Podcasts about David Halberstam

Notes and Links to Keith O'Brien's Work        Keith O'Brien is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He has written four books, been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting, been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and has contributed to multiple publications over the years.    O'Brien's work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and on National Public Radio. His radio stories have aired on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition, as well as Marketplace and This American Life.    The Wall Street Journal calls his latest book, CHARLIE HUSTLE, "compulsively readable and wholly terrific." Publishers Weekly calls it "definitive and elegantly told, this is a home run," and Kirkus Reviews hails CHARLIE HUSTLE as a "masterpiece of a sports biography."    A midwesterner by birth, O'Brien grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Northwestern University. He now lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two children, two dogs and two cats. Buy Charlie Hustle   Keith O'Brien's Website   New York Times Review of Charlie Hustle At about 2:00, Pete asks Keith about the medium of radio, and Keith talks about how he loves radio and how it works different “muscles” At about 3:40, Keith traces his early reading and writing life and his love of sports stories, Sports Illustrated, and more, including David Halberstam's stellar work At about 5:45, Pete and Keith fanboy over great work from The Best American Sports Writing of the Century At about 7:05, Keith shouts out Mirin Fader and Andrew Maraniss and Jonathan Eig, among others, as writing inspirations At about 8:55, Keith talks about how work in Japan helped to ignite his love of and skill for writing At about 10:45 (13:50), Keith discusses how he views storytelling, showing/telling, as well as objectivity in writing, as well as expectations for readers At about 14:50, Pete quotes a meaningful excerpt from the beginning of Charlie Hustle, and Keith expands upon how “stunned” he was by the crying and emotional responses from those talking about Pete Rose's impact in their lives At about 17:20, Pete alludes to the Author's Note, and asks Keith about his childhood outlook on Pete Rose and the Reds as a native Cincinnatian At about 21:05, Pete gives some exposition from the book and summarizes the “high point” from the Introduction  At about 22:00, Keith paints a picture of Pete Rose's childhood growing up on the Westside of Cincinnati, and talks about “Big Pete” Rose and his legendary exploits, including a  At about 26:40, Keith explains the significance of two events in the summer of 1956 and how it shaped Pete At about 29:15, Keith recounts an emblematic story involving Pete Rose and boxing At about 30:45, Pete picks up on the aforementioned story and asks Keith if he sees the same mindset in Pete Rose in denying his betting later in life; Keith talks about a lack of vulnerability for Pete Rose At about 32:45, Keith charts the importance of Pete Rose's Uncle Buddy in jumpstarting Pete's career  At about 37:15, Keith gives background on Pete Rose's iconic nickname and its “mythology” At about 39:55, The two reflect on the “juxtaposition” between those who gave Pete Rose his nickname and Pete Rose At about 41:10, Keith talks about racism and the treatment of Black players in the Major Leagues, as well as how Pete viewed/spoke about race  At about 44:35, Keith expands on the ways in which Pete was seen as a “white, working-class hero” in the media and among fans  At about 48:15, Keith reflects on the echoing importance of Pete Rose's collision with Ray Fosse At about 52:15, Keith responds to Pete's questions about how Pete Rose's upbringing may or may not have been “seeds” for his later gambling and vice At about 56:35, Decree Rule 21(d) and its ubiquity in baseball clubhouses is discussed  At about 57:10, Pete talks about how skillfully Keith shows Pete Rose's impending fall at the end of Part III At about 58:35, Keith responds to Pete's questions about Pete Rose and whether he felt remorse over the way he treated women and his children At about 1:00:20, Keith reflects on how the same qualities that made Pete Rose great also were his downfall At about 1:01:40, The two discuss “credible allegations that Pete Rose had had a relationship with an underage girl in the 1970s and its impact on his baseball analyst job At about 1:03:20, Keith responds to Pete's questions about the importance of a homecoming in 1986 to Cincinnati At about 1:06:50, Keith expands upon the inextricable links between Bart Giamatti and Pete Rose At about 1:09:10, The two discuss Pete Rose's last years and prodigious autograph signing and the ways in which his fans continued to be moved by meeting him and talking to him; Keith shares his personal experiences in being amazed by the awe of the fans he witnessed in person At about 1:11:45, Keith reflects on the “crucial” and “poigna[nt]” ending of the book, an ending that Pete is highly complimentary of  At about 1:13:30, Keith discusses how he felt upon learning of Pete's death and the sadness associated with Pete “being defined by his greatest mistakes” At about 1:15:00, Pete and Keith reflect on connections between Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Pete Rose and the “fleeting” nature of fame At about 1:16:15, shoutout to Ellen Adar for the audiobook At about 1:17:10, Keith shouts out places to buy the book, including Waterstreet Books in NH, and gives social media/contact info     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 Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. This week, his conversation with Episode 255 guest Chris Knapp is up on the website. 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Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, his DIY podcast and his extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    This month's Patreon bonus episode will feature an exploration of the wonderful poetry of Khalil Gibran.    I have added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    This is a passion project of Pete's, a DIY operation, and he'd love for your help in promoting what he's 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 268 with Dax-Devlon Ross, who is the author of six books. His journalism has been featured in Time, The Guardian, The New York Times, and other national publications, and he won the National Association of Black Journalists' Investigative Reporting Award for coverage of jury exclusion in North Carolina courts. His most recent book, Letters to My White Male Friends, is a call to action and a reflection on race.    The episode airs on December 31.    Please go to ceasefiretoday.com, which features 10+ actions to help bring about Ceasefire in Gaza.

By popular demand, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Byrne Hobart for a 3rd conversation to discuss Byrne's book "Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation." They explore how periods of irrational market enthusiasm often create lasting value despite their painful endings. Using examples from the 1990s fiber optic boom that enabled modern streaming to today's AI investment surge, they examine how even when investment manias end badly, they frequently pull forward crucial technological development that benefits society long-term. Byrne and Patrick weave through historical cases like Bell Labs to present day examples in crypto and energy infrastructure, revealing hidden cycles where speculative excess can drive genuine innovation.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/boom-busts-and-long-term-progress-with-byrne-hobart-2/–Sponsor: CheckCheck is the leading payroll infrastructure provider and pioneer of embedded payroll. Check makes it easy for any SaaS platform to build a payroll business, and already powers 60+ popular platforms. Head to checkhq.com/complex and tell them patio11 sent you.–Links:Order Byrne Hobart's book Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation on Stripe Press / Bookshop / Amazon here: https://press.stripe.com/boomThe Diff Capital Gains The Reckoning by David Halberstam: https://www.amazon.com/Reckoning-David-Halberstam/dp/0380721473Austin Vernon on Fracking, Complex Systems Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YDV1XyjUCM2RtuTcBGYH9?si=CDrPD3nNSP-MUV60qffglg–Twitter:@byrnehobart@patio11-Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:25) Discussing the book: Boom, Bubbles, and the End of Stagnation(01:08) Economic growth and productivity(04:42) Technological advancements and corporate R&D(07:31) The role of government and private sector(13:42) Sponsor: Check(14:57) Economic history and industrial evolution(20:12) Japanese industrial planning and efficiency(27:16) The dot-com boom and fiber optic investment(31:21) Bondholders vs. equity investors: A comparative analysis(32:32) Google's strategic fiber investments(32:56) The evolution of online video and YouTube's rise(35:22) The dot-com bubble and its aftermath(44:06) The housing bubble(49:39) Financial manias and reflexivity(52:23) The SaaS ecosystem and startup growth(54:58) Stripe and the evolution of online payments(01:00:22) Crypto(01:04:58) The value of currency and crypto(01:06:36) Exchange tokens and financial models(01:08:55) Crypto's impact on financial systems(01:10:41) The evolution of banking technology(01:13:18) Crypto regulations and financial freedom(01:17:28) Smart contracts and financial innovation(01:26:47) The role of AI in technological advancements(01:29:18) The future of energy: Geothermal and fracking(01:41:39) The journey of writing ‘Boom'(01:42:57) Wrap

Just read David Halberstam's 2005 book on Bill Belichick, "The Education of a Coach." Through the lens of Halberstam's book, this episode explores the life and coaching philosophy of Bill Belichick, one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. The discussion delves into his early education, influences, and the lessons he learned from failures, particularly during his time with the Cleveland Browns. It emphasizes the importance of humility, teamwork, and mastering the details, while also highlighting translatable principles that can be applied to personal and professional success. Takeaways Bill Belichick's coaching philosophy is rooted in details and hard work. Education at Andover Academy shaped Belichick's approach to football. Failure in Cleveland taught Belichick valuable lessons for future success. Humility is crucial; remember your failures as well as your successes. Teamwork is paramount; individual egos must be submerged for the greater good. Belichick's focus on the process over the results is a key principle. Mastering the details is essential for success in any field. Actions speak louder than words; let your work define you. Life is unpredictable; savor each day as it could be your last. The right mindset and attitude are critical for overcoming challenges. Chapters 00:00 The Legacy of Bill Belichick 17:56 Education and Early Influences 29:47 Lessons from Failure 42:04 Philosophy of Teamwork and Humility 49:46 Translatable Principles for Succe

Join me on this episode as we talk about the history of the Korean War and how it shapes geopolitics to this very day.If you like today's episode please be sure to like and subscribe.You can also reach me at coffeeandbookstn@yahoo.comTell me what you would like me to read next!

In this episode, we dive deep into David Halberstam's classic book The Best and the Brightest, exploring how some of America's most esteemed minds led the country into one of its most significant foreign policy disasters—the Vietnam War. We unpack the failures of leadership, the hubris of the so-called "best and brightest," and the devastating implications of their decisions. Through this discussion, we aim to understand how these missteps shaped the war's outcome and continue to influence U.S. foreign policy today. Whether you're a history buff or simply interested in the lessons learned from Vietnam, this episode offers a compelling analysis of one of the 20th century's most critical events. You can get copies of the book from  AbeBooks - https://www.abebooks.com/9780449908709/Best-Brightest-Halberstam-David-0449908704/plp Or Bookshop.org - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-best-and-the-brightest-david-halberstam/11074561 Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://bsky.app/profile/justinclarkph.bsky.social https://www.threads.net/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree https://linktr.ee/Skepticalleftist

(0:00) Intro.(1:05) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(1:52) Start of interview. (2:28) Thompson's origin story.(3:42) His startup work at Quizlet (joined a 5 person team) and Stripe (from 2k to 8k employees). Joined Anthropic in early 2023.(6:25) On China-US relations, and the course he teaches at Vanderbilt Law School: Emerging Technologies, Law, and U.S.-China Competition.(11:04) On startup incorporations, Delaware, and other thoughts for entrepreneurs. Reference to Stripe Atlas.(14:18) Unveiling the AI investment landscape. Increase in capital and talent in AI technologies. "Companies at the frontier of building LLMs: Anthropic, OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta."(19:15) On the international AI landscape. China wanting to overcome its "century of humiliation."(21:55) Origin story and mission of Anthropic. The eight founders left OpenAI in 2021. Claude 3.5 Sonnet.(26:14) Anthropic's Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and Long Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) model.(29:24) How to think about AI and its paradigm shift for corporate directors.(31:05) Claude products for consumers and enterprise.(33:36) On the future of work with impact of AI.(35:17) San Francisco's evolving role as a global tech hub.(37:37)  Is AI overhyped or underhyped? "The impact of AI will be somewhere between the internet platform shift to the next industrial revolution (...) and if the next internet is kind of the lower bound of the impact AI will have on society and the economy and technology more broadly, then that's a pretty significant impact."(40:05) On the "stay private vs go public" debate.(42:48) More thoughts for directors on AI. Prof Ethan Mollick: "The AI you're using today is the worst AI you will ever use." (43:48) Books that have greatly influenced his life: The Children, by David Halberstam (1998)Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler (2006)All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929)(46:42)  His mentors. Chris Klein and Dan Crittenbrink (State Department). Chip Blacker (Stanford).(47:53) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives his life by.(48:40) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves: Antique maps and running everyday.(50:28)  The living person he most admires.Thompson Paine is the head of business operations at Anthropic, one of the leading AI companies in San Francisco. You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__You can join as a Patron of the Boardroom Governance Podcast at:Patreon: patreon.com/BoardroomGovernancePod__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Alcorn State University (MS) Chair for the Department of Fine Arts Sean Daniels returns to the show to talk about his work as a middle school and high school teacher after his master's degree, working at Hampton University (VA) and getting recruited to work at Benedict College (SC) and getting connected to UNCG for his doctorate (04:15), his time working on his doctorate, his hectic schedule, the two of us playing together, and working with Cort McClaren (45:00), and closing with a portion of the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of developing well-rounded percussionists, his extensive history and mission working at HBCUs and the good and bad of his time within the Percussive Arts Society, and the many works of art that have inspired him (01:05:45).Finishing with a Rave on the David Halberstam's 1981 masterpiece The Breaks of the Game (01:50:30).Sean Daniels Links:Part 1 with Sean DanielsSean Daniels' websiteSean Daniels at Alcorn StateColour of Music FestivalPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Cort McClaren in 2022Kenyon Williams in 2017Jovon Milford in 2021Thomas Spann, Jr. in 2021Derrick Greene in 2021Eric Willie in 2022Mark Ford in 2023Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019Other Links:William RevelliElizabeth GreenJoe ShivelySteve HainesJohn Locke“Gnomes and Other Twilight Creatures” - Dan Moore“Bag's Groove” - Milt Jackson“All Night Long” - Lionel RichieBolero - Maurice RavelPaul YancichDennis DeLuciaPedro OreyNeal FlumJames LatimerJohnny Lee LaneCamille Winbush“That Will Be Good Enough For Me” - Rance AllenTribute to Wayne Shorter at Kennedy Center HonorsLinks:The Breaks of the Game - David HalberstamBill Simmons on The Breaks of the Game

In Walter Cronkite's last, official interview for CBS before being replaced by Dan Rather, he chose to interview one man: The President of the United States. Not in the Oval Office, but in Normandy, France, and just moments after the President delivered his historic addresses on Omaha Beach and at Pointe du Hoc. Today, we evaluate how a President will be interviewed based on the interviewer. From a certain news agency, we know there will be softballs. From other news agencies, there are curves, sliders, and fastballs coming from left field. But Walter Cronkite represented the best of what journalism does. He sought genuine answers, longed for enlightenment, and never revealed his personal political preferences. The chronicler and historian, David Halberstam, called Walter Cronkite “the most significant journalist of the second half of the twentieth century” in the way one might say, “George Washington was the most significant politician of the second half of the 18th Century.”

Braves d'Arnaud & Acuña & Minter set records, MLB attendance, White Sox historically suck, Dodgers arrest comedian, CFB monkeying with playoffs again, NFL Draft, Matt Ryan retires a Falcon, Mel Kiper Jr is stranger than you think, Giants player sells drugs, NBA playoffs = Serbians fighting, Caitlin Clark's new kicks, why you should never kick the ring girl (especially in Russia), Bryce Elder, Brian Katrek, Atlanta Safe House, Andruw Jones bday, Ozzie Albies update, Howard Cosell's tongue sandwiches, Warren Spahn, Bud Wilkinson, Tony Esposito, Buster Crabbe is Tarzan & Flash Gordon, who or what is Dick Towers, or Dick Hoover, Wrigley Field opens, Hoyt Wilhelm goes deep, Hank Aaron's first, Tatis' 2 grand slams in one inning off same pitcher, Keith Hernandez says girls don't belong in dugouts, David Halberstam killed, Upton brothers go off, Miggy's 3000th, Florence Pugh sighting, and goodbye dear couch, plus Pete's Tweets, This Day in Sports History, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and quotes from Bill Veeck, Ron Luciano, and Bert Blyleven!

Imagine your playing career saw you selected seven times to play in the All-Star game, led the league in stolen bases, posted four seasons of .300 plus baseball, had a hitting streak of 34 games, and averaged over 100 runs per season throughout your career. Yet his name is one that never stood out, partly because he's on a Red Sox team with the greatest hitter who ever lived… and his older brother was Joe DiMaggio. This is the life of Dom DiMaggio, who spent eleven years of his eleven-year career in the Majors with the Boston Red Sox. As with almost every player in the forties, the prime playing career was given to service during World War 2. David Halberstam called him "the most underrated player of his day”, and it's not hard to see why. Let's remember Dom with today's game, which is a classic. It's 1949, and the Red Sox are facing the New York Yankees. Boston's finest have posted a 96-57 season against the Yankees 96-57. Yep, it's a winner-takes-all game on the final day of the regular season. Dom is leading off for the Red Sox, with his brother Joe in the clean-up spot for the Yankees. Speaking of legends… Mel Allen and Curt Gowdy will take you through this crunch game. You can find the boxscore here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA194910020.shtml This game was played on October 2, 1949. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classicbaseballradio/message

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Action Figures 1: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan". John Krasinski. 2: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round. punches. 3: In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds. the Empire State Building. 4: In a tune by the Flaming Lips, Yoshimi battles some pink these; "she's a black belt in karate". robots. 5: In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds. Caltech. Round 2. Category: The Vietnam Era 1: Senator J. William Fulbright said his sponsorship of this resolution was one of his biggest political mistakes. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. 2: This "Where Are You Now, My Son" singer was noted for her anti-income tax and anti-war protests. (Joan) Baez. 3: David Dellinger and other activists figured this event in Chicago in 1968 would make a good site for a protest. the Democratic National Convention. 4: This former New York Times journalist's Vietnam books include "The Best and the Brightest" and "Ho". David Halberstam. 5: This man who often faced Kissinger across the bargaining table died in Hanoi in October 1990. Lê Đức Thọ. Round 3. Category: All-American Food 1: On Fridays many people like to chow down on this thick, creamy style of clam chowder. New England clam chowder. 2: This spicy poultry appetizer is popularly served with blue-cheese dressing and celery sticks. Buffalo wings. 3: You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans and cream pie. Boston. 4: Some credit a Delmonico's chef with cooking up this dessert of ice cream covered in meringue and browned. Baked Alaska. 5: The Anchor Bar says it's the home of the original this deep-fried chicken dish with hot sauce and bleu-cheese dressing. buffalo wings. Round 4. Category: Puerto Rican Holidays 1: Jose Barbosa, who is honored on July 27, founded Puerto Rico's Republican Party on this patriotic American holiday. the 4th of July (Independence Day). 2: As elsewhere, it works out that this is the first Monday in September. Labor Day. 3: January 11 is the birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, founder of the 1st "Normal" one of these in Santo Domingo. school. 4: A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film. Three Kings Day. 5: Luis Munoz Rivera, who fought for Puerto Rico's autonomy from these 2 countries, has his own holiday. Spain and the United States. Round 5. Category: North American Languages 1: When traveling to a certain part of the U.S., you might be called a "malihini", meaning tourist in this language. Hawaiian. 2: About 4 million Canadians are unilingual speakers of this language. French. 3: As you might expect, Yucatec is a Mayan language spoken in Belize and Mexico on this peninsula. the Yucatan. 4: Nunavut means "our land" in the language of these people. the Inuit. 5: Nahuatl, Mexico's second-most widely spoken language, is also known by the name of this pre-Columbian people. Aztecs. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

A lengthy interview with Steve Coll, author of the just-released "The Achilles Trap:  Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq". Mr. Coll is the David Halberstam of his generation. You'll understand why we say that after you listen to this episode. 

For Black Hoodie Alchemy this week, I have recurring guest, friend, and innovative mystic, Eric Millar on the show to talk about his latest work, ⁠WOMBAT⁠ and all that existential fury that it holds! A collection of several visual and literary artworks, I found particular fascination with the first two pieces: Operator's Code and Flight Interpretations. What does it mean to be spiritual as a person living at rock bottom? How do we find alchemy in the drudgery of dirty, underpaying jobs and lives that don't provide us with what we need, let alone what we want? Where do we go when time and time again, the reward it seems we get for trying is actually getting completely fucked? How does one find peace in a world that feels like a dark, upside-down timeline? For more food for thought along these lines, we bring up impressively daunting works like David Halberstam's The Powers That Be, Douglas Rushkoff's Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How to Take it Back and Warren Ellis' Marvel Ruins. We talk about magick, mysticism, chaos theory and many-worlds theory, comic books, spiritual anger and so much more! We hope you dig it. My Linktree -- where you can get my books, merch, bonus content and much more ⁠Eric on Instagram⁠ ⁠Eric's Linktree⁠ ⁠We the Hallowed⁠ This week's featured music! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and hardcore and all your favorite independent artists! Souled Out - Doc Hammer Violent Initiative - Darkroom Salt - Salt Everyone Higher Than Everyone Else - Glowing Brain --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support

Discussing Bobby Kennedy and interviewing David Halberstam.

Bill Knapp is in his fifth decade as a top Democratic media consultant and is the first K in the mega-media firm SKDK. In this conversation, Bill talks his NYC roots, the 1980 Senate campaign that launched his professional career, lessons from his mentor & eventual partner Bob Squier, key races in his development as a strategist, the '96 Clinton re-elect, 20 years as part of Mike Bloomberg's political orbit, advice for budding media consultants, and much more. IN THIS EPISODEBill's roots on the Upper West Side of Manhattan…The three prominent figures Bill met as a child in his apartment building…Bill dips his toe into politics at Franklin & Marshall College in rural PA…The 1980 Liz Holtzman Senate campaign changes Bill's professional direction…Bill's intersection with mentor and future business partner, the legendary Bob Squier…Bill talks the legacy of Bob Squier…The US Senate race where Bill established himself as a media strategist in his own right…Bill goes deep inside the 1996 Clinton Presidential Re-election…Bill helps elect Mike Bloomberg Mayor of NYC in 2001…Bill's perspective on the Bloomberg 2020 presidential with a few years' hindsight…How Bill's firm, SKDK, grew to the size of 100+ employees…Bill talks the skillset of his prominent business partner Anita Dunn…Bill's advice to the next generation of political media consultants… AND $15 CPP, Adas, Avenue J, Daniel Barash, Bob Bauer, Belmont Stakes, Joe Biden, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Blanchard, Bill Bradley, Jim Brady, broad shoulders, Quentin Burdick, Jimmy Carter, Pia Carusone, Central Park, Chat GPT, cinema verité, Tony Coehlo, The Communications Company,  the crack epidemic, crusty editors, Jennifer Cunningham, the DSCC, Rich Davis, Joe DiMaggio, David Dinkins, David Doak, Bob Dole, Byron Dorgan, Rahm Emanuel, Carter Eskew, F stops, FIFA, Friday Shabbat, David Garth, Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Bob Graham, Frank Greer, Hal the Doorman, David Halberstam, Patti Harris, the Hinckley Hilton, Harold Ickes, Independent Network News, Josh Isay, Elena Kagan, Keith Kincaid, Samantha Knapp, Stanley Kubrick, JFK, lashon hara, Joe Lieberman, Horace Mann, Minnesota boys, Damon Miranda, Rick Miranda, Mike Moore, Mike Morey, Dick Morris, Jim Mulhall, New Jersey droughts, Jackie Onassis, Mark Penn, Earl Pomeroy, Mark Putnam, Riverdale, Bob Roe, Hillary Rosen, David Sawyer, Doug Schoen, Kevin Sheekey, Oren Shur, Doug Sosnik, Mark Squier, George Stephanopoulos, David Strauss, Earl Strinden, Ray Strother, technocrats, torturing gaffers, Donald Trump, Bradley Tusk, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, VW Karmann Ghia, Otto von Bismarck, War and Peace, Lowell Weicker, Elie Wiesel & more!

Den stora migrationen av Svarta människor från södern till norr och väster under 1900-talet. Trump blir den förste ex-presidenten att ställas inför federalt åtal för sina stölder av hemligstämplat material. Pat Robertson och Daniel Ellsberg har gått ur tiden. Två diametralt olika män som båda påverkade Amerika mycket. Brandinferno i Kanada.Länkar och källorIsabel Wilkerson's Sweeping ‘Warmth of Other Suns' - The New York Times

Journalist and author David Halberstam won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Vietnam and has witnessed and researched many of the major events of the last half of the 20th century. He brings his insight, experience and wit to this discussion with Marcia Franklin. Originally aired: 10/04/2001

Ashley Rindsberg is an investigative journalist, author and media expert. His book "The Gray Lady Winked", about how the New York Times' misreporting changed history, started a conversation about the future, past and present of the mainstream media's flagship publication.INFO ON "THE GRAY LADY WINKED":https://www.thegrayladywinked.com/FOLLOW ASHLEY ON TWITTER:https://www.twitter.com/AshleyRindsbergFOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/cliftonaduncan SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK: https://cliftonduncan.substack.com MY IMDB PAGE:https://www.imdb.me/cliftonduncan(MOST OF) MY THEATRICAL CREDITS:https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/265366-clifton-alphonzo-duncanIntro/Outro: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/stJzyKNNgz/SUPPORT THIS PODCAST BY BUYING SOME DELICIOUS COFFEE FROM OUR FIRST SPONSOR, TWIN ENGINE COFFEE:https://www.twinenginecoffee.com/CliftonDuncanI NARRATED THIS AUDIOBOOK:https://www.berlinersbook.com/CHAPTERS:0:00:00 -- Sexy Promo!0:01:14 -- Teaser and Intro.0:03:12 -- How the Rise of the Third Reich Inspired "The Gray Lady Winked".0:09:40 -- Who are the Sulzbergers?0:14:26 -- Guido Enderis and the Nazis.0:19:35 -- Walter Duranty and the Soviets.0:27:35 -- Herbert Matthews and Fidel Castro.0:33:23 -- Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial.0:40:38 -- David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, and the Vietnam War.0:45:18 -- The Curious Case of Muhammad Al-Dura.0:51:21 -- The 1619 Project.0:58:00 -- A Note of Optimism.

Fifty years ago today (January 27, 1973), the United States' military involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end, with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. We mark that occasion by bringing back our episode on two brave reporters, who risked their lives and their reputations during the war in Vietnam, to reveal the truth to the American people about what was happening there. Both describe here - how and when they realized the United States government was lying about the causes and the scope of the war. And both eloquently explain their views on the role of the journalist as a witness and an adversary of government. Neil Sheehan, who died earlier this month, also talks about his role in exposing the Pentagon Papers in the pages of the New York Times. And he details why he was driven to spend over 13 years writing a definitive history of the war, called "A Bright Shining Lie," which won the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Halberstam, who won the Pulitzer during the war, went on to write one of the other most important accounts of U.S. involvement in Vietnam: "The Best and the Brightest."

David Halberstam’s book The Breaks of the Game is the main topic for conversation on this New Year’s Day 2023 edition of the Torg Stories podcast. I also bring some of my writer and teacher self to workshopping this show’s content in the second half of the episode. Scroll down for the audio podcast and […]

John Paul Vann was a career Army officer.  He served in combat during the Korean War and was an advisor to the South Vietnamese Army's IV Corps fighting the Viet Cong for a year from 1962 to 1963.  Vann retired from the Army a few months after completed that assignment.  He returned to Vietnam in 1965.  First he worked as an official for the Agency for International Development.  Vann was then made the Deputy for Civil Operations and Rural Development Support for the Third Corps Tactical Zone in the twelve provinces north and west of Saigon.  In 1968 he was assigned to the same position for the Fourth Corps Tactical Zone in the provinces south of Saigon.  Vann died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam on June 16, 1972.  During his years in Vietnam, he developed some strong views about what the United States was doing versus what he thought it should be doing. 

  Must-watch video: Before the mass shootings, they killed the hope (Max Blumenthal on the assassination of the sixties) Article: Neil Sheehan: In Retrospect by Jim DiEugenio Articles: David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest by Jim DiEugenio: Part 1, Part 2 “Bombers and helicopters and napalm are a help, but they are not enough” - David Halberstam in his book The Making of a Quagmire, (Page 338) (1965, Random House) “The lesson to be learned from Vietnam is that we must get in earlier, be shrewder, and force the other side to practice the self-deception” (Page 340) (ibid) Read the relevant quotes/passages here: Page 338, Page 340 FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Making of a Quagmire by David Halberstam At Kennedys and King Article: So, What about this Conspiracy Business Anyway? by Ron Canazzi Article: The Unheard Tapes: Part 1 by Donald McGovern Donald reviews Netflix's new documentary The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes Part 2 of the review to be posted soon FREE Borrowable Ebook: Report from Iron Mountain by Leonard C. Lewin New York Times Book Review: Report from Iron Mountain: The Guest Word by Leonard Lewin Report from Iron Mountain is a satirical novel Listener questions answered Book: JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass by Jim DiEugenio: Hardcover, Kindle The BluRay and DVD version of both the documentaries were released on July 19, 2022 You can order it here Stream/buy JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass: Showtime, Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Microsoft Stream/buy the documentary series JFK: Destiny Betrayed: Amazon Prime, iTunes, Vudu Book: Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba and the Garrison Case by Jim DiEugenio: Paperback, Kindle Book: The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today by Jim DiEugenio: Paperback, Kindle Get an autographed copy of the book JFK Revisited for just $35 You can also get autographed copies of Jim's two other books for just $25 each!! Jim's address: P.O. Box 4354, Burbank, CA 91503 The book JFK Revisited to be released in the UK Did Oswald have a picture of Kennedy at his apartment? The Presidential Records Act was passed in 1978 in response to what Nixon had done Nixon had made a deal with Gerald Ford regarding his secret papers and tapes Gerald Ford was a cover-up artist par excellence Audio: Nixon wanted to use nuclear bomb in Vietnam Video: The Zapruder Film Mystery featuring Doug Horne and Shane O'Sullivan Zapruder Film Exposed by Chris Davidson (The Education Forum) In the 1968 presidential election, Mark Lane was the vice-presidential candidate for Dick Gregory Jim DiEugenio evaluates the new Showtime documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory Jim DiEugenio reviews Mark Lane's autobiography Citizen Lane Documentary: Citizen Lane Why were there three shells on the sixth floor of the TSBD instead of two? Articles: Richard Case Nagell: The Most Important Witness by Jim DiEugenio: Part 1, Part 2 FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Man Who Knew Too Much (Richard Case Nagell) (revised) by Dick Russell Book: Someone Would Have Talked by Larry Hancock: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle FREE Borrowable Ebook: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why it Matters by James Douglass "From the very beginning of his administration, Kennedy was at war with the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff" - Jim Garrison Please contact Len at osanic@prouty.org if you can find the source of this quote Stream/buy the documentary The Assassination and Mrs. Paine: Prime, Vimeo, Google Play, iTunes  

  Author of The Paradox of our National Security Complex: Paperback, Kindle And Rethinking America: Paperback, Kindle And The Hidden War: Paperback, Kindle Documentary: Ukraine on Fire (2016) (featuring Oliver Stone) Documentary: Revealing Ukraine (2019) (featuring Oliver Stone) Documentary: Maidan Massacre The collateral damage caused by drone strikes Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and Bill Binney Trailer: A Good American (Executive Producer: Oliver Stone) Rent/buy A Good American: Vimeo (4k), Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Microsoft "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Joe Biden is the worst president I've seen in my lifetime" - Richard Otto Video: To Sell A War - Gulf War Propaganda (1992) Video: Victoria Nuland-Geoffrey Pyatt leaked phone call The MI6 had more to do with the Maidan coup than the CIA "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it" - Elon Musk Video: Obama/Bush/Trump Lied Repeatedly About Afghan War-- Documents Reveal (The Jimmy Dore Show) News: US seen as bigger threat to democracy than Russia or China, global poll finds Vietnam was the straw that broke the camel's back FREE Borrowable Ebook: House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power by James Carroll Kennedy was at war with the CIA NSAM 55 (FRUS) NSAMs 55, 56 and 57 Video: JFK's Foreign Policy: A Motive for Murder by Jim DiEugenio Video: Bonafide War Criminal Says Trump Is “Nation's Greatest Threat” (The Jimmy Dore Show) “Bombers and helicopters and napalm are a help, but they are not enough” - David Halberstam in his book The Making of a Quagmire, (Page 338) (1965, Random House) “The lesson to be learned from Vietnam is that we must get in earlier, be shrewder, and force the other side to practice the self-deception” (Page 340) (ibid) Read the relevant quotes/passages here: Page 338, Page 340 Kennedy rejected the proposal to send combat troops to Vietnam on TEN different occassions Notes on the National Security Council Meeting, Nov 15, 1961 National Security Action Memorandum 111 gave South Vietnam military equipment and US uniformed advisers “Anyone wanting to commit ground troops to Asia should have his head examined” - General Douglas MacArthur Video: Members of Congress Caught Profiting Off Ukraine War (The Jimmy Dore Show) Trailer: Dr. Strangelove (1964) Rent/buy Dr. Strangelove: iTunes, Prime, Vudu, Microsoft NSAM 271 Oswald was NOT a lone nut Oswald had a crypto clearance (which is higher than top secret) June 10 1963, JFK's American University commencement address titled 'A Strategy of Peace': Audio, Video, Text Oswald's 201 file was not opened until 13 months after he "defected" Video: The CIA's heart attack gun "The cover story was transparent and designed not to hold, to fall apart at the slightest scrutiny. The forces that killed Kennedy wanted the message clear: 'We are in control and no one - not the President, nor Congress, nor any elected official - no one can do anything about it.'" - Vincent Salandria Video: Edward Lansdale in Dealey Plaza, Dallas on 22 Nov, 1963 comfirmed by Col. Prouty & Gen. Victor Krulak “That little Kennedy...he thought he was a God - Allen Dulles “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter” - George Washington FREE Borrowable Ebook: Dark Alliance: The CIA, Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb 2014 movie Kill the Messenger based on Gary Webb's life and reporting Trailer: Kill the Messenger (2014) Gary Webb interviewed on Black Op Radio: Episodes 47 and 104 Gary Webb interviewed by Len Osanic Gary Webb / Len Osanic - Youtube Rent/buy Kill the Messenger: iTunes, Prime, Google Play, Vudu, Microsoft

With death close at hand, Castaneda races against the clock to finish what will be his very last book. But in order to complete it, he will need to author the final chapter of his own life.  After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/38bJ9YcOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/3P5a8oODiscussion Thread: bit.ly/3MRWBPIwww.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval Shapira We wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter

Intimating the end, Castaneda decides it is time for him to anoint his successor, the next nagual. His selection is Tony Karam—a student not only of his but also the Dalia Lama. Castaneda informs Tony that has a year to decide whether or not to take the position of the nagual. After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3vA6Ge4One Extra Thing: bit.ly/3y3clv7Discussion Thread: bit.ly/3MY1cjdwww.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval Shapira We wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter 

With the start of the ‘80s, Carlos Castaneda has now become the darling of the New Age movement.  But while New Agers are busy championing his past work, Castaneda has begun turning his sights to something new—a secretive project unlike anything he's done before. To secure the help needed, Castaneda opens up admission to his circle of followers. Hollywood producer Janet Yang soon becomes one of his most prized recruits.  After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3vecjyMOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/3vdhZcjDiscussion Thread: bit.ly/3xSWMG5www.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval Shapira We wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter   Trickster Podcast, LLC. All rights reserved.

Prager University. Part 46. John Stossel- Woke Medicine Victor Davis Hanson- Why Study History? Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator Does Israel Occupy the West Bank? Can You Trust the NY Times? Totalitarianism: Can It Happen in America?   Woke Medicine https://youtu.be/4co0kcocgqs 200,062 views Feb 22, 2022 John Stossel 650K subscribers America has a shortage of doctors. It's one reason why health care costs so much. Yet the AMA, the biggest doctor's association, is focused on telling doctors to use Marxist language. The AMA now tells doctors to use woke language. Instead of saying equality, say “equity.” Don't say minority, say “historically marginalized.” “Can you imagine anyone actually doing this?” says journalist Matthew Yglesias. “What would happen if you were in a clinical setting and somebody starts giving you this lecture about landowners?” Silly language is one thing. But the AMA also makes it harder for people to become doctors, and lobbies for rules that reduce the number of doctors. “They restrict what kinds of people can provide medical services,” Yglesias tells me. It's a reason America has fewer doctors than any European country. I'll show you how the AMA acts like a doctor cartel. ———— To make sure you see the new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe ————   Why Study History? https://youtu.be/rCrASZ2zd8c 534,130 views Premiered Jan 24, 2022 https://www.prageru.com/ PragerU 2.94M subscribers Is it important to study history? Why do we need to know what's come before us? Isn't it enough to just “live in the moment?” Renowned historian Victor Davis Hanson explores these important questions. Script: Why study history? Ironically, this question is as old as history.  Twenty-five hundred years ago, Thucydides, the great chronicler of the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta, and the man many call the “first historian” said that “…I have written my work, not…to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.” Thucydides hoped that what he was writing would help future generations understand what transpired in his day. If they could learn from it and make better decisions, his efforts would not be in vain.   More than two millennia later, the American social thinker George Santayana said much the same thing, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” But while knowledge of the past is a prerequisite to wisdom, it doesn't give the historian a crystal ball.  We must be modest in our claims: studying history provides an invaluable guide—but only a guide—to current and future political, economic, military, and cultural challenges. Just as it is dangerous to be ignorant of past events, so too it is equally risky to assume that history across time and space will repeat itself in exactly the same fashion. It never does. Still, with the proper caution, studying history can warn us of dangers ahead.  For example, across the ages appeasing or ignoring enemies has rarely proven to be a prudent strategy. Usually, it's disastrous.  The Greek city-states' coddling of the Macedonian king Philip II, the weak Western democracies' reaction to the aggression of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, and the indifference shown to the dangers of radical Islam by an affluent West in the 1990s make the point.  There is another—perhaps less recognized—value in studying history. Every generation, none more than our own, suffers from a pernicious presentism—the arrogance that those now alive have created the most prosperous period in history. The result is that too often we judge a materially poorer past by the same contemporary standards of an affluent and leisured present.  Those who study history can avoid these fallacies. Aside from the fact that the present is the beneficiary of the accumulated intellectual, moral, and scientific contributions of the past, proper knowledge of the hardships of prior ages teaches us the value of humility. To take just one possible example, it might be an easy thing to chronicle what seems to us prejudices recorded among the wagoneers on the Oregon Trail in the 1840s. It is quite another to imagine how the trailblazers struggled to survive one more day in an age without effective medicines, labor-saving machines, or adequate shelter. Studying history also confers much needed perspective.  It's neither fair nor wise to attempt to apply the moral standards of today to say, the far more deadly 17th century when life, in the words of English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The COVID-19 pandemic seems to many like a public health crisis without precedent—until we take time to learn of the global outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus in 1918. The “Spanish flu” killed nearly 600,000 Americans in a nation of 100 million, with a worldwide toll of perhaps 50 million dead—and yet our nation and planet survived and learned from it. One of the ways that I used to endure the tedium, dust, and noise of tractor driving was to remember that my farming grandfather covered the same ground with a team of horses. It took him two days of back breaking labor to cultivate four acres of land. I could do it in an hour—sitting down. For the complete transcript visit: https://www.prageru.com/video/why-stu...   Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator https://youtu.be/nZmSjlNpfIs 570,062 views Premiered Feb 21, 2022 PragerU 2.94M subscribers Few presidents have connected with the American people like Ronald Reagan did. Through a combination of persuasion and policy, our 40th president turned a depressed nation into a confident one. Scott Walker, former governor of Wisconsin and president of Young America's Foundation, explains how he did it. Script: Ronald Reagan fashioned his political career and his presidency around three things.  Lower taxes Smaller government Strong defense In doing so, he almost single-handedly resurrected and redefined the modern conservative movement. But he did much more than that—he resurrected and redefined America. If that sounds like an impressive feat, it was. And it's hard to imagine anyone other than Reagan who could have done it. Known by friend and foe alike as The Great Communicator, even Democrats conceded that no one could connect with the American people like Reagan. Whenever he went on TV—which was often—to promote a policy, he invariably swung the American people his way. When he explained something, it just made sense. Fittingly, it was a TV speech in 1964 entitled “A Time for Choosing” that launched his political career. He delivered it on behalf of Republican Presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. Here's just one of his many memorable passages. "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size… Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth." This was pure Reagan: a basic truth delivered with humor. Born in a small Midwestern town on February 6th, 1911, Reagan honed his communication skills as a radio announcer and then, as an actor. He was a genuine Hollywood star and celebrity for over two decades before he got into politics. Tall, broad-shouldered, and handsome with a golden voice, he was well-respected and well-liked by his peers. He was also seen as a natural leader. From 1947-52, he was President of the Screen Actors Guild, deftly guiding it through the blacklist era.     In 1965, encouraged by the positive response to his “A Time for Choosing” speech, Reagan decided to run for governor of California. He won easily. The victory immediately established him as a major figure in the Republican party. By 1980, he was their overwhelming choice for President. That year, he soundly defeated President Jimmy Carter. The incumbent lost because his pessimistic approach to problem-solving mirrored the justifiably sour mood of the country. The economy was going nowhere, caught in the double grip of inflation and stagnation. In contrast, Reagan—ever the optimist—offered a way out. It wasn't the American people who were to blame, he told voters, it was the government. Reagan would get it out of the way. He would lower taxes and cut red tape. He did both. The media dismissed his plan, calling it “Reaganomics.” But it worked. From 1982 to '87, the American economy, defined as GDP adjusted for inflation, rose an astonishing 27 percent, manufacturing 33 percent, and the median income by 12 percent. An estimated 20 million new jobs were created. All income classes and all racial and ethnic groups benefited from the Reagan economy. The dark decade of the seventies, a time in which it looked like America was in a terminal eclipse, faded away. It was, as Reagan put it, during his 1984 re-election campaign, “Morning in America” again. Every bit as transformational as his work on the economy, was his approach to foreign policy, specifically the Soviet Union. It's easy to forget, but when Reagan came to office in 1981, Soviet-style communism appeared to be as strong, if not stronger, than American-style democracy. Whereas Reagan's predecessor had taken a “we just need to get along” approach, Reagan saw it much differently. He didn't mince words. In March of 1983, he called the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” The media and the Democrats wailed that the phrase was reckless, but it was typical Reagan. Simple, clear, and true. What else do you call a totalitarian system that had deprived millions of people across the globe of their freedom? When asked what his strategy was for fighting the Cold War, Reagan replied. “We win. They lose.” For the complete transcript visit: https://www.prageru.com/video/ronald-...

去年东京奥运会期间，跳岛邀请到了「翻转体育」的主播滑轮和体育爱好者、文学译者林晓筱，与主播钟娜一起聊了聊赛场之外的体育写作，试图呈现竞技体育在输赢之外更为复杂的面向。为什么我们需要体育写作？体育天才的故事，在多大程度上是普通人平凡生活的反向投射？半年之后，北京冬奥会在立春花火中拉开帷幕，我们发现这期节目在眼下热点事件的讨论之中，又折射出更多新的反思和可能。在全民关注冬奥比赛的时候，我们除了谈论输赢，还在谈论些什么？ 回顾这期节目时，主播钟娜再次联系了林晓筱和滑轮，就本次冬奥会中与输赢绞缠的各类问题分享了各自的观察。这些内容请在我们的公众号「跳岛FM Talking Literature」（微信号：tiaodaofm）中查看——“青蛙公主”谷爱凌的辉煌，也再次勾起对体育明星作为“单数的天才”的思考。体育究竟能否像奥运精神期许的那样，超越国家、文化和社会的层层界限，成为某种超越性的联结？我们如何诠释和解读体育精神？ 【本期嘉宾】 林晓筱，译者，译作《弦理论》《永远在上》《马与人》。 滑轮，《翻转体育》与《NBA挡拆》播客主播，JustPod制作人，亚利桑那州立大学法学院法律博士（J.D.）。 【本期主持】 钟娜，中英双语写作者，译者。译有《聊天记录》《正常人》。（豆瓣ID：阿枣） 【时间轴】 05:10 从机械报道到主动创作：不同类型的体育写作 09:50 大卫·福斯特·华莱士：不擅长打网球的数学天才不是好作家 16:20 村上春树的长跑和J.M.库切的自行车：自律型作家偏爱非对抗性的运动？ 31:34 体育写作打开赛场外的世界：看见输家，看见意外事件 33:26 美国橄榄球运动员创办网站The Player's Tribune，让运动员自己的写作成为可能 36:12 从穆齐尔的“没有个性的人”到“量化时代”的体育英雄——成绩可以被测量，人的精神力量也是吗？ 41:40 赛事转播的视角是经过筛选和净化的，现场观赛则是自由选择的 50:29 比赛中的冠军叙事，作为日常生活的补充，给观众投射与期待 【节目中提到的书】 姚明《我的世界我的梦》 颜强《英国足球地理》 大卫·福斯特·华莱士《弦理论》 村上春树《当我谈跑步时，我谈些什么》 The War against cliché by Martin Amis 尼克•霍恩比《极度狂热》 The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam 罗伯特•穆齐尔《没有个性的人》 保罗•奥斯特 J.M.库切《此时此地》 【出品人】蔡欣 【主理人】猫弟 【节目编辑】何润哲 Sati 彭伊柳 黄鱼 桑瑜 【后期制作】AURA.pote 【音乐】 片头 上海复兴方案 - Queen of Sports 片尾 上海复兴方案 - Spring in a Small Town 【视觉设计】孙晓曦 费梦缘 陈景婧

North Korea tried to unify the peninsula by invading South Korea in June 1950.  Initially the North Koreans had great success.  They quickly advanced south while the United States tried to get forces onto the peninsula to stop them.  This soon became a United Nations' mission, and the North Koreans were stopped right around the southern port of Pusan.  Then the United States landed in the rear of the North Koreans at the port of Inchon next to Seoul on South Korea's west coast.  The North Koreans started to collapse and the United Nations force pushed back up the Korean peninsula.  They pushed north of the 38th parallel into North Korea and headed towards the Chinese border on the Yalu river.  As the U.S. advanced during late October and November they got higher into the mountains and the weather got much colder.  While this was going on there was the question of what, if anything, the Chinese Communists were planning to do.  Would the Chinese go to war to keep U.S. forces away from their border? The U.S. commander General MacArthur didn't think so.  He was wrong.  The cold, desolate hillsides were crawling with over three hundred thousand tough and committed soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.  David Halberstam's “The Coldest Winter” tells the story of what happened when the Chinese sprung their trap.

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Fellow BSers,Welcome to another episode of 'A Load of BS: The Behavioural Science Podcast' with me Daniel Ross.From Lineker last week down the middle to Finkelstein centre right, I'm ringing the changes for this midweek game to welcome writer, Times newspaper commentator and Conservative Party moderniser, moderate, maven and former advisor to William Hague, George Osborne and David Cameron - the Baron of Pinner, Danny Finkelstein.Prior to his work helping to transition the Conservatives between Major key, very minor key and then David Cameron, Danny was Director of the think tank the Social Market Foundation. He was also the Chairman of the Policy Exchange, an independent charity seeking free market and ‘localist' solutions to public policy questions. And to give you a titbit away from the LinkedIn theocracy, Danny is an obsessive Beatles fan. Indeed, his study desk and bookshelf are split between Holocaust tomes, reflecting, in part, research for a book on his family which he's currently in the process of writing, and Paul McCartney lyric sheets.Danny was named political commentator of the year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Last year, he published 'Everything in Moderation', a compilation of his Times essays over the last 20 years which reflect, indeed, his sense for moderation, proportion and social psychology.You can find all my podcasts on all the usual platforms: do subscribe on Apple, Spotify and others, and give me a 5 star review! And let me know what you think of it all on Twitter @danielsjross.If you're new to A Load of BS, subscribe here to get the pods and newsletter straight into your inbox.Today, Danny and I discuss:Perspective and empathyWhy a sense of proportion mattersWhy politics mattersBourgeois stability and big ideasRobert Cialdini's 'click, click, run'COVID, Brexit and self-interestEconomic growth as the driver of polarisation vs. congenialityJournalism's role in policing our systemsBooks referenced by Danny:'Everything in Moderation: The must-read collection of Daniel Finkelstein's greatest columns in The Times''The Best and the Brightest', by David Halberstam'Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion', by Robert Cialdini'How to be an Alien', by George Mikes'Mindwise: How We Understan

In search of a creative elixir to bring new life to his flailing film career, the great Italian director, Federico Fellini, pursues his long-cherished dream of adapting Castaneda's books into films. But on his trip to Los Angeles, in 1984, to meet Castaneda, his dream soon turns into a nightmare. After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3a5adFLOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/3A1ykQoDiscussion Thread: bit.ly/3ivJGGy www.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval Shapira We wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter

The story of what put Patricia Partin on the path to Death Valley is a story that ultimately goes back to her childhood. It's a story of how a devastating family tragedy can alter the whole course of a person's life. After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3i6WcvWOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/3CNEPrJDiscussion Thread: bit.ly/2XsR0Le www.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval Shapira We wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter Trickster Podcast, LLC. All rights reserved.

My guest is David Halberstam of Sports Broadcast Journal.  We talked about cancel culture in the world of sports media personalities.  David recently interviewed Thom Brennaman who was fired last summer by the Cincinnati Reds and Fox for saying a homophobic slur on TV.  We talked about that and others who have been sent to pasture for one comment.  David is also a sports broadcast historian.  We talked about his favorite announcers of all time!

Richard de Mille—son of the famed Hollywood director—makes it his mission to prove that Castaneda has perpetuated the greatest literary hoax of the 20th century. But spurring his investigation to uncover Castaneda's secrets are secrets of his own. After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3lDVU0uOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/2XIeUD1Discussion Thread: bit.ly/39oUnWq www.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval ShapiraWe wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter Trickster Podcast, LLC. All rights reserved.

UTEP Percussion Professor Andy Smith returns to talk about his time at UMass and working in drumlines in New England (01:20), his 9+ years going to and teaching at Middle Tennessee State, along with some timely financial advice (13:10), his time as a doctoral student at Indiana University (30:30), and interacts with the Random Ass Questions (52:20).Finishing with a Rave on the David Halberstam book The Education of a Coach (01:24:00).Links:Part 1 with Andy SmithAndy Smith's UTEP homepageAmy Smith on the podcastWill KennedyDennis ChambersJohn J.R. RobinsonCasey ScheuerellNick AngelisThom Hannum“Blue Rondo a la Turk” - Dave BrubeckSteve GaddColin McNuttBlast!Star of Indiana DCILalo DavilaJulie Davila on the podcastBrian MuellerMusic City Mystique WGICrossmenChad WymanMike SpiroSteve HoughtonKevin BoboMike MixtackiBernard WomaPaschal YoungeScott KettnerBen WahlundGuardians of the Galaxy trailerElf trailerThe Love Guru trailerTommy Boy trailerBlack Sheep trailerJames Doyle on the podcastMike SammonsSide by Side - Wiff Rudd“Message in a Bottle” - The Police“Roxanne” - The PoliceAlexis C. Lamb on the podcastRaves:The Education of a Coach - David Halberstam

Carlos Castaneda didn't just write about a Don Juan—he was one. Over the course of his life, his magnetic personality pulled innumerable women into his orbit. Most stayed briefly. Only a few lasted long enough to see all the different facets that lay underneath the surface of his charismatic personality. One of them was Gloria Garvin. And this is her story. After listening, be sure to check out:Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/3tF7dZJOne Extra Thing: bit.ly/3EeJqEPDiscussion Thread: bit.ly/3E3MTGe www.tricksterpodcast.com Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production:Creator and Executive Producer: Frank HortonProducers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval ShapiraCo-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, Ana Djordjijevic, Dan Girmus, Celeste Cuevas, Collins Harris IV, Robert(a) Marshall, author of an upcoming biography of Carlos Castaneda, American Trickster, Katie Kidwell, Justin AierSenior Producer: Pablo VacaComposer: Ville HaimalaSound Designer and Mixer: Randy WardEditors: Frank Horton, with additional editing by Randy Ward, Paul Calo and Yuval ShapiraWe wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the research of scholars, journalists and authors who have contributed tiles to the mosaic that is our project. Trickster is based, in part, on the following books and articles:Ultimas Noticias Sobre Carlos Castaneda by Arturo Granda, Conversations with a Young Nahual by Byron de Ford, Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde, Ascent and Descent of the Sacred Mountain by Claudio Naranjo, Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity edited by Elizabeth Baquedano, Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm, All Things are Possible Selected Essays by Lev Shestov, La increíble hisotoria de Carlos Castaneda by Ybrahim Luna, Castaneda's Journey and the Don Juan Papers by Richard De Mille, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff, Theory in anthropology since the sixties by Sherry Ortner, Viscerality, faith, and skepticism: Another theory of magic by Michael Taussig, Introduction to the Teachings of Don Juan by Octavio Paz, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze & Guattari, A Hushed Death for Mystic Author by J.R. Moehringer, Missing Amalia by Matt Ward, Sonoran Fantasy or Coming of Age? by Ralph Beals, Tula: The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico by Richard A. Diehl, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M.H. Abrams, Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie, The Mirror of Magic: A History of Magic in the Western World by Kurt Seligmann, Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason by Gaby Geuter, America by Jean Baudrillard, Carlos Castaneda: American Trickster by Robert(a) Marshall, Endeavors in Psychology by Henry A. Murray, Ronald Reagan The Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology by Michael Rogin, Yucatan by Andrea De Carlo, On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne Rich, The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies by James A. Clifton, Fear of Freedom by Carlo Levi, The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico by Octavio Paz, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Lionel Trilling, Freedom & Its Discontents: Reflections of Four Decades of American Moral Experience by Peter Marin, The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Feet of Clay Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr, The Storyteller Essays by Walter Benjamin, Life of Dreams: Field Notes On Psi, Synchronicity, And Shamanism by Douglass Price-Williams, Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrere ,High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World by Christopher Partridge, The Metamorphoses of Don Juan by Leo Weinstein, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing by Michael Taussig, Shamans of the 20th Century by Ruth-Inge Heinze, Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Goldschmidt, In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller, The Diabolic Root by Vincenzo Petrullo, Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians by John A. Price, The World of Time Inc by Curtis Prendergast, For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography by Arnold Krupat, Another Life by Michael Korda, The Contemporary Culture of the Cahita Indians by Ralph L. Beals, The American Adam by R.W. Lewis, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda by Margaret Runyan, Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and Americans Identities by Laura Browder, The Theatre of Don Juan by Oscar Mandel, Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity by Christopher Miller, The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode, Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, Melville's Quarrel With God by Lawrance Thompson, Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, Extrasensory Ecology: Parapsychology and Anthropology by Joseph K. Long, On Phenomenology and Social Relations by Alfred Schutz, Seeing Castaneda by Daniel Noel, Prophetic Charisma by Len Oakes, Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter Trickster Podcast, LLC. All rights reserved.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: While John Paul I Was Pope 1: Sadat sat down to begin talks with Begin and Carter at this U.S. site September 6, 1978. Camp David. 2: He regained the heavyweight title from the man he had lost it to in February -- Leon Spinks. Muhammad Ali. 3: In an Aug. 30, 1978 press conference he said the Chevy Vega's gas tanks were just as dangerous as the Ford Pinto's. Ralph Nader. 4: For 1978 tennis' U.S. Open moved from Forest Hills to a new home at this "meadow". Flushing Meadow. 5: Olafur Johannesson became this island's P.M. and promptly devalued its currency. Iceland. Round 2. Category: World Travel 1: Pharaonic Village, which recreates life in ancient times, is on an island in this river. Nile. 2: Some tourists save money by staying at the Bangkok YMCA in this country. Thailand. 3: This Swedish capital has hotels named for Lord Nelson and his mistress, Lady Hamilton. Stockholm. 4: Among the hotels with casinos in this city are Shepheard's, the Ramses Hilton and the Nile Hilton. Cairo. 5: Want to ride an elephant in this country? Head for the Gokarna Safari Park east of Katmandu. Nepal. Round 3. Category: They Wrote For The New York Times 1: Trying to protect his sources, in 1978 reporter Myron Farber spent 38 days here. Jail. 2: In 1962 the Times sent David Halberstam to this country, where he often challenged the official version of events. Vietnam. 3: Born in Clydebank, political writer James Reston had this nickname, like a "Star Trek" engineer. "Scotty". 4: Colorful nickname of Times sportswriter Walter Smith. "Red". 5: The Times' longtime movie critic, he shifted to theater criticism in 1993. Vincent Canby. Round 4. Category: Celebrity Headaches 1: If you're a celebrity, these photographers named for a character in a movie can be anywhere. paparazzi. 2: Paying about 60 grand for the XJ8 model of this British car, you'd think a CD player would be standard. Jaguar. 3: Don't let your personal trainer work your biceps and forget these opposing muscles on the arms. Triceps. 4: You're probably sick of having your floors scuffed by photographers from this Conde Nast "Digest". Architectural Digest. 5: It can be tough remembering your password for your secret bank account in this most populous city in Switzerland. Zurich. Round 5. Category: Where's The "Fire"? 1: They're also known as lightning bugs. fireflies. 2: Where you'll find a hearth. a fireplace. 3: Deadly double that rained down on Gomorrah. fire and brimstone. 4: Resort and national seashore east of NYC. Fire Island. 5: Stravinsky ballet from 1910. The Firebird. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Wenger and Brian discuss the coming eviction crisis, Anne Applebaum's book Iron Curtain, journalist David Halberstam, the war in Vietnam, Maoism, Stalinism, the Olympics, Putin, and the new Match Game. Listen and judge for yourself which is the greatest scourge of mankind.

自从“当我谈跑步时我谈些什么”成为金句模板，长跑和长篇小说创作之间的平行关系也深入人心。不过，只对跑步、铁人三项这类非对抗性运动的村上君，远非作家群体中唯一的硬核体育爱好者。运动也有更多与文字互动的方式。趁着东京奥运会还未结束，本期节目请到了大卫·福斯特·华莱士网球评论集《弦理论》的译者林晓筱和播客「翻转体育」的主播滑轮，在充溢着冠军崇拜和天才叙事的时代，在写作中重新思考体育精神，打开赛场外的世界。 长跑、自行车……小说家们是不是会更偏爱非对抗性的运动？近五十年来，描写运动员生活的作品出现了哪些新的转向？大卫·福斯特·华莱士曾写到，由于球拍的技术革新，力量型的选手在网球场上越来越有优势，因此费德勒的灵动球风才如此珍惜。如何理解科技之美和运动追求极限之美二者之间的张力？疫情让东京奥运会成了有史以来第一次观众席空空荡荡的的奥运会。赛事转播意味着什么？我们为什么怀念现场观赛？ 【嘉宾】 林晓筱，译者，译作《弦理论》《永远在上》《马与人》。 滑轮，《翻转体育》与《NBA挡拆》播客主播，JustPod制作人，亚利桑那州立大学法学院法律博士（J.D.）。 【主持】 钟娜，中英双语写作者，译者。译有《聊天记录》《正常人》。（豆瓣ID：阿枣） 【时间轴】 04:59从机械报道到主动创作：不同类型的体育写作 09:15大卫·福斯特·华莱士：不擅长打网球的数学天才不是好作家 15:46村上春树的长跑和J.M.库切的自行车：自律型作家偏爱非对抗性的运动？ 30:47体育写作打开赛场外的世界：看见输家，看见意外事件 32:42美国橄榄球运动员创办网站The Player's Tribune，让运动员自己的写作成为可能 36:32从穆齐尔的“没有个性的人”到“量化时代”的体育英雄——成绩可以被测量，人的精神力量也是吗？ 41:28赛事转播的视角是经过筛选和净化的，现场观赛则是自由选择的 49:13比赛中的冠军叙事，作为日常生活的补充，给观众投射与期待 【节目中提到的书】 《我的世界我的梦》姚明 著 《英国足球地理》颜强 著 《弦理论》[美]大卫•福斯特•华莱士 著 《当我谈跑步时，我谈些什么》[日]村上春树 著 The War against cliché by Martin Amis 《极度狂热》[英]尼克•霍恩比 著 The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam 《没有个性的人》[奥地利]罗伯特•穆齐尔 著 《此时此地》[美]保罗•奥斯特、[南非] J.M.库切 著 【出品人】蔡欣 【主理人】猫弟 【统筹&监制】何润哲 【策划】钟娜 【后期制作】AURA.pote 【视觉设计】孙晓曦 费梦缘 【音乐】 片头 上海复兴方案 - Queen of Sports 片尾 上海复兴方案 - Spring in a Small Town 【文字整理】彭伊柳 Sati

The task of a journalist is to document the present moment. And there have been plenty of crazy present moments in India in the last 40 years. Vir Sanghvi joins Amit Varma in episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on how our society, politics and media have been transformed over the course of his career. He also looks inwards. Also check out: 1. A Rude Life -- Vir Sanghvi. 2. Vir Sanghvi's books on Amazon. 3. Vir Sanghvi's homepage, Twitter and Instagram. 4. Travelling in the Time of Covid -- Vir Sanghvi. 5. Biryani Was Always Meant for the Masses and Not the Kings -- Vir Sanghvi. 6. Don't Think Too Much of Yourself. You're an Accident -- Amit Varma. 7. The Great Gatsby -- F Scott Fitzgerald. 8. Kanti Bajpai on India vs China -- Episode 234 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game — Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ramachandra Guha). 10. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor). 11. Early Indians — Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 12. Understanding India Through Its Languages -- Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan). 13. Private Truths, Public Lies -- Timur Kuran. 14. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism -- Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 15. The BJP Before Modi -- Episode 202 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati). 16. The Business of Books -- Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika). 17. Newsman's English -- Harold Evans. 18. Pictures on a Page -- Harold Evans. 19. Steven Van Zandt: Springsteen, the death of rock and Van Morrison on Covid -- Richard Purden. 20. Persuasion -- The newsletter founded by Yascha Mounk. 21. Conversation and Society -- Episode 182 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Russ Roberts). 22. Econ Talk — Russ Roberts's podcast. 23. Conversations With Tyler -- Tyler Cowen's podcast. 24. Making Sense -- Sam Harris's podcast. 25. Politics and the Sociopath -- Amit Varma. 26. Public Opinion -- Walter Lippmann. 27. On Bullshit -- Harry Frankfurt. 28. The Facts Do Not Matter -- Amit Varma. 29. Religion, Food, Indian Society -- Episode 207 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shoba Narayan). 30. The Saffron Trail -- Episode 222 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nandita Iyer). 31. Imaginary Number -- Vijay Seshadri. 32. Sacred Games -- Vikram Chandra. 33. The Powers That Be -- David Halberstam. 34. Ramachandra Guha's books on Amazon. 35. Imagining India -- Nandan Nilekani. 36. Rebooting India -- Nandan Nilekani. 37. An Era of Darkness -- Shashi Tharoor (also published outside India as Inglorious Empire). This episode is sponsored by MapMyGenome. Use the code UNSEEN to get 50% off on their groundbreaking product, Genomepatri. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

Bryan Curtis is joined by NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton to discuss David Halberstam's book “The Breaks of the Game,” about the 1979-1980 Portland Trail Blazers. They discuss Walton's relationship with Halberstam, his experience playing with the Trail Blazers, and why Walton has not yet read the book.  Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Bill Walton Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is a narration of the opening pages from Chapter 37 of David Halberstam's The Fifties about the early career of Marilyn Monroe.

This episode is a narration of the opening pages from Chapter 37 of David Halberstam's The Fifties about the early career of Marilyn Monroe.

We sit down with Thomasvillian, Howard Floyd, to ask five questions toward his experience during the Vietnam War.  Howard served two tours during the War: first in the delta, second in Saigon - both in an advisory position to the Vietnamese troops.  *Interesting in exploring more?  Here are some suggestions for further reading:  -The Making of a Quagmire, by David Halberstam -Dereliction of Duty, by H.R. McMaster -A Rumor of War, by Philip Caputo -Dispatches, by Michael Herr -One Very Hot Day, by David Halberstam  

  Martin Hay, a JFK researcher from the UK Oliver Stone's JFK got Martin interested in the case "History is written by the victors" The govt pays the other side to spread propaganda Passport of the terrorist found on 9/11 even though the plane was destroyed on impact !!! Article: Martin Hay reviews Josiah Thompson's new book Last Second in Dallas The acoustics evidence of the case This was brought to the attention of HSCA by Mary Ferrell, Gary Mac and Gary Shaw Book: Hear No Evil by Donald Thomas: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook 5 shots fired in Dealey Plaza "We have proven a conspiracy but haven't investigated the conspirators" - Dan Hardway Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez deviced the Jet Effect theory to explain the backward movement of Kennedy's head Article: Jet Effect Rebuttal; Download PDF here Alvarez explains the jiggle of the camera as the result of the shock wave from Oswald's rifle Dr. Cyril Wecht, the only dissenting member of the autopsy panel before the HSCA Download Dr. Wecht's HSCA testimony here (PDF) Listen to Dr. Wecht's HSCA testimony on Black Op Radio episode 720b Purchase the entire 2015 season here for just $10 Kennedy's neck wound was an entry hole? Luis Alvarez's experiments Paul Hoch, a graduate student of Alvarez, took part in Alvarez's shooting experiments Hoch had the photographs of the experiments which he sold to Tink Thompson for $250 Alvarez's team shot a lot of objects which all went away from the rifle, except the watermelons "It is important to stress the fact that a taped melon was our a priori best mockup of a head & it showed retrograde recoil in the first test. If we had used the "Edison technique" & shot at a large collection of objects, & finally found one which gave retrograde recoil, then our firing experiments could reasonably be criticized." - Luis Alvarez Dr. John K. Lattimer revealed that Alvarez did not shoot at the melons with a mannlicher carcano rifle FREE Download Ebook: Six Seconds in Dallas (PDF) by Josiah "Tink" Thompson Martin's blog: www.themysteriesofdealeyplaza.blogspot.com Martin's facebook profile Part B: Jim DiEugenio; beginning at 1:00:06 Article: Neil Sheehan: In Retrospect by Jim DiEugenio Sheehan makes himself a hero of the whole Pentagon Papers episode Sheehan and David Halberstam were hawks on Vietnam in the beginning The two of them were under the influence of John Paul Vann “Bombers and helicopters and napalm are a help, but they are not enough” - David Halberstam in his book The Making of a Quagmire (1965, Random House) “The lesson to be learned from Vietnam is that we must get in earlier, be shrewder, and force the other side to practice the self-deception” (ibid) Article: Thomas D. Herman Smooches Halberstam and Sheehan by Jim DiEugenio Sheehan's book about John Paul Vann A Bright Shining Lie My Lai massacre was part of Operation Pheonix Book: The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook Seymour Hersh wrote the My Lai massacre was an operation that was out of control The New York Times sent Sheehan on a tour to discredit Mark Lane Book: Conversations with Americans by Mark Lane: Paperback, Kindle Neil Sheehan attacked Mark Lane for his book Conversations with Americans in his article (NYT, Dec 27, 1970) Book: A Lie too Big to Fail by Lisa Pease: Hardcover, Kindle, Scribd Video: Jim Garrison's response to the NBC hatchet job Documentary: The Searchers by Randolph Benson (vimeo on demand) The "Sniper's Nest": Incarnations And Implications by Allan Eaglesham nheidenhiemer63@gmail.com Part C: Adele Edison; beginning at 1:31:35 Re-run of show 526 (2011) Who is Dr. Jose Rivera NARRATIVE account OF contact with Col, JOSE RIVERA & US Army Service Command Suspects drugged for some intelligence operation Asked Adele to call a number and leave a message...

“The narrative of the NBA’s rise to become arguably the world’s second-most popular sport is frequently summed up as a rapid-fire afterthought: BirdMagicMichaelStern,” author Pete Croatto writes in his stellar new book From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA.  He’s talking about superstar players Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan, and the late David Stern, the NBA’s attorney-turned commissioner, who, as a foursome, are often credited as the forces behind the NBA’s evolution as the pro league that reigns as high in American pop culture as it does in American sports. And while BirdMagicMichaelStern most definitely deserve every bit of credit heaped upon them, as Croatto shares in this brilliantly written and researched history (he interviewed more than 300 people for the book!), there are plenty of other reasons for the NBA’s ascension, including the civil rights movement, fashion, television, what are among the most clever marketing campaigns of all time, and a performance of the national anthem that will still inspire goosebumps. Pete talks with us about all that and more in this episode, including his thoughts about the future of the NBA and its sister league, the WNBA. Read more about it: From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA (Atria Books) Pete Croatto’s Grantland feature about Marvin Gaye’s iconic performance of The Star-Spangled-Banner at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in L.A., which inspired From Hang Time to Prime Time Marvin Gaye’s performance on YouTube Other great sports books we love  The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam  The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, with Jackie MacMullan Coach Wooden and Me Our 50 Year Friendship On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

On this edition of Parallax Views, the acclaimed New York Times journalist Neil Sheehan passed away on January 7th, 2021. Sheehan is particularly known for his reporting on the Vietnam War, his bestseller A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, and his involvement in the story of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. Although highly regarded by most, Jim DiEugenio of Kennedys and King offered criticisms of Sheehan's journalistic oeuvre in his piece "Neil Sheehan: In Retrospect". Jim joins us on this edition of the program to offer a parallax view on the work of Neil Sheehan and his contemporary David Halberstam, author of The Best and the Brightest, as it relates to their work on the Vietnam war. DiEugenio argues in his heavily footnoted piece that, contrary to recognizing the Vietnam War as a folly, Sheenan offers a "Lost Cause" theory of the conflict that has since been taken up by journalists today like Max Boot (author of The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the Tragedy in Vietnam) and others. Additionally, DiEugenio makes thoughtful critiques of Sheehan in relation to the story of the Pentagon Papers and Sheehan's spat with attorney Mark Lane over Vietnam atrocity. This is a fascinating conversation that also manages to delve into foreign policy during the administration of President John F. Kennedy and a rundown of the story behind the Pentagon Papers. Additionally, Jim offers his thoughts on the Capitol riots of January 6th, 2021. All that and more on this edition of Parallax Views!

These two brave reporters risked their lives and their reputations during the war in Vietnam, to reveal the truth to the American people about what was happening there. Both describe here - how and when they realized the United States government was lying about the causes and the scope of the war.  And both eloquently explain their views on the role of the journalist as a witness and an adversary of government.  Neil Sheehan, who died earlier this month, also talks about his role in exposing the Pentagon Papers in the pages of the New York Times. And he details why he was driven to spend over 13 years writing a definitive history of the war, called "A Bright Shining Lie," which won the Pulitzer Prize.  Mr. Halberstam, who won the Pulitzer during the war, went on to write one of the other most important accounts of U.S. involvement in Vietnam: "The Best and the Brightest."

Follow Coaching Coaches on Twitter and join some of the top coaches in the world by subscribing to the weekly newsletter here. My guest today is Fran Fraschilla, a college basketball analyst for ESPN and former Division I basketball coach. In this episode we discuss his career path as a head coach, with stops at Manhattan, St. Johns and New Mexico. We hear what it was like to coach at St. Johns with players like Ron Artest and Felipe Lopez, what he wishes he had done differently as a head coach, and why he made the conscious decision to stay at ESPN after he left New Mexico. We also learn some of the most interesting things he’s witnessed when calling college games for ESPN and getting all access to shoot-arounds and practices of some of the most successful programs, and what led him to become ESPN’s go-to guy on international basketball prospects for the NBA Draft. Show Notes: (1:25) — Episode begins with starting his head-coaching career at Manhattan at the age of 34 (3:05) — What surprised him when he became a head coach for the first time (5:02) — His time as head coach at St. John’s (11:05) — Handling being fired from St. John’s (15:00) — Coaching players like Felipe Lopez and Ron Artest at St. John’s (19:02) — His favorite moments as a head coach (22:50) — His belief in coaching etiquette (25:10) — What led him to start his career with ESPN (31:48) — The best things he’s seen coaches do at shoot-arounds (36:10) — Some of different ways he’s seen coaches handle practices (40:05) — Watching coaches make adjustments during games (41:33) — How he became the international basketball scout for ESPN (46:35) — What led foreign coaches to look at the basketball game differently than U.S. coaches (49:08) — How he evaluates foreign prospects who aren’t seen as often as college players (54:45) — How he directs his learning (57:05) — What basketball has meant to him personally (59:20) — End of episode questions End of Episode Questions: 1. What’s 1 book every coach should read?  Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck The Dynasty by Jeff Bendict Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching by Dean Smith The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam 2. Who is one person you’d want to hear as a guest on this podcast? Hubie Brown 3. What’s one area you’re looking to improve in over the next year? Being a better human being 4. What’s popular advice you hear people say that you think is wrong? Live in the moment 5. What advice do you have for young coaches who are listening to this? Grit, growth mindset, and servant leadership 6. What’s the darkest moment you experienced professionally and how did you overcome it? When he was fired from St. John’s, and overcame it by having faith and trusting there was a plan for him Favorite Quotes: “When you are starting out in the coaching profession and become a young head coach, you have to have a board of directors. You have to have 3 or 4 people in your life that can help you make tough decisions.” “I think if you have a well coached team, you can leave practice for 2 or 3 days and there wouldn’t be any slippage based on what you’ve taught them about the culture of practices.” “I think shoot-arounds are an art-form. I’ve seen so many good ones, I don’t think there’s one way to do it.” “Gameday has to be a time when the team has to be focused and relaxed because if you haven’t prepared for the opponent in the days leading up to that game, there’s no pre-game speech, there’s no Bill Belichick speech that you can make, there’s nothing you can do in practice that day that can get you ready for the opponent. And being too intense and over the top intensity wise is not the answer.” “I think it’s just absolutely necessary to be somebody who has an open mind to continue willing to get better.”

Robert Rosenberg is a legendary entrepreneur CEO and author who has helped change the world today. He also has a brand new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons. In his book, he talks about how he ran Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins. Today, we have a real conversation with Robert about his story and the lessons that he has learned through the successes and setbacks in his life. He lets us in on the real story behind one of the most legendary marketing campaigns of all time. He even shares with us the story of how munchkins a.k.a doughnuts holes came to be, and so much more exciting topics! The Best and The Brightest Robert specifically talks about David Halberstam’s book: The Best and The Brightest. The book made him realize the importance of humility and listening, rather than talking. He discusses how this has led him to place processes and policies that have helped strengthen and grow the business even further.  “It was a learning moment, I was maybe 35. So it was 10 years, I'd love to say I came into the job at 25 and was all grown up, but I wasn't, clearly. This was a grown-up moment, and it was essential for the next four or five years, each with different responses, different strategies. Basically, we never look back and we were well on our way not to make that mistake again. I'm forever thankful and that came out of a book, but a lot of things for me came out of books.” - Robert Rosenberg The Story of Munchkins An interesting part of the conversation is when Robert shared how munchkins came to be. He also shares his amazement on how this Halloween product turned into the phenomenon that it is today. “That was the beginning of a product that now when you look back 50 years later is still a mainstay on the menu. And a treat for people all the time. Not just for Halloween, but 24/7 and 12 months a year.” - Robert Rosenberg Aspiration and Superior Strategy The ability to build the value of the brand, through a real commitment to product quality, and through great organization and an incredible team has led Dunkin Donuts into the industry it is today. Robert even shares his 3 P’s: good planning, great people, and a real commitment to products. “You don't necessarily pick the times it comes. Believe me, for 35 years, it's gone, come and you have to be prepared for that because day to day activities, things come in over the transom constantly at you. It's easy to get waylaid and in my view, if the strategy isn't spot on, if the organization isn't appropriate and spot-on, this little else you can do in terms of activity that can save the day and create success.” - Robert Rosenberg To know more about Robert Rosenberg and his story and Lessons Learned From Running Dunkin Donuts For 35 Years, download and listen to this episode.  Bio: Robert M. Rosenberg (born 1938) is an American businessman, professor, and author. He was the chief executive officer of Dunkin' Donuts for thirty-five years from 1963 to 1998 and also served on the board of directors of Sonic Corp and Domino's Pizza. He was also an adjunct professor at Babson College's F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business. In 1963, at the age of 25,[9] Rosenberg assumed leadership of his family business, Universal Food Systems, as CEO and president. At the time, the company consisted of several small businesses grossing $20 million per year, including 100 Dunkin' Donuts locations in the U.S., generating $10 million in annual sales. Rosenberg transformed Universal Food Systems to focus on Dunkin' Donuts. On February 6, 1968, Rosenberg took the company through its initial public offering. In September 1983, Rosenberg became chairman while continuing to serve as CEO of Dunkin' Donuts. The company remained publicly traded until 1989, earning investors a 35% compound rate of return. During his tenure as Dunkin' Donuts CEO, Rosenberg served on the board of the International Franchise Association. In 1970, he served as the association's chairman.

Robert Rosenberg is a legendary entrepreneur CEO and author who has helped change the world today. He also has a brand new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons. In his book, he talks about how he ran Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins. Today, we have a real conversation with Robert about his story and the lessons that he has learned through the successes and setbacks in his life. He lets us in on the real story behind one of the most legendary marketing campaigns of all time. He even shares with us the story of how munchkins a.k.a doughnuts holes came to be, and so much more exciting topics! The Best and The Brightest Robert specifically talks about David Halberstam’s book: The Best and The Brightest. The book made him realize the importance of humility and listening, rather than talking. He discusses how this has led him to place processes and policies that have helped strengthen and grow the business even further.  “It was a learning moment, I was maybe 35. So it was 10 years, I'd love to say I came into the job at 25 and was all grown up, but I wasn't, clearly. This was a grown-up moment, and it was essential for the next four or five years, each with different responses, different strategies. Basically, we never look back and we were well on our way not to make that mistake again. I'm forever thankful and that came out of a book, but a lot of things for me came out of books.” - Robert Rosenberg The Story of Munchkins An interesting part of the conversation is when Robert shared how munchkins came to be. He also shares his amazement on how this Halloween product turned into the phenomenon that it is today. “That was the beginning of a product that now when you look back 50 years later is still a mainstay on the menu. And a treat for people all the time. Not just for Halloween, but 24/7 and 12 months a year.” - Robert Rosenberg Aspiration and Superior Strategy The ability to build the value of the brand, through a real commitment to product quality, and through great organization and an incredible team has led Dunkin Donuts into the industry it is today. Robert even shares his 3 P’s: good planning, great people, and a real commitment to products. “You don't necessarily pick the times it comes. Believe me, for 35 years, it's gone, come and you have to be prepared for that because day to day activities, things come in over the transom constantly at you. It's easy to get waylaid and in my view, if the strategy isn't spot on, if the organization isn't appropriate and spot-on, this little else you can do in terms of activity that can save the day and create success.” - Robert Rosenberg To know more about Robert Rosenberg and his story and Lessons Learned From Running Dunkin Donuts For 35 Years, download and listen to this episode.  Bio: Robert M. Rosenberg (born 1938) is an American businessman, professor, and author. He was the chief executive officer of Dunkin' Donuts for thirty-five years from 1963 to 1998 and also served on the board of directors of Sonic Corp and Domino's Pizza. He was also an adjunct professor at Babson College's F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business. In 1963, at the age of 25,[9] Rosenberg assumed leadership of his family business, Universal Food Systems, as CEO and president. At the time, the company consisted of several small businesses grossing $20 million per year, including 100 Dunkin' Donuts locations in the U.S., generating $10 million in annual sales. Rosenberg transformed Universal Food Systems to focus on Dunkin' Donuts. On February 6, 1968, Rosenberg took the company through its initial public offering. In September 1983, Rosenberg became chairman while continuing to serve as CEO of Dunkin' Donuts. The company remained publicly traded until 1989, earning investors a 35% compound rate of return. During his tenure as Dunkin' Donuts CEO, Rosenberg served on the board of the International Franchise Association. In 1970, he served as the association's chairman.

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David J. Halberstam was the EVP/General Manager of Westwood One Sports. Previously, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St. John's basketball. In 1999, Halberstam published Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History. He chats with host Steven Maggi about his books, his blogs, and his life on air www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/author/da…lberstam/

On this edition of Parallax Views, populism has become a dirty word since the election of Donald J. Trump to the U.S. Presidency in 2016. But is Trumpism really representative of populism? And is populism really just the reign of the violent mob or the ignorant masses over more benevolent and enlightened souls? Thomas Frank, co-founder of The Baffler and the noted author of such books as What's the Matter With Kansas? and Listen, Liberal!, argues otherwise in his sweeping defense of populism The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism. In examining the history of anti-populism in American thought from the late 1800s to today, Frank concludes that populism is pro-democracy while it's polar opposite, anti-populism, is, in fact, elitist. Thomas Frank joins us to discuss this fascinating history. Among the topics covered:- How populism became a dirty word- The early populist William Jennings Bryan, his accomplishments, and his eventual fall from grace- The populism of FDR- Demagogues of the 1930s like the anti-semitic radio personality Father Charles Coughlin and why he does not consider them populists- Pop culture that dealt with populism in that era, specifically the films of Frank Capra and the Orson Welles class Citizen Kane (which just happen to be Donald Trump's favorite movie; does Trump miss the message and is it really and anti-populist movie?)- The early 20th century progressive historians like Charles Beard and how the consensus historians of the mid-20th century, particularly Richard Hofstadter, thought to push back on their work vis-à-vis anti-populism- How Hofstadter and other anti-populists consensus historians were reactions to Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare's attacks on intellectuals of the time; Hofstadter's The Age of Reform, a key anti-populist text, and how, despite being debunked and refuted, still maintains an influence today.- The professionals and intellectuals of managerial class that were flattered by the work of Hofstadter and the consensus historians; the displacement of the old elite by the "Meritocracy" or new meritocratic elite.- How the new elites never considered their own pathologies and the potential of elite failure.- The consensus historians concepts of pluralism and representative democracy; Edward Shils' belief that "there must be affinity among the elites"; the so-called "end of ideology" and associated ideas like Francis Fukyama's "the end of history"- Interrogating the concept of meritocracy and "hereditary meritocracy"; the 2019 college admission bribery scandal (or "Collegegate") that was exposed by the FBI's Operation Varsity Blues and what it says about contradictions of the meritocracy espoused by the new elites.- The Best and Brightest by David Halberstam, the classic work on elite failure in the Vietnam War era.- Being part of the "liberal intelligentsia" after the success of What's the Matter With Kansas? and the mis-readings of What's the Matter With Kansas?- The cultural of liberal scolding and Frank's discomfort with its popularity; liberal and elite misanthropy; are people like Frank catching elites with their pants down by exposing the misanthropy underlying their supposedly compassionate image.- What does the future hold? Will the pessimism toward "the people" by elites continue or will a new zeitgeist emerge to challenge our current cultural moment?

In our 39th "Deming Lens" episode, host Tripp Babbitt shares his interpretation of wide-ranging aspects and implications of Dr. Deming's theory of management. This month he looks at the book, The Reckoning" and some of the implications of it. SHOW NOTES [00:00:15] Deming Lens - Episode 39 [00:02:53] Deming Finds an Audience     Transcript Tripp Babbitt: [00:00:15] In the 39 episode of The Deming Lens will discuss the book, The Reckoning and some of the questions that it leads us.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:00:28] Hi, I'm Tripp Babbitt, host of The Deming Lens, and this month I wanted to talk about a book called The Reckoning. Now you can go back to an interview I did with Dick Steele, who is a board of trustees member for the Deming Institute, where he had come across the same book, The Reckoning. It was published in 1986. It was written by David Halberstam. And this book was one that really enthralled me at the age of 26 as explaining kind of what was happening in the 80s and actually prior to that from World War Two up and two up until 1986. And I was captivated by primarily because I worked for an industrial distributor and I was seeing manufacturing begin to disappear. And I wasn't sure what was going on, but I knew something was going on and. When I started reading this book, it's it's Grapes of Wrath long, so it's not a short book, but if you are interested in that kind of understanding, the rise of Nissan, which was originally called Datsun, they didn't take on the family name until they started making quality products. And interesting story in and of itself. But the book would talk about the rise of Nissan and the fall of Ford during this time period and gives a great history of what was happening on a very intimate level with individuals involved and being named. I was going through my MBA program at the time. And this book really hit home with some of the things that I was studying and I thought, you know, I was studying operations and finance.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:02:53] And. As I read it, I got to I believe it's Chapter 19.I'm looking through the book as I look oh, excuse me, it's 17 chapters, 17 of the The Reckoning.And it says Deming finds an audience, and I didn't think much about it at the time until I started to read that the the chapter and it's started to talk about.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:03:25] W. Edwards, Deming and how he was revered in Japan and, you know, he was really famous in Japan and the Japanese were always puzzled when they come over to visit him in Washington, D.C., in the States, and he people in the United States didn't know who he was. And primarily his fame came from his knowledge of statistical quality control. And the Japanese had seen that as the as the reason for losing World War Two is that the U.S. had made quality products. And I thought, wow, why have I not heard of this guy? I'm going through an MBA program and a highly in an area with a lot of engineers that were in my MBA program that worked for a Whirlpool corporation.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:04:23] And I thought.I haven't even read his name once, and actually as I started to go back to some of my books that I was given during the course of my MBA and operations, it was a chapter we didn't cover. But there was a brief mention of Deming in there, but nothing about statistical quality control or any of those things.And.At the time, I was a sales rep for an industrial distributor, so I was going to night school to get get my MBA and one of the products that I sold was a company called MIDA Toyia. And they make measuring products. And they had come out with this thing about statistical, what we would probably know better as a statistical process control or as Dr. Wheeler likes to call it, process behavior charts was something that I saw in its infancy, at least in the U.S. being used that I had ever seen. Of course, now we know that was used during World War Two and it didn't prove that the products that were out there. And I also was listening to a video that's on YouTube about Huma Deming, who was in. Japan, and he was primarily charged with finding ways for General MacArthur to communicate to the masses right after World War Two because he had a problem, he couldn't communicate to everybody. And so Homer Deming went in and helped set up radios and radio stations and receivers so that people could have them in their home and hear what was kind of happening in their in their country. And so Homer Sarasohn was a big part of that. And he was a 29 year old guy who had worked on radars during the course of the war.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:06:31] But I found it very fascinating that I had never heard of this W. Edwards Deming. So I immediately went out to all of my professors and said, who is this guy? And I finally found a professor that had heard of him but didn't really know much about the work that was being done by Dr.Deming. And so that became the thesis for my or the subject of my thesis for my MBA program. And so I wrote about W. Edwards Deming and his focus on quality and that quality need to precede profit. And I have no idea where that paper is anymore. But regardless, it was something that captivated me. And I started to the very initial stages of understanding, statistical process, control and how to use it and how it could be used to benefit in improving the quality of products and services. And so it was became a lifelong obsession with me. And every once in a while, I go back and I read the reckoning and not necessarily all the pages, sometimes I do. The last time I read it, probably cover to cover was in 2000 seven, 2008, when the banking crisis started. And because there you go. There's another reckoning now. The things I'm going to say here are not they're not to be political. They are to be. What I see happening today is going to be something far worse than what we experienced in 2008 in that in the United States. Anyway, we're running up massive amounts of debt in the U.S. and inflation is starting to show, but not in necessarily ways that we're feeling it at the moment.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:08:36] The dollar has dropped. Some people are predicting a precipitous drop in the dollar, just like real estate fell during the banking crisis in 2008. I think we're on the verge, in my opinion, from the things that I've read of another reckoning. And the reckoning that's going to happen this time is going to be very financially devastating. The twenty seven trillion dollars in debt that the United States has, there's going to be a reckoning. And I think that some of the things, because we didn't listen to some of the things Dr. Deming talked about, which would have avoided the 2008 banking crisis, because, Dr. Drew, I mean, we talk about, you know, people are worried about bad service from a teller. He said the thing that's going to could ruin a bank are loans. And guess what ruined the banks in 2008 was the bad loans that they had written. We have a credit crisis here not only as a government in the United States, but even on the individual level. Well, we just recently passed a trillion dollar and consumer debt. So we have an issue that is manifesting itself here in the states. And there there's going to be another reckoning for the same reasons that Dr. Deming recognized back in the 80s as manufacturing started to fall apart. Now, we seem to not learn the same lessons each time we go through these things. So I'm hopeful that with all the things that are going on and the fact, you know, with the pandemic, with foreign relations and everything else, that we come to an understanding, there are certain things that need to be manufactured locally.   Tripp Babbitt: [00:10:34] And by virtue of that, we're going to take a different attitude on how we go about things. Now, I mentioned in a previous episode, I think a couple of episodes ago, I talked about how. You know, even our government is starting to recognize that captains of industry are short term thinkers and can't think to the long term because they're looking to do something for their an individual greater good as opposed to a broader system, greater good. And as I read The Reckoning, there was an excerpt from it that I think kind of hit home with me. And it says nothing of Paul Deming more than the idea of the interchangeable manager, what is the motivation and purpose of men like this? He would say with contempt, do they even know what they do anymore? What do they produce? All they knew about was numbers, not product. All they thought about was maximum profit, not the excellence of profit. Or product, the numbers, of course, he added, always lied, they know all the visible numbers, but the visible numbers tell them so little they know nothing of the invisible numbers. Who can put a price on a satisfied customer and who can figure out the cost of a dissatisfied customer? One of Deming's American disciples, Ron Moen, who has been interviewed on the Deming Institute podcast.   [00:12:14] Said it was as if Deming saw work as a kind of Zen experience, what he is really asking Mon and pointed out is what is the purpose of life and what is the purpose of work? Why are you doing this? Who truly benefits from what you do other than yourself? Those are not questions that many people in American business want to answer anymore. And so here we are. And I think these are the same questions that as we look to the future, no matter what happens, we're in an interesting thing. And I think this is a precursor to a certain reckoning, again, in the United States as these things cycle through. So I thought I would leave you with those questions this month to reflect on and how we might be able to do a greater good other than a greater good for ourselves.   [00:13:15] Thank you for listening to the Deming Institute podcast, stay updated on the latest blogs, podcasts, programs and other activities at Deming dot org.    

A lot of people and businesses have been shaken up by this pandemic. I want to know how you've been leading your team through this. Can you share a little bit about that? Leaders should show up and be accessible and available. They should not hide or run. They should make it clear that if there's anything that they're team needs, he is there. According to Adam, this is what your people, your customers, your stockholders, and your whole organization needs. They want to know that you will be there for them. Adam has been in a lot of interviews since the Coronavirus crisis hit. And that led him to conclude that at the moment, everyone wants to know how to lead during a moment of crisis. In almost all of them, Adam would emphasize three points.  First, he thinks that leaders should be trustworthy. They should be honest, truthful, and transparent. Leaders need credibility. When leaders say something, everyone in the organization believes them. Everyone in the team should know that when the leader says something, it is truthful. Second, leaders need to be communicative. They need to be out in front. In the current situation of the world, it's very easy to hide under the covers. To duck and run. As they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Now is the time for the tough to get going. Lastly, leaders need to be flexible. They need to be nimble like every entrepreneur. One of the first things you learn as an entrepreneur is the importance of managing change. When people have jobs, things can be kind of steady and stable. You're doing almost the same things every day. As an entrepreneur, you're constantly managing change. As a leader, especially one in a moment of crisis, you have to be highly prepared to adapt and pivot on a moment's notice because the environment that you were in yesterday can be completely different today and tomorrow. The only way that people can adapt is by having a mindset that is open to change. How has your mentorship, personal growth, and coaching helped your leadership style? Adam has his own podcast named Thirty Minute Mentors where he talks one on one with some of America's most insightful people about leadership. He has always believed in the power of mentorship. He has been a huge beneficiary of great mentorship because he has had many great mentors in his life. Adam also mentions a concept that he calls “Mini-mentors”. It's something that he has written and spoken about. Mini mentors aren't like the traditional mentors that you go out to lunch with once a month or someone that has a lasting and powerful impact that you think about regularly. They're people who you might talk to once a year or every other year, but they're someone that can add enormous value to you in that one interaction. This is what Adam tries to do in his show, the Thirty Minute Mentors. He brings the best possible network of mentors to listeners because that was invaluable to him and his success as a leader. Everyone learns differently. Everyone develops differently. Some people learn by picking up 300-page books and breezing through them. That was never the best way for Adam, but there were some books that he loved reading such as those by David Halberstam and Malcolm Gladwell. The best way for Adam to learn has always been to pick up the phone or meet someone for lunch and just pick their brain. That's the style of learning that he is trying to bring to his audience. His podcast is usually set to last at most thirty minutes. However, one of his challenges is that there, he interviews literally the most successful people that he can think of. Support the show (https://tribe.leadershipstack.com/)

In a ToT exclusive, we welcome a Knight of the United Kingdom to the show.  That is, Sir Bernard Edder.  Bernard, in addition to having been a Barrister, Queen’s Counsel, and senior Judge in England is also a judge on the Singapore International Commercial Court and is a living encyclopedia of maritime and international arbitration law.In this week’s episode he discusses, the life of being a judge, the current and future impact for the Singapore Intl. Commercial Court, and Why England’s “Ship Arrest” Law is WRONG.So, sit back, relax, hope that no ornery shipping claimant wants to seize you and enjoy the show! Arbitration Idol Link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/arbitration-idol-1 TIME STAMPS:Opening Notes: :37Interview Begins: 3:52The Dog Story: 55:35Personal Interest: 51:15Closing Notes: 71:39 SHOW NOTES:Books:  The Best & The Brightest by David Halberstam              Talking With Strangers by Malcolm GladwellMusic:   The Beatles              Adele             Barbara Streisand – Papa Can You Hear Me? CONTACT: TalesOfTheTribunal@Gmail.com

David J. Halberstam was the EVP/General Manager of Westwood One Sports. Previously, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St. John's basketball. In 1999, Halberstam published... Experience the excitement and energy of Las Vegas each weekend on VEGAS NEVER SLEEPS with Steven Maggi.

Adam Mendler is the Chief Executive Officer of The Veloz Group, where he co-founded and oversees ventures across a wide variety of industries: Beverly Hills Chairs, a leading office furniture e-tailer; Custom Tobacco, a one-of-a-kind cigar customization e-commerce platform; and Veloz Solutions, a technology consulting and software development practice. Adam remains active in each portfolio company, providing strategic guidance and support. Adam also provides business thought leadership as a speaker to businesses, universities and non-profit organizations; as the host of the leadership and personal / professional development podcast Thirty Minute Mentors; as an expert regularly cited in national media outlets; and as an advisor, consultant, coach and board member. Connect with Adam Mendler Adam Mendler The Veloz Group Thirty Minute Mentors Podcast LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Some of the Topics Covered by Adam Mendler in this Episode What being an entrepreneur means for Adam, including the 3 companies within The Veloz Group, being a writer, public speaker, and podcast host Addressing demand versus creating demand 3 tips on how to lead through the coronavirus crisis How to make sure your company and team are prepared for a crisis in the future How to communicate with and support your team during this crisis Letting go of employees with empathy, compassion and honesty The opportunity of talent becoming available due to the COVID-19 crisis layoffs How Adam got started as an entrepreneur How Adam founded The Veloz Group with his brother and the challenge of defining their direction For bootstrap businesses, the importance of choosing which ideas can be most efficiently monetized How to decide which business ideas to pursue as an entrepreneur Evaluating potential, considering feasibility, and defining your target customer Juggling different ventures and the importance of being "Dr. No" The importance of being self-reflective as a leader and entrepreneur Adam's perspective on making mistakes Adam's book recommendations How Adam's day-to-day has changed during the COVID crisis What tools Adam uses to maximize his day Being a baseball fan during the crisis, and an Angels fan in Los Angeles Links from the Episode The Best and the Brightest (book by David Halberstam)

  At www.kennedysandking.com Article: The King Trial: What the Media Didn't Tell You (PDF) by Mike Vinson Video: Robert Kennedy Assassination by Chuck Marler Everyone should watch this video by Chuck Marler Video: JFK Assassination - Robert Kennedy Jr. Reveals His Investigation of the Case Article: The 3 Faces of Dr. Humes by Tim Smith Jim's upcoming article on Donald R. McGovern's book Murder Orthodoxies This book is the most comprehensive and exhaustive exposé of the Marilyn Monroe-Kennedy hoax Book: Murder Orthodoxies: A Non-Conspiracist's View of Marilyn Monroe's Death by Donald R. McGovern: Paperback, Hardcover Article: Counterpunch, JFK , and Vietnam by Jim DiEugenio Jim responds to the incomplete and inaccurate history of Vietnam, and of JFK's role, presented by Counterpunch The US bankrolled up to 90% of the French effort in Indochina by 1951 Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sabotaged the Geneva accords The Counterpunch article jumps from 1956 to 1961 Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 The was no South Vietnam prior to 1956 The US created a new country Edward G. Lansdale's psychological operations Lansdale admitted that South Vietnam was not democratic Senator John Kennedy opposed US policy in Vietnam Book: JFK: Ordeal in Africa by Richard Mahoney Kennedy understood that it wasn't sound policy to go against rising tide of nationalism in the third world Book: Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy's Courting of African Nationalist Leaders by Philip Muehlenbeck Book: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World by Robert Rakove: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle FREE Borrowable Ebook: Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye by Kenneth O'Donnell and David Powers John Kenneth Galbraith, JFK's ambassador to India Kennedy refused to commit combat troops into Indochina in Nov 1961 Galbraith was instrumental during this period as he was in Washington He stole the Taylor-Rostow report JFK sent Galbraith to Saigon to write a report The Secdef meetings McNamara told General Paul Harkins that it was time to hand over the responsibility to ARVN Mark Ashwill, the author of the Counterpunch article, then jumps to 1966 McGeorge Bundy's draft of NSAM 273 written on Nov 21, 1963 NSAM 288 Kennedy did not believe in the domino theory OPLAN 34A and the desoto patrols John Paul Vann, David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan “Bombers and helicopters and napalm are a help, but they are not enough” - David Halberstam in his book The Making of a Quagmire (1965, Random House) “The lesson to be learned from Vietnam is that we must get in earlier, be shrewder, and force the other side to practice the self-deception” (ibid) NSAM 288 listed 94 specific air targets in the North The Gulf of Tonkin incident General Giap knew that Kennedy was getting out of Vietnam at the time of his assassination Listener questions answered How George H.W. Bush stalled the creation of the ARRB Article: The Impossible One Day Journey of CE 399 by Jim DiEugenio Chain of custody of CE 399 The problems with the rifle, the supposed murder weapon JFK at 100  

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about an anecdote in David Halberstam’s book The Teammates about prescient Cardinals pitcher Harry Brecheen, the uproar when players were first prevented from leaving their gloves on the field, and the 20th anniversary of Glenallen Hill’s rooftop home run, then revisit Michael Jordan’s motivations for playing baseball and discuss […]

MARCH 26, 2020 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Say it ain’t so… it looks like we could saying good-bye to one of the show’s biggest segments, as Colbert and Carell are so rarely around at the same time. Plus, could a new era be upon us – as solid picks pop up! The Daily Show Weekly is an unofficial fan podcast designed to serve as a critical companion to the original series, which can be watched in clips at CC.com. Our thoughts and criticism are intended to offer historical reflection and enhance the viewing experience for new and old fans journeying through Jon Stewart’s seminal talk show run. Our awesome album artwork is designed by Felipe Flores Comics! #LeavinStevphen

Children's authors Matt and Tom Oldfield tell us why Mike Calvin's The Nowhere Men and Playing for Keeps, by David Halberstam, are their all-time favourite sports book.SUBSCRIBE to BackPage mailing list See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Children's authors Matt and Tom Oldfield tell us why Mike Calvin's The Nowhere Men and Playing for Keeps, by David Halberstam, are their all-time favourite sports book.SUBSCRIBE to BackPage mailing list See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  CNN retelecasts the documentary series American Dynasties: The Kennedys Article: CNN Disservices History –– American Dynasties: The Kennedys by Jim DiEugenio Listen to Jim's interview with David Giglio (Our Hidden History) here The documentary series does not mention Edmund Gullion, JFK's Algeria Speech or NSAM 263 Kennedy wanted to back nationlist forces in third world countries Article: The Tragic 'Years of Lead' by Rob Couteau Book: Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy by Philip Willan: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle Rob Couteau interviews Philip Willan for his article Philip Willan compares the JFK assassination to that of Aldo Moro Thomas D. Herman's article about his documentary Dateline Saigon Herman makes journalistic heroes out of Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam Herman says that Sheehan and Halberstam exposed America's growing involvement in the Indochina conflict He further adds that this upset President Kennedy Book: Lessons in Disaster by Gordon Goldstein: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle Book: Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived by James Blight, et al: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle FREE BORROWABLE EBOOK: American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson & Origins of the Vietnam War by David Kaiser Book: JFK & Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue & Struggle for Power (2nd ed) by John Newman: Paperback, Kindle Book: Death of a Generation by Howard Jones: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle FREE BORROWABLE EBOOK: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why he Died and Why it Matters by James Douglass These six books prove that by 1963 Kennedy had decided that he wouldn't escalate the Vietnam conflict There were no American combat troops in Vietnam under Kennedy Kennedy turned down eleven requests for inserting American combat troops in Vietnam Halberstam and Sheehan agreed with the escalation Halberstam and Sheehan wanted Kennedy to commit more firepower and troops Halberstam and Sheehan were acolytes of Col. John Paul Vann Vann understood that the ARVN could not win the war on their own In the early 60s, Halberstam criticized every aspect of the Vietnam war as Kennedy did not commit more firepower Halberstam recommends Col. John Paul Vann to supervise the war in Vietnam “Bombers and helicopters and napalm are a help, but they are not enough” - David Halberstam in his book The Making of a Quagmire (1965, Random House) “The lesson to be learned from Vietnam is that we must get in earlier, be shrewder, and force the other side to practice the self-deception” (ibid) Book: Conversations with Americans by Mark Lane: Paperback, Kindle Neil Sheehan attacked Mark Lane for his book Conversations with Americans in his article (NYT, Dec 27, 1970) Sheehan called the My Lai Massacre a rumor Not one statement in Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest is footnoted “McNamara became the principal desk officer on Vietnam in 1962 because he felt that the President needed his help” - David Halberstam in his book The Best and the Brightest The living-room war Embedded journalism Edwin Lee McGehee, a town barber in Jackson, Louisiana, met Oswald at his shop Jim spoke to McGehee a few days ago Listener questions answered No evidence of a shot fired around Zapruder film frame 160 Jim saw Oswald's photograph at Russo's place The photo shows Oswald in Florida in 1960 when he was supposed to be in Russia 8mm video taken in summer of 1963 shows Oswald at a training camp Ex post facto laws and Tu quoque Documentary on RFK Assassination: The Second Gun by Ted Charach and Gerard Alcan    

We’ve got a bit of a celebrity on the show today. If you don’t know the name Jim Penman then you might know his face from billboards and trailers all over Australia. Having started as a part-time gardener, Jim eventually built up Jim’s Mowing to become the largest franchise chain in the whole of Australia and the largest lawn-mowing business in the world. With 3,800 franchisees across the globe, this guy really knows his stuff about how to keep franchisees happy and how to keep an international business fresh.   See some of Jim’s top tips below: **  Don’t assume there is a magic bullet that will suddenly make your business successful. It’s the thousand small things that will give you the edge. **  Never put your short-term interests ahead of the needs of your franchisees. **  Pay attention to your complaints. They are free advice to help you get better. **  Do what you can to be sympathetic towards franchisees. **  Even though Jim is a smart businessman, he couldn’t be without his business tutor. **  Don’t get too hung up on revenue targets. Just look after your customers properly and you won’t go far wrong.     In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn: **  How Jim built the largest global company in his field **  How to look after franchisees **  How being an entrepreneur can be a lifestyle choice **  Jim’s crusade to change humanity **  Why McDonalds is a great example of a franchise **  The value of audiobooks     Resources mentioned in this episode: **  Do you think you have what it takes to become a Business Excelerator™ at Max My Profit? Visit: https://maxmyprofit.com.au/business-exceleration.html   **  Go to http://www.jims.net to see what Jim has to offer   **  Buy The Reckoning by David Halberstam as recommended by Jim here   **  All previous BBF episodes & show notes can be found at http://www.businessbrainfood.com.au   **  Join the Business Brain Food Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessBrainFood/ **  Twitter: https://twitter.com/bfewtrell       Call to action: You won’t go far wrong if you take this away from what Jim said today: “Look at everything you do every day and work out how you can do it better” Also, if you are enjoying these Business Brain Food podcasts, then make sure to share them via social media sites or email the links to family and friends. A lot of time and effort goes into producing each of these podcasts with the goal in mind of the more people we can inspire about business the better. You can help us do just that!   Until next time, have a profitable day!   Cheers, Ben Fewtrell 02 8808 5500

Coach Nick welcomes on Friend Of The Breakdown Marc Skelton, the head coach at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx. Not only has Marc won two New York City titles, he wrote an extraordinary book "Pounding The Rock", chronicling the 2016-17 season that overcame tremendous adversity both on and off the court to win the title. Rarely does a basketball coach have the ability to write prose like Skelton does, and it evokes authors like David Halberstam. A must read this summer for anybody into basketball. 

George Ball, the diplomat and advisor to President Kennedy (one of who David Halberstam would call ‘the best and the brightest’), once observed about Lyndon Johnson that LBJ was hardly disadvantaged by his lack of an Ivy League education. Rather, he said, LBJ suffered from his sense of lacking that education.That is, LBJ’s insecurity about his deficiency was far worse than any actual deficit that may have existed. Isn’t that how it usually goes? Seneca’s line that we suffer more in imagination than in reality, would indicate that it’s been that way for millennia. But more appropriate on this occasion is that essential insight from Epictetus: It’s not things that upset us, it’s our opinion about them that does. And from Marcus Aurelius too: Choose to feel harmed and you have been, choose not to and you haven’t been. LBJ was convinced that he had been done an injustice by growing up poor and unable to afford a school like Harvard or Yale. On its face, this was absurd--he still ended up being President--but he carried what we would today call ‘populist rage’ for so long and believed it for so long that it became true. Worse was the result; LBJ was alternately too trusting and too suspicious of those who were more credentialed or smarter than he was. He was harmed by his lack of education...because he harmed himself by believing there was something lacking. The same is true for us. You’re not lacking whatever you thinking you’re lacking. It’s your opinion that you’re deficient that is far worse than any potential deprivation. You’ve got plenty. You are plenty. Remember that.

JUNE 23, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In a dry week at the sleepy end of November, Jon phones in interviews with a D-List bench of guest stars amounts to another lazy week of content. With only Steve Carell as a light of guidance, it appears the show has finally had too much war for its enjoyment and only the wackiness of a murderous Nancy Walls or a cigar smoking Rocca can make the difference. The Daily Show Weekly is produced by Vic Shuttee, with album artwork designed by Felipe Flores Comics! #ClipHole

Despite their easy descriptions-- a book about small town baseball, a memoir of grief and addiction, a discussion of reality television-- Lucas Mann's books are unlike anything else, with each page revealing a fresh perspective or a surprising insight. He tells James about writing weird books in a way that feels normal, throwing subjects off-kilter in interviews, learning to write unhinged to create emotion, and playing Jenga with narrative. Plus, Nathan McNamara on the art of book reviewing.  - Lucas Mann: http://www.lucasmann.com/ James and Lucas discuss:  The University of Iowa  HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by George Orwell  Arundhati Roy  Amitava Kumar  James Baldwin  THE VILLAGER  Film Forum  THRONE by Kerry Howley  THE NEW YORKER  Roger Angell "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" by John Updike  David Halberstam  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  THE LOVER by Marguerite Duras  THE SUICIDE INDEX by Joan Wickersham  SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE  Malcolm Gladwell  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts  The Kardashians  - Nathan McNamara: http://nathanscottmcnamara.com/ Nathan and James discuss:  PLOUGHSHARES  Johns Hopkins University  Vassar College  COFFEE HOUSE PRESS  SAMUEL JOHNSON'S ETERNAL RETURN by Michael Riker  DOROTHY, A PUBLISHING PROJECT   Megan McDowell Christina MacSweeney  Emma Ramadan  Riff Raff Bookstore  Michael Silverblatt  BOOKWORM  Annie Hartnett  THE LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS  Ellie Duke  Danielle Dutton   THE SHUTTERS by Ahmed Bouanani THE HOSPITAL by Ahmed Bouanani  NEW DIRECTIONS PRESS  COMEMADRE by Roque Larraquy Alejandra Pizarnik  THE POETRY FOUNDATION  Jeremy Lybarger  THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez  FEVER DREAM by Samantha Schweblin  MY HEART HEMMED IN by Marie NDiaye  TWO LINES PRESS  THE BABYSITTER AT REST by Jen George  -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/