Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Paterniti

Welcome back, wine friends! In this episode, we continue our fascinating conversation with the brilliant Beth Willard, a highly respected wine writer and co-chair Judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards. Beth's deep knowledge of Spanish wines, combined with her background as a former wine buyer for Laithwaites and her role in the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino, makes her the perfect guide for our exploration of some of Spain's hidden wine gems. Join us as we journey through the lesser-known wine regions of Castilla y León, uncover indigenous grape varieties that deserve the spotlight, and hear some of Beth's most humorous and adventurous stories from her travels through Spain's vineyards. Whether you're a seasoned oenophile or new to the world of Spanish wines, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration. And a special thanks to Coravin, our sponsor for this episode, for giving wine enthusiasts the chance to explore wines one glass at a time without uncorking the entire bottle. Tune in for an inspiring chat, and don't forget to pour yourself something special! Cheers! If you want to skip ahead:   02.16: Driving through Spain, car dramas and small villages 04.52: Interesting conversations with locals and travel advice for visiting Spanish wine regions 07.06: Castilla y León & the 13 DO's, starting with Ribera del Duero & Rueda 09.18: Rueda (you can buy Beth's report HERE) - Traditional wines aged in Tinaja, The Dorado Style and terroir 10.10: Arlanza, and it's old vines Tempranillo 12.09: Heading towards the Portuguese border: Salamanca, Zamora, Arribes & their traditional reds 12.42: Sierra de Gredos and their fresh Garnacha 13.05: The Clarete of Cigales 14.36: Tempranillo in Cigales, Toro & Ribera del Duero 17.43: The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti - a must read about the worlds best cheese from Castilla y León 20.46: What exciting things are happening in the lesser known DOs 25.10: Rufete grape variety of Salamanca 27.28: Recommended indigenous grape varieties of note 30.17: Ossian Winery in Rueda and their old vines 30.30: Manade Winery: Organic and sustainable winemakers 32.42: Madrid's wine bars and shops to visit 34.52: Tasting 600 wines of Spain for the Discover Spain report, co-writen by Beth and Tim Atkin 37.08: The 100 point wine of the Discover Report, an old vine Airén from Bodegas Cerrón 41.40: Next stage in Beths Journey continuing through Spain Any thoughts or questions, do email me: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat If you fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk Until next time, Cheers to you!   ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- THE EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT PODCAST HAS BEEN FEATURED IN DECANTER MAGAZINE, RADIO TIMES AND FEED SPOT AS THE 6TH BEST UK WINE MAKING PODCAST.  

In 2013, Michael Paterniti joined the NWS on the stage of the Traverse City Opera House for a conversation with NWS co-founder Doug Stanton. According to Paterniti, the greatest storyteller he ever met is a cheese maker in the small Spanish village of Guzman. When he joined us, Paterniti's latest was The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and World's Greatest Piece of Cheese. For a previous book, Paterniti ended up on a cross-country road trip with Albert Einstein's brain in the trunk of the car. His literary non-fiction has appeared in magazines such as Outside, Rolling Stone, and Esquire. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nationalwritersseries/message

This episode covers five great books with writers on writing: Daily Rituals by Mason Currey, The Elephant in the Room by Tommy Tomlinson, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti, and The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer.

If I really like a book I will try to interview the author twice, once for the hardcover release then once again when the book comes out in paperback. I really liked the book "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain" and I loved my initial interview with the author so when I had another chance to interview Michael Paterniti 19 years ago for the paperback it was essentially, forgive me for this, a no-brainer. You see Michael had written about his experiences while driving across the country, from New Jersey to California, with the doctor who had essentially absconded with the brain of the eminent genius Albert Einstein after the autopsy was performed on him following his death in 1955. And they had the brain in the trunk of their car. At least most of it. Some of it had already been given away. A lot of people were interested in that brain. In fact they still are. There are some amazing interludes in this tale. One of my favorites involves a stopover in Lawrence,

Have you played Outer Wilds yet? You must! A glorious little solar system filled with dynamic forces! A time loop that encourages exploration! A puzzle to solve and a culture - several cultures - to uncover. And a game so good it was crowned Eurogamer's game of 2019. And yet some people have bounced off this game. The ship controls, the art style, the daunting task that lies ahead. In this week's podcast, guides editor Matthew Reynolds (twitter.com/Crazyreyn) is joined by features editor Christian Donlan and USGamer's Jake Green (twitter.com/jake_k_green) to make the case for one of the most interesting games of, well, ever really - as well as a full spoiler discussion of our favourite moments and mysteries for those who have played it to the end. We have plenty of further reading for you this week, including two pieces from Donlan and Jake about the game: https://www.usgamer.net/articles/outer-wilds-review https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-12-31-outer-wilds-goty-2019 The Noclip documentary on how Outer Wilds was made, which we mention briefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbY0mBXKKT0 And several books we discuss during the outro: 'Isaac Newton', 'Time Travel' and 'Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood' by James Gleick 'Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe' by Marcus Chown 'Driving Mr Albert' by Michael Paterniti

Phil provides commentary on a bird fight he witnessed between crows, blue jays and little sparrows. Matt admits that he is a sinker who is afraid of zombies. Who knew? Matt’s Anthropology 101 (14:27) This episode is a succinct overview of anthropology, the study of human culture. Every anthropologist has their own definition of culture but these definitions change like culture itself. Matt reads the Clifford Geertz ‘Webs of Signification’ definition and then offers his own. The traditional division is between American and Continental (European) Anthropology; AA’s traditionally follow linguist C.S. Peirce (Pragmatic Semiotics) whereas CA’s follow Ferdinand de Saussure (relational binary model: signified-signifier). Phil and Matt have their first little debate. The early history of anthropology (1860-1920’s) is mired in racism and eugenics. Arm-chair ‘scholars’ would collect cultural artifacts sent to them by ‘field-agents’ and compose racial classification schemes that ranked groups of people around presumed moral-potential based on superficial physical differences. Notable early exceptions were Paul Radin and Edward Sapir. Phil and Matt close out the early history with a brief conversation about the Bureau of American Ethnology and how it both systematized the discipline while also being responsible for rampant cultural appropriation. Franz Boas and Bronislaw Malinowski are identified as the first modern anthropologists. Both engaged in fieldwork collecting data through participant observation, interviews and other methods like kinship charts, collecting mythologies and material culture. Boas and Malinowski revolutionized the discipline by taking account of cultural ‘difference’ in a non-judgmental ‘scientifically rigorous’ manner, which is called cultural relativism. Boas founded the Four-Field model of American Anthropology and Malinowski codified the ethnographic method of participant observation, cultural dislocation and semi-structured interviews along with the theoretical tradition of structural functionalism and british social anthropology. Malinowski, like many others, was influenced by Freudian thinking which can be seen in his use of comparative categories in Structural Functionalism. Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead were Boas’ main protégées. Malinowski’s students were E.E. Evans-Pritchard who promoted structural functionalism and Talcott Parsons who both expanded SF and ‘founded’ the influential field of social action theory. Phil thinks we should stop going to ‘other places’ and messing around in people’s cultures is not needed anymore, Matt tries to answer this charge by talking about ‘manufacturing ethnographic distance’ in his concussion research. Third debate: Claude Levi-Strauss was a french anthropologist who founded the field of structuralism in the 1950’s. He was concerned with mythologies and linguistics (Saussure style) but he took a lot of criticism in the 1980’s over the ‘over-application’ of his theoretical model. Matt lists some of the classic text-book critiques of structuralism while Phil argues that structuralism uses an historical methodology. Matt argues that structuralism is more about relations (act and react for example) and reads a quote from Levi-Strauss’ obituary which was his ‘final word’ to all the critics. Next Matt speaks about Clifford Geertz. Geertz came from literary studies and as such he was interested in semiotics and linguistics. He helped initiate a ‘return to culture’ (theoretically), a renewed focus on our writing (ethnography) and using ‘thick descriptions’ to show cultural nuance. At the time Geertz was having influence (late 70’s, early 80’s) anthropologists started getting heavily criticized heavily by english and literature departments around how we ‘represent Others’. Writing Culture was the book that was meant to answer these critiques. Matt finishes off the conversation by name dropping three of his favorites as a way of explaining post-modern approaches in anthropology. Sherry Ortner (1974 and 1984) wrote two great theory papers and has just published a follow up “Theory Since the 1980’s”. Nancy Sheper-Hughes ‘returned to the field’ to account for herself and her ethnography, what we now call ‘ethnographic responsibility’. Renato Rosaldo illustrated the value of emotional-reflexivity as a research method. Phil asks about contemporary and applied anthropology. We finish off with our fourth and best debate about investing agency in non-human actors à la Bruno Latour. Recommendations (1:32:25) Matt recommends a podcast for the chronically ill, Sickboy. Sometimes you need to find humor in pain and this podcast certainly does that! Phil recommends Michael Paterniti’s The Telling Room (The Dial Press, 2013) which is a story about cheese, procrastination and Spanish culture. Concluding thought: Rather than building disciplinary walls, it’s better to jump over them to exchange ideas -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Semi-Intellectual Musings on Twitter: @The_SIM_Pod Email Matt & Phil: semiintellectual@gmail.com Subscribe to the podcast: https://thesim.podbean.com/feed/ iTunes: https://goo.gl/gkAb6V Stitcher: https://goo.gl/PfiVWJ GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/uFszFq Corrections & Additions webpage: http://thesim.podbean.com/p/corrections-additional-stuff/ Please leave us a rating and a review, it really helps the show!   Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah Available at: http://www.cullah.com Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

The author of the gripping new true crime/memoir, THE FACT OF A BODY, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich tells James that "the book teaches you how to write it." They talk about how those lessons evolved over a decade of work, as well as earning the story, engaging with darkness, measuring the emotional impact of working on a memoir versus finishing one, and geeking out over the work of Maggie Nelson. Plus Colin Dickerman, editor at Flatiron Books.   -  http://alexandria-marzano-lesnevich.com/ Alexandria and James discuss: Mike Scalise  The Muse and the Marketplace  Celeste Ng  Jung Yun  Emerson College  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy SHOT IN THE HEART by Mikal Gilmore  FULL BODY BURDEN: GROWING UP IN THE NUCLEAR SHADOW OF ROCKY FLATS by Kristen Iversen  NOW WRITE! NONFICTION by Sherry Ellis  SON OF A GUN: A MEMOIR by Justin St. Germain  DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson  DRIVING MR. ALBERT by Michael Paterniti  The Writer's Room in Boston  Sven Birkerts  THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy  THE HALF-KNOWN WORLD: ON WRITING FICTION by Robert Boswell  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  JANE: A MURDER by Maggie Nelson  - Flatiron Books: https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/flatiron-books/ Colin and James Discuss: Flatiron Books  The Penguin Press  THE PARIS REVIEW  Joy Williams  Norman Rush  Lydia Davis  Stephen King  A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara  Marc Maron  THE KINGS OF BIG SPRING by Bryan Mealer OLIVER LOVING by Stefan Merill Block  -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In part one of the TK One Year Anniversary Jubilee, Mike Scalise discusses his phenomenal memoir, THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE. He talks with James about being diagnosed with the hormonal disorder acromegaly, the difficulties he encountered writing about it, the blind spots of memoir, what it's like to be a public representative of a rare condition, and the complexities of ordering middle grade Bobby "The Brain" Heenan bios through university inter-library loan. Will they discuss Mike's beloved Steelers? (Spoiler: No)   - Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss:  Sarabande Books  THE TWO KINDS OF DECAY by Sarah Manguso Eddie Carmel  Rondo Hatton Andre the Giant  Tony Robbins   Agni  Yaddo  Ninth Letter  George Mason University  Bucknell University  Susan Orlean  Michael Paterniti  SEEK: REPORTS FROM THE EDGES OF AMERICA & BEYOND by Denis Johnson American Short Fiction  One Story  BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS  ANDRE THE GIANT: LIFE AND LEGEND by Box Brown  AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES FROM THE MAKING OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE by Cary Elwes  Philip Roth  Bobby "The Brain" Heenan  Rick Flair  The Fabulous Moolah  Porochista Khakpour  G.C. Waldrep  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy HAPPY: A MEMOIR by Alex Lemon  PATRIMONY: A TRUE STORY by Philip Roth   STOP-TIME: A MEMOIR by Frank Conroy  SPEAK, MEMORY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY REVISITED by Vladimir Nabokov  Laura van den Berg Jim Shepard   HALF A LIFE: A MEMOIR by Darin Strauss  -   http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Writers talking shop in the original Portland.

This week we've got a special Fall of Food episode with guest Sarah Sweeney, who chose an essay for us to read: an Esquire profile of acclaimed chef Ferran Adria, written by Michael Paterniti. We talk about the line between interestingly descriptive food writing and absurd, overblown food writing. We also talk about the culture of the celebrity chef, and whether it's gone too far.  In the second half of the show, we eat a traditional Mexican snack prepared by Sarah, who just got back from an extended stay in Oaxaca. She also makes us a hibiscus drink, and then forces some booze on us. Good times! Plus we get her take on North Carolina barbecue, and probe why her mother wouldn't let there be any white, creamy foods in the house. You can order a copy of Sarah's book from the Barrelhouse store--use code POPTART for a 10% discount for Book Fight listeners.  

Trust me, he said, and the last great brawling sports team in America did. Twenty years after Thurman Munson’s death, Reggie, Catfish, Goose, Gator, the Boss—and a nation of former boys—still aren’t over it.

Thanks for tuning into the Yoga Revealed Blogpost!  Jason Bowman: Meditation and the Nature of Reality “My First Vipassana. It was earth shattering, it was one of the most intense experiences of both desperation and ecstasy. I felt like it was the first time I tasted the things I had been mentally absorbing what I had heard for year through Yoga Study. I didn’t really know it until I was empty of experience.” “It took me a number of years to get to a point when I could sit every day- or i really wanted to sit everyday. At some point there was a shift within myself, where it became evident as my practice in sitting wasn’t something that i needed to check off my list in the morning anymore. I actually wanted to wake up and sit.” Over the weekend I had the privilege to continue my studies in the Colorado School of Yoga with Gina Caputo (whom will be on the podcast, check back soon about Higher Education in Yoga Studies!) Jason Bowman was a guest teacher through the weekend offering his experience. For his age, he has a plethora of wisdom that has been poured into his being, integrating it patiently in order to share it authentically with the world. This is one of his great gifts. He is a natural speaker and moves with poise and eloquence.  He shared a story in the training that truly owns his own cliches and more so, creates a sense of intention through his words. He is REAL! During a public class some time ago he had shared the students were in Warrior 2 and he had his back facing them, looking at the wall (talking about back muscles) and after he was done cueing, he said, “ Okay. Good.” and then proceeded to laugh out loud and say, “wow! I just said Good, as if I saw you, and I wasn’t even looking at you. Funny.”  It’s a story like that that allows Jason’s perspective and observation of his personal movie to unfold with great awareness. He called himself out and owned it by speaking out loud!  Our interview took place at my home in Boulder, Colorado on a beautiful snowy day! He walks in and instantly get to talking about yoga.  Talking to Jason is always interesting. He is one of the unique individuals who is intriguing no matter what he says. From talking about his practice of meditation in the Vipassana sits, (10 day meditation retreats), to cliches of our yoga world, to the Fear of Death that the yoga practice sets to pacify, into the commodification of yoga. We dive into interesting topics that many may not want to talk about.  Check this episode out and find inspiration to Own Your Self! To Practice Meditation and Sit Still. Check out his website, www.Jasonbowmanyoga.com has insightful posts on his Blog, beautiful photos he has taken, and upcoming events! Check out his upcoming Moab Retreat coming up in May & Patagonia in October!  His book suggestions are : The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca SolnitCutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti, The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink His Vipassana Center Suggestion: North Fork, CA is the oldest one in the US and probably my favorite that I've been to. It has nice accommodations and mojo. It's also kinda in the middle of nowhere.Kelseyville, CA is not as nice but small and close to SF. I like it there although you usually don't get your own room, which is obviously nice. Twenty-nine Palms, CA is near Joshua Tree, I’ve never been there but I hear it's very very plush and beautiful.Always, We hope that the Podcast simply provides Inspiration for you to BE yoga. Evolving the practice beyond a movement practice, creating space in life for greater intention and higher purpose. Thank you for listening and thank you for reading! Share these posts with excitement as we propel ourselves into evolution! Yoga Revealed Community! WE LOVE YOU! Please log onto Itunes and rate Yoga Revealed with 5 stars! It makes a huge difference for us! Check us out on Instagram and let us know who YOU want to hear from! We Do this for You :)With Love Alec See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Erik Larson is the author of several books, including The Devil in the White City. His latest is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. "I realized then and there, that afternoon, the thing that was going to make this interesting was the juxtaposition of light and dark, good and evil. This monument of civic good will versus this monument to the dark side of human nature. ... But that was really hard to pull off. And, frankly, on the eve of publication I was pretty sure my career was over." Thanks to TinyLetter, Wealthfront, and Love and Other Ways of Dying, the new collection from Michael Paterniti, for sponsoring this week's episode.  Show Notes: @exlarson eriklarsonbooks.com [1:00] Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Crown • Mar 2015) [1:00] Longform Podcast #93: Michael Paterniti [1:00] "Eating Jack Hooker's Cow" (Michael Paterniti • Esquire • Nov 1997) [4:00] Thunderstruck (Crown • 2004) [22:00] Bucks County Courier Times [29:00] "The Story of a Gun" (The Atlantic • Jan 1993) [34:00] The Naked Consumer (Penguin • 1994) [34:00] Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun (Crown • 1994) [36:00] The Alienist (Random House • 1994)

This week on Cutting the Curd, Diane Stemple chats with Michael Paternity, author of The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese. In the fall of 1991, while working at a gourmet deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael Paterniti encountered a piece of cheese. Not just any cheese. This was Paramo de Guzman, a rare Spanish queso reputed to be the finest, and most expensive, in the world. The cheese carried its own legend: Made from an ancient family recipe in the medieval Castilian village of Guzman (pop. 80), the cheese was submerged in olive oil and aged in a cave where it gained magical qualities-if you ate it, some said, you might recover long-lost memories. Too broke to actually buy the cheese, Paterniti made a quixotic vow: that he would meet this cheese again someday. Flash forward ten years, when Paterniti has finally found his way-family in tow-to that tiny hilltop village to meet the famous cheesemaker himself, a voluble, magnetic, heartbroken genius named Ambrosio. What Paterniti discovers in Guzman is nothing like the idyllic slow-food fable he has imagined. Instead, he wanders into-and eventually becomes deeply implicated in-the heart of an unfolding mystery, in which a village begins to spill its long-held secrets, and nothing is quite what it seems. This program was brought to you by Consider Bardwell.

Michael Paterniti, a correspondent for GQ, has also written for Esquire, Rolling Stone and Outside. His latest book is The Telling Room. "I want to see it, whatever it is. If it's war, if it's suffering, if it's complete, unbridled elation, I just want to see what that looks like—I want to smell it, I want to taste it, I want to think about it, I want to be caught up in it." Thanks to this week's sponsors: TinyLetter and Hari Kunzru'sTwice Upon a Time, the new title from and Atavist Books. Show notes: @MikePaterniti Paterniti on Longform [4:30] Driving Mr. Albert (Dial Press • Jun 2001) [5:00] The Telling Room (Dial Press • Jul 2013) [9:30] "He Might Be A Prophet. That, Or the Greatest Chef in the World." (Esquire • Jul 2001) [13:00] "XXXXL" (GQ • Mar 2005) [42:45] "The Man Who Sailed His House" (GQ • Oct 2011) [46:00] Paterniti's Outside archive [47:30] "Driving Mr. Albert" (Harper's • Oct 1997) [sub. req'd] [48:15] "The 15 Year Layover" (GQ • Sep 2003) [48:15] "The Suicide Catcher" (GQ • May 2010) [50:00] "How to Drake It In America" (GQ • Jun 2013) [50:00] "On the Cover: Javier Bardem" (GQ • Oct 2012) [50:45] "The Luckiest Village in the World" (GQ • May 2013) [51:15] "The House That Thurman Munson Built" (Esquire • Sep 1999) [56:00] "The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy" (Esquire • Jul 2000)

A magical cave, a piece a cheese, a 260 lb man,  a modern journey into a time past, and a new, old understanding of food and life.  Just a few of the elements of Michael Paterniti's new literary work of nonfiction, The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of CheeseBeginning in 1991 in a famed deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it’s a story, that like Robert Louis Stevensons’ s definition of wine as “bottled poetry,” resonates with the history and passion that some foods carries with them.My conversation with Michael Paterniti: