unternehmen verschiedensten Größen und in den verschiedensten Bereichen eingesetzt, so z.B. für die Ausbildung von Einzelhandelskaufleuten bei EDEKA, bei Polizeischüler:innen in der Schweiz, Finanzexperts in Österreich oder Drohnenpiloten bei der EnBW. Seit neuem können die Inhalte für Quizzer auch schnell und einfach per KI generiert werden.   Themen Mit Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) habe ich in der GainTalents-Podcastfolge 343 über Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning gesprochen. Herzlichen Dank an Christian für den sehr guten Podcast und für die vielen tollen Insights zum Thema. Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning Gamification: Spielmechaniken in einen spielfremden Kontext bringen Spielerische Elemente werden in eine Lernanwendung eingebracht Einen Highscore an ein web-based Training dranhängen ist keine Gamification :-)! Game based learning: die Lernanwendung wirkt für den Nutzer wie ein Spiel  z.B. eine Quizapp - Nutzer/-in ist in einer Spielanwendung und merkt eigentlich gar nicht, dass er/sie Lerninhalte vermittelt bekommt Personalisierung sorgt für Emotionalisierung (z.B. virtuelle Spielteilnehmer sehen aus, wie Mitarbeitende im Unternehmen) spielerische Lösungen sollten: optisch gut / grafisch sehr gut umgesetzt sein typische Spielekriterien erfüllen: zu üben, sich verbessern, zu scheitern, Erfolgserlebnisse ermöglichen Einführung einer spielerischen Lösung - worauf kommt es an: Freiwilligkeit ist zu beachten Nutzer müssen das Gefühl bekommen, dass sie in einem geschützten Raum sind Präsentation im Rahmen von Trainings und Seminaren (spielerisch die Nutzung testen) Regelmäßig neue Inhalte in die spielerische Lösung einfließen lassen Einbindung des Betriebsrates ist sehr wichtig - früh in die Konzeption einbinden Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz sollte erlaubt werden (die meisten Nutzer spielen aus Erfahrung aber in der Freizeit) Welche Trends gibt es in den nächsten Jahren? Gaming-Technologie entwickelt sich sehr dynamisch Einbindung von KI für eine intelligente Content-Steuerung in einer App AR/VR ist spannend für die Zukunft (aber die Hardware ist heute noch teuer)   #employeejourney #ausundweiterbildung #Employeeexperience #education #gamification   Shownotes Links - Christian Kiefer LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-kiefer-17b43749/ Webseite:     https://ml-labs.com Alle Hörer:innen sind eingeladen, unverbindlich Quizzer zu testen. Kontakt an: info@ml-labs.com   Links Hans-Heinz Wisotzky:  Website https://www.gaintalents.com/podcast und https://www.gaintalents.com/blog Buch: https://www.gaintalents.com/buch-die-perfekte-candidate-journey-und-experience LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansheinzwisotzky/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaintalents XING https://www.xing.com/profile/HansHeinz_Wisotzky/cv Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GainTalents Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gain.talents/ Youtube https://bit.ly/2GnWMFg  

Achtung (Werbung in eigener Sache):  Jetzt mein Buch "Die perfekte Candidate Journey & Experience" unter folgenden Links bestellen: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66875-7 https://bit.ly/3KEgwDF https://amzn.to/3mbzhUO Der inhaltliche Fokus liegt auf Recruiting für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Startups und darum, wie die Candidate Journey und deren Touchpoints so gestaltet werden können, dass eine hervorragende Candidate Experience möglich wird.   Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) Christian Kiefer ist Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH. Die Mobile Learning Labs wurde 2015 von mehreren Kollegen eines Berliner Mobile Game Development Startups gegründet. Das Team verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Entwicklung von Spielen sowie der Konzeption und Umsetzung von digitalen Lerninhalten. So hat Christian Internationale Medieninformatik an der HTW Berlin studiert. Während seines Studiums war er im Teaching And Learning Technology Center der Hochschule tätig. Vor der Gründung der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH arbeitete er in verschiedenen Berliner Startups aus der Gaming Branche. Die Mobile Learning Labs GmbH entwickelt seit 2015 Quizzer – das international preisgekrönte System zum spielerischen, mobilen Lernen mit Quiz. Das System wird in Unternehmen verschiedensten Größen und in den verschiedensten Bereichen eingesetzt, so z.B. für die Ausbildung von Einzelhandelskaufleuten bei EDEKA, bei Polizeischüler:innen in der Schweiz, Finanzexperts in Österreich oder Drohnenpiloten bei der EnBW. Seit neuem können die Inhalte für Quizzer auch schnell und einfach per KI generiert werden.   Themen Mit Christian Kiefer (Geschäftsführer der Mobile Learning Labs GmbH) habe ich in der GainTalents-Podcastfolge 343 über Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning gesprochen. Herzlichen Dank an Christian für den sehr guten Podcast und für die vielen tollen Insights zum Thema. Aus- und Weiterbildung mit Gamification und Game Based Learning Gamification: Spielmechaniken in einen spielfremden Kontext bringen Spielerische Elemente werden in eine Lernanwendung eingebracht Einen Highscore an ein web-based Training dranhängen ist keine Gamification :-)! Game based learning: die Lernanwendung wirkt für den Nutzer wie ein Spiel  z.B. eine Quizapp - Nutzer/-in ist in einer Spielanwendung und merkt eigentlich gar nicht, dass er/sie Lerninhalte vermittelt bekommt Personalisierung sorgt für Emotionalisierung (z.B. virtuelle Spielteilnehmer sehen aus, wie Mitarbeitende im Unternehmen) spielerische Lösungen sollten: optisch gut / grafisch sehr gut umgesetzt sein typische Spielekriterien erfüllen: zu üben, sich verbessern, zu scheitern, Erfolgserlebnisse ermöglichen Einführung einer spielerischen Lösung - worauf kommt es an: Freiwilligkeit ist zu beachten Nutzer müssen das Gefühl bekommen, dass sie in einem geschützten Raum sind Präsentation im Rahmen von Trainings und Seminaren (spielerisch die Nutzung testen) Regelmäßig neue Inhalte in die spielerische Lösung einfließen lassen Einbindung des Betriebsrates ist sehr wichtig - früh in die Konzeption einbinden Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz sollte erlaubt werden (die meisten Nutzer spielen aus Erfahrung aber in der Freizeit) Welche Trends gibt es in den nächsten Jahren? Gaming-Technologie entwickelt sich sehr dynamisch Einbindung von KI für eine intelligente Content-Steuerung in einer App AR/VR ist spannend für die Zukunft (aber die Hardware ist heute noch teuer)   #employeejourney #ausundweiterbildung #Employeeexperience #education #gamification   Shownotes Links - Christian Kiefer LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-kiefer-17b43749/ Webseite:     https://ml-labs.com Alle Hörer:innen sind eingeladen, unverbindlich Quizzer zu testen. Kontakt an: info@ml-labs.com   Links Hans-Heinz Wisotzky:  Website https://www.gaintalents.com/podcast und https://www.gaintalents.com/blog Buch: https://www.gaintalents.com/buch-die-perfekte-candidate-journey-und-experience LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansheinzwisotzky/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaintalents XING https://www.xing.com/profile/HansHeinz_Wisotzky/cv Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GainTalents Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gain.talents/ Youtube https://bit.ly/2GnWMFg  

We hear from Christian Kiefer, whose new novel THE HEART OF IT ALL is set in a struggling rust-belt town in Ohio.

Christian Kiefer is the director of the low-residency MFA at Ashland University. He's the author of The Infinite Tides, The Animals, and Phantoms which was one of Kirkus Reviews and the BBC's Best Books of 2019. And he's out with a new novel, THE HEART OF IT ALL. Christian is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for his short fiction and has enjoyed a second career in music, releasing a number of albums primarily in the folk-rock and avant-garde traditions. In this episode, Annmarie and Christian talk about love stories, goose attacks, and how any of us manage, in an increasingly divided America, to find a sense of family and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Heart of It All (Melville House, 2023), Christian Kiefer imagines a group of factory workers and their families living in a once vibrant Ohio town during the Trump era. The factory is the only place to work outside of Walmart, the grocery store, or a fast-food chain, and it's owned by Mr. Marwat, a Pakistani man whose wife helps in the office, while their teenagers embrace American life. The family is upended when Mr. Marwat's parents move in. The factory foreman, Tom Bailey, and his family's lives are upended when their sick baby dies. Their daughter Janey's life is upended when she befriends the only Black young man in the town. Mr. Marwat's secretary Mary Lou's life is upended when her mother moves into a nursing home and dies. All of their struggles are exacerbated by small injustices but eased by small kindnesses in this sweet and thoughtful glimpse into the lives of people just trying to get by. CHRISTIAN KIEFER's novels have appeared on best of the year lists from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist and have received rave reviews in The Washington Post, Oprah.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Brooklyn Rain, Library Journal, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novels The Infinite Tides, The Animals, Phantoms, and the novella One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide. Christian is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for his short fiction and has enjoyed a long second career in music, under the auspices of which he has collaborated with members of Smog, Pedro the Lion, DNA, 7 Seconds, John Zorn's Naked City, Sun Kil Moon, Boxhead Ensemble, Califone, Cake, Kronos Quartet, Wilco, Low, Fun, Anathallo, and The Band, among many others. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of California at Davis and has served as contributing editor for Zyzzyva, fiction reader for VQR, and as the West Coast editor for The Paris Review. He teaches at American River College in Sacramento and is the Director of the Ashland University MFA. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In The Heart of It All (Melville House, 2023), Christian Kiefer imagines a group of factory workers and their families living in a once vibrant Ohio town during the Trump era. The factory is the only place to work outside of Walmart, the grocery store, or a fast-food chain, and it's owned by Mr. Marwat, a Pakistani man whose wife helps in the office, while their teenagers embrace American life. The family is upended when Mr. Marwat's parents move in. The factory foreman, Tom Bailey, and his family's lives are upended when their sick baby dies. Their daughter Janey's life is upended when she befriends the only Black young man in the town. Mr. Marwat's secretary Mary Lou's life is upended when her mother moves into a nursing home and dies. All of their struggles are exacerbated by small injustices but eased by small kindnesses in this sweet and thoughtful glimpse into the lives of people just trying to get by. CHRISTIAN KIEFER's novels have appeared on best of the year lists from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist and have received rave reviews in The Washington Post, Oprah.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Brooklyn Rain, Library Journal, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novels The Infinite Tides, The Animals, Phantoms, and the novella One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide. Christian is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for his short fiction and has enjoyed a long second career in music, under the auspices of which he has collaborated with members of Smog, Pedro the Lion, DNA, 7 Seconds, John Zorn's Naked City, Sun Kil Moon, Boxhead Ensemble, Califone, Cake, Kronos Quartet, Wilco, Low, Fun, Anathallo, and The Band, among many others. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of California at Davis and has served as contributing editor for Zyzzyva, fiction reader for VQR, and as the West Coast editor for The Paris Review. He teaches at American River College in Sacramento and is the Director of the Ashland University MFA. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

In The Heart of It All (Melville House, 2023), Christian Kiefer imagines a group of factory workers and their families living in a once vibrant Ohio town during the Trump era. The factory is the only place to work outside of Walmart, the grocery store, or a fast-food chain, and it's owned by Mr. Marwat, a Pakistani man whose wife helps in the office, while their teenagers embrace American life. The family is upended when Mr. Marwat's parents move in. The factory foreman, Tom Bailey, and his family's lives are upended when their sick baby dies. Their daughter Janey's life is upended when she befriends the only Black young man in the town. Mr. Marwat's secretary Mary Lou's life is upended when her mother moves into a nursing home and dies. All of their struggles are exacerbated by small injustices but eased by small kindnesses in this sweet and thoughtful glimpse into the lives of people just trying to get by. CHRISTIAN KIEFER's novels have appeared on best of the year lists from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist and have received rave reviews in The Washington Post, Oprah.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Brooklyn Rain, Library Journal, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novels The Infinite Tides, The Animals, Phantoms, and the novella One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide. Christian is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for his short fiction and has enjoyed a long second career in music, under the auspices of which he has collaborated with members of Smog, Pedro the Lion, DNA, 7 Seconds, John Zorn's Naked City, Sun Kil Moon, Boxhead Ensemble, Califone, Cake, Kronos Quartet, Wilco, Low, Fun, Anathallo, and The Band, among many others. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of California at Davis and has served as contributing editor for Zyzzyva, fiction reader for VQR, and as the West Coast editor for The Paris Review. He teaches at American River College in Sacramento and is the Director of the Ashland University MFA. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Christian Kiefer to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his writing journey and new book THE HEART OF IT ALL. 

Episode 134 Notes and Links to Kirstin Chen's Work        On Episode 134 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Kirstin Chen, and the two discuss, among other topics, her childhood in Singapore and adolescent move to The United States, her relationship with reading and writing, especially in terms of “pleasure reading,” her research and process in writing two different but successful books before her current Counterfeit, the book's success and celebrating that success, her skill with point-of-view, and salient themes in the book and their connections to her life and society.     K I R S T I N   C H E N is the New York Times best-selling author of three novels. Her latest, Counterfeit, out now from William Morrow/HarperCollins (US) and The Borough Press (UK), is the June '22 Reese's Book Club pick. Television rights have been optioned by Sony Pictures.  Born and raised in Singapore, she lives in San Francisco. She teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco and in Ashland University's Low-Residency MFA Program. Kirstin Chen's Website   Buy Kristin's Book Counterfeit   The New York Times Review of Counterfeit: "Real or Fake? In This Novel, It's Not Just a Question of Handbags."     At about 1:30-Pete and Kirstin shout out The University of San Francisco and the great Christian Kiefer and talk about their connections   At about 2:30, Kirstin describes the experiences that have come with her book being picked as June's Reese's Book Club Pick, as well as her perspective during this heady time   At about 5:20, Kirstin discusses her background, growing up in Singapore, her relationship with language and literature, her interest in accents   At about 7:35, Kirstin talks about Singapore's connections to the West   At about 8:55, Kirstin gives background on inspiration for some of the characteristics of Winnie from Counterfeit   At about 10:30, Pete wonders about Kirstin's reading tastes as an adolescent and she further explains the connection between the disparate emphases in her various schools   At about 14:45, Kirstin talks about ideas of “representation” and exposure to local writing when she was a kid, as well as changing modes in 2022   At about 16:10, Kirstin details those texts and writers who thrilled her as a college student, including Mary Gaitskill, Carver, and Mona Simpson's “Lawns”    At about 18:05, Kirstin describes the process of going from loving reading and writing to writing professionally and shares a cool Tobias Wolff story   At about 22:00, Kirstin talks about her love of fashion and how her early job at Banana Republic led to experiences that have made it into her writing; she also cites her own individual embrace of the MFA   At about 24:00, Kirstin discusses her early experiences with publishing Soy Sauce for Beginners   At about 26:15-28:35, Kirstin gives background on her second novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, especially homing in on the extensive research done for it At about 28:50, Kirstin details her writing/rewriting process for Counterfeit during Covid and its placement post-2016 election   At about 31:20-33:10, Kirstin details the seeds for Counterfeit and how an offhand joke grew into a book   At about 33:20, Pete and Kirstin discuss the successful ways in which she plays with POV, a conscious choice to eliminate some quotation marks for purposes of framing narration in certain ways    At about 36:30, Pete compliments the book as “off-kilter,” and discusses the book's two parts   At about 37:40, Kirstin breaks down the dynamics between Winnie and Ava and how their immigrant status as Asian-Americans informs their interactions   At about 39:20, Pete and Kirstin discuss Ava's family and a well-drawn and hilarious scene involving preschool “tryouts”   At about 42:40, Pete and Kirstin trace the ways in which the two women come together and where they are emotionally at the time   At about 44:00, The plot is discussed, with special attention to the scam that dominates the book and was based very closely on a true story   At about 47:00, Kirstin explains how Ava's predicaments in the book are related to themes of “saving face”   At about 50:00, Kirstin and Pete discuss expectations that are sometimes put upon immigrants or the children of immigrants   At about 51:15, The two discuss Hasan Minhaj's special, Homecoming King, and an unforgettable anecdote he tells from Sept 12, 2001   At about 52:10, Kirstin compares the Minhaj special and salient themes with ideas of the “model minority myth” as presented in Counterfeit    At about 54:00, The shift in empathetic figures is discussed   At about 54:45, Pete wonders about what the title means to Kirstin in the context of the book   At about 56:40, The ideas of hyperbole as expressing truths is brought up in context of the book's plotline   At about 57:45, Kirstin talks about shifting ideas of “cheating” with income inequality and ideas of  “rigged” society   At about 58:50, Ideas of ethical production are discussed, as Pete references a memorable scene involving clothing production in Gomorrah, and Kirstin discusses the subtleties of production that are often generalized    At about 1:02:10, Themes revolving around women's agency are discussed    At about 1:04:55, Kirstin connects the “model minority” myth to Covid happenings that inspired some parts of the book   At about 1:05:45, Pete trumpets the book's many strong points   At about 1:06:40, Kirstin outlines future projects, including her role with the screen adaptation of her book   At about 1:08:25, Kirstin shouts out The Booksmith as one place to buy her signed book      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 135 with Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, his best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. His second book, White Is Not a Country, will be published by Knopf in 2023.     The episode will air on July 26. 

Christian Kiefer ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer von Mobile Learning Labs, die eine White Label-Lösung zum spielerischen mobilen Lernen mit Quiz anbieten. In dieser Episode bespricht Thomas mit ihm Use Cases von Onboarding bis Prüfungsvorbereitungen sowie Erfahrungen mit solchen spielerischen Quizzes. Auch schauen wir auf den Markt allgemein im mobilen Lernen und die Rolle von Timing und Design. Mobiles Lernen wird immer wichtiger, vor allem wenn man bedenkt, dass gut 80% der Internetnutzung bereits mobil stattfindet. Wie immer schauen wir auf Tipps für Anwender und Learning Experten und auf Christians To-Learn Liste und Infoquellen. Mehr wie immer im EducationNewscast.

Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. It's the 116th highest mountain in California. Christian and a friend set out to climb it and ended up spending an extremely cold and uncomfortable night out on the mountain side at 13,000 feet. Listen in to hear Christian's learning from the unplanned bivvy. This podcast is produced by Ashley Saupe. 
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Show Notes and Links to Christian Kiefer's Work On Episode 28, Part I, Pete is thrilled to speak with Christian Kiefer, master author of among other masterpieces, Phantoms, a 2019 tour de force novel. Pete and Christian discuss Christian's childhood in Auburn, CA, his writing background, great writers who were also jerks and sometimes horrible men, the bustling and exciting literary scene of 2020, Christian's research into the disgusting racism and xenophobia that frames Phantoms, and much more.    Dr. Christian Kiefer grew up in the foothills of California (Auburn). Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Joined Ashland University as the new director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in January 2017 He is the author of The Infinite Tides (Bloomsbury), The Animals (W.W. Norton), One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide  (Nouvella Books), and 2019s Phantoms: A Novel (Liveright/W.W. Norton), in addition to other works in poetry, fiction, and drama Kiefer's scholarly publications focus on American literature As a professional musician, has released a number of albums primarily in the folk rock and avant garde traditions Came to Ashland from American River College in Sacramento, California, and has taught fiction in the Sierra Nevada College low-residency MFA Christian Kiefer's Author Page Interview with Four Way Review Dr. Christian Kiefer's Homepage for Ashland Twitter and IG: @xiankiefer-Twitter and IG Christian speaks about growing up in Auburn, CA, and how the area has influenced him as a person and as a writer-at about 3:00 Christian talks about small towns like Auburn and Newcastle and their transformation into “driveby towns”-at about 10:00 Christian talks about the formerly-thriving Chinatown/Japantown in Newcastle and about our society's collective ineptitude at commemorating and learning from historical failures-at about 11:15 Christian talks about his origins as a reader and a writer, and those writers and familial figures who inspired him as a kid and adolescent-at about 14:00 The importance of William Faulkner's writing in Christian's life-at about 15:10 Christian shouts out two formative teachers of his, Michael Madden and Michael Duda-at about 15:50 Christian discusses his view of “Clarity of expression” and its lower end priority for him-at about 16:45 Christian discusses his friend Ben Percy, who writes Wolverine for Marvel Comics, and how he wants the reader to “lean forward” into the reading, while Christian wants the reader to “lean back”-at about 17:25 Christian discusses Thomas Wolfe and how “he brings the entire world” into the text-at about 18:25 Pete talks about Old Man and the Sea and its importance in his life as a “lean back book” that stimulates great memories, and how Christian's Phantoms is a book that will now occupy that same space-at about 19:00 Christian and Pete discuss some strategies of Christian's writing-the use of “and,” for example, and Christian's desire to write compound sentences well, as Hemingway did-at about 20:20 Christian teaches a master class on the strategies of using coordinating and subordinating phrases in writing-at about 20:40 Pete cites an example of Christian's above explanation on pg. 186 of Phantoms-at around 23:45 Christian discusses the reckoning with racism and misogyny in the “classic” and modern literary worlds-at around 24:45 Christian discusses the modern literary “renaissance,” with its incredible diversity and talent-at around 26:50 Christian discusses his admiration for C. Pam Zhang and her incredible 2020 novel, How Much of These Hills is Gold-at around 27:20 Pete and Christian talk about the great Tobias Wolff, a huge inspiration, the inspiration for the podcast, leading to a discussion of writers as “celebrities,” as seen in Wolff's Old School-at about 28:50 Christian talks about the brilliant Rebecca Solnit-at around 31:55 Christian and Pete discuss some reprehensible characters, who happened to be great artists/innovators, like John Muir -how do we reckon with the art AND the artist?-at around 33:00 Christian summarizes Phantoms-at around 37:35 Christian discusses the impetus and inspiration for writing the book, including the research needed and the America and Placer County racist policies that led to a huge decrease in Japanese and Asian-Americans in the county-at around 40:00 Christian discusses his need to be precise on linguistic and cultural frameworks for novel and needing to have prospective blurb authors (Luis Alberto Urrea, Jesmyn Ward, Kirstin Chen, Claire Vaye Watkins) give him their green light-at around 43:00

Show Notes and Links to Christian Kiefer's Work On Episode 28, Part II, Pete is thrilled to speak with Christian Kiefer, master author of among other masterpieces, Phantoms, a 2019 tour de force novel. Pete and Christian discuss Phantoms in greater detail, including the characters' motivations and origins, the book's impeccable ending, the "community of writers"/being a mentor and being mentored, what Christian is reading and writing these days, and much more. The listeners are also gifted by hearing Christian read from the ending of Phantoms.    Dr. Christian Kiefer grew up in the foothills of California (Auburn). Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Joined Ashland University as the new director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in January 2017 He is the author of The Infinite Tides (Bloomsbury), The Animals (W.W. Norton), One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide  (Nouvella Books), and 2019s Phantoms: A Novel (Liveright/W.W. Norton), in addition to other works in poetry, fiction, and drama Kiefer's scholarly publications focus on American literature As a professional musician, has released a number of albums primarily in the folk rock and avant garde traditions Came to Ashland from American River College in Sacramento, California, and has taught fiction in the Sierra Nevada College low-residency MFA Christian Kiefer's Author Page Interview with Four Way Review Dr. Christian Kiefer's Homepage for Ashland Twitter and IG: @xiankiefer-Twitter and IG Christian discusses the research and background on the Vietnam War needed to make John Frazier, the narrator of Phantoms, and his experience ring true -at beginning of episode   Christian discusses the generosity and kindness of The OG/Il Padrino of The Chills at Will Podcast, Tobias Wolff-at about 1:20 (and Pete tries to play it cool when Christian says that Pete should have Tobias Wolff as a guest on the podcast)   Pete and Christian discuss Ray Takahashi from Phantoms, and the ironically beautiful writing about war in the novel-at around 3:15   Slight plot spoilers (but not really) about Homer Wilson and others from Phantoms-from around 4:15 to about 7:40   Christian discusses how an innocuous choice about enchiladas speaks to a larger point about full-bodied characters-at around 7:40   Pete asks Christian about the balancing of art and commerce-at around 11:15   Shouts out Katie Adams, his wonderful editor, for cutting some 30K words considered to be “extraneous”-at around 13:30   Pete and Christian talk about the “community of writers” and how he is simply a fan of so many writers who are part of this “Golden Age of Writing,” including Lauren Groff, C. Pam Zhang, Garth Greenwell, Michelle de Kretser, Leslie Jamison, and Michael Ondaaatje-at around 14:45   Christian talks about being mentored and being a mentor-at around 17:40   Christian reads from Phantoms-at around 19:40   Christian discusses his thought process regarding the book's ending and the interesting idea of  writers as being “in the business of breaking hearts”-at around 22:25   Christian discusses epiphanies and ignorance displayed by John Frazier, narrator of Phantoms, and quotes Viet Thanh Nguyen in describing how John Frazier “fails up” as a white man-at around 24:15   Christian talks about teaching writing/literature-at around 26:55   Chrsitian shouts out American River College and its diversity and wonderful staff and student body-at around 30:15   Christian talks about what he's reading and writing these days, including work by Timothy Morton and Michelle de Kretser, Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes, and a manuscript by Reyna Grande, who has written an interesting book about the Irish in Mexico-at around 33:05   Pete talks about his connection to excellent writer and generous spirit, Reyna Grande, who often visited Pete's SoCal high school to speak to his students after they read her page-turner, Across a Hundred Mountains-at around 34:10   Christian talks about the four novels he is currently editing/shopping around-at around 35:10

Today Christian Kiefer talks about his novel Phantoms, a blending of a Japanese-American families' WW2-era internment story in California with a Vietnam Veteran narrator. A mystery. A moment in intertwined families' lives.

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/ Buy PHANTOMS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817 Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: http://www.christopherboucher.net/ Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579 Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

01/06/2019: Hananah Zaheer, short story writer, Pushcart Prize nominee and founder of Dubai Literary Salon, bids farewell to the city, tells us what we can expect from Literary Salon events going forward, and shares insights on editing submissions for literary magazines. She also has some fantastic book recommendations for the upcoming Eid break: Phantoms by Christian Kiefer, Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor, Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer, Wet Places at Noon by Lee K. Abbott, and All Things All At Once also by Lee K. Abbott.

Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention.In this episode, David chats with novelist Christian Kiefer about his new novel, Phantoms, a page-turner that weaves the "splintered stories" of two broken families torn apart by two key twentieth century wars, the cruelty of Japanese internment camps, and the devastation of dishonesty. They chat about Kiefer's writing process, revision and working with editors, the influence of Faulkner on his work, the diversity of bookstores, and much more. Remember: Subscribe, rate, review. Please note: this episode does include bleeps. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Christian Kiefer’s Phantoms, a white American Vietnam vet contends with legacies of racism, violence, and imperialism in a small agricultural town in Placer County, California. Kiefer joins us on this week’s podcast to discuss the incandescent new novel, which Kirkus calls, “certainly anti-war, certainly condemning our country’s dark past ... full of quavering beauty, unbreakable love, and fragile, relentless hope” (starred review). Then our editors join with their weekly book recommendations.

In his first essay collection, UP UP DOWN DOWN, Cheston Knapp attends skateboarding camp for adults, recalls his fraternity days, looks for UFOs, and checks out the local wrestling circuit, all in the name of learning more about himself. He and James talk about the art of the essay, the search for community, editing at Tin House, and the difficulty they have living in the moment. Plus Scribner art director and designer Jaya Miceli on book covers.   -  Cheston Knapp: https://www.chestonknapp.com/ Cheston and James discuss: David Foster Wallace  Charles D'Ambrosio  W. G. Sebald  HAMLET  Joan Didion  Zadie Smith  Maurice Merleau-Ponty  Edmund Husserl  Leslie Jamison  A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER by Tom Clancy  Graham Greene  John LeCarre  Sarah Manguso Maggie Nelson -  Jaya Miceli: https://jayamiceli.com/ Jaya and James discuss: UP UP DOWN DOWN by Cheston Knapp Anna Laytham (designer)  Daniel Loedel  THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer  THE READY MADE THIEF by Augustus Rose  Marcel Duchamp  Viking Penguin Helen Yentus (art director, Riverhead/ designer)  Riverhead Books  INTO THE WATER by Paula Hawkins  A SEPARATION by Katie Kitamura  THE INCENDIARIES by R.O. Kwon  MY ABSOLUTE DARLING by Gabriel Tallent  SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward  Paul Buckley (art director, Penguin)  WEST by Carys Davies  Lauren Peters-Collaer (designer)  I'D DIE FOR YOU by F. Scott Fitzgerald  FLESH, BONE, WATER by Luiza Sauma - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Evolve! Nurturing the New in Consciousness, the Arts, and Culture with host Robin White Turtle Lysne, M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D. This week's show on Evolve! features the Catamaran Writing Conference at Pebble Beach, which offers writers a chance to emerse themselves in literary history of the Central Coast while working on their poetry, or prose. This year the 2015 conference featured teachers such as: Ellen Bass, Jerico Brown, Christian Kiefer, Elizabeth McKenzie, Scott Hutchins, John Straley, Robin Hemley, Frances Lefkowitz. Set on the beautiful campus of Robert Louis Stevenson School, the four day conference offers workshops on craft, lectures, trips to Cannery Row - John Steinbeck’s inspiration, to Tor House of Robinson Jeffers, and Point Lobos, as well as Spoken Word drop in workshops, a Karen Joy Fowler lecture, student/faculty readings, and so much more. Interviews of the Founding Director, Catherine Segurson and many of the teachers are highlighted in this program of Evolve! You can learn more about Catamaran Literary Reader and the 2015 conference at www.catamaranliteraryreader.com

Christian Kiefer ("The Animals") joins the show. We discuss his new novel that touches on some familiar themes in completely new surroundings.