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Nick's feature film work includes: The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, The Double, Life, On Chesil Beach, Dark River, A Private War, American Animals, True History Of The Kelly Gang, Nitram, The Order, and the upcoming Wizards. Nick's documentary features include: Taking Liberties, On A Knife Edge, and All Tomorrow's Parties.

On this episode, Bernie Lombardi, a professor and researcher, discusses how his popular bookstagram and award lists are intertwined, along with his experiences reading the lists and even getting to go to the final ceremonies of a few awards! We also hear about his new author obsession and a very cool way that he tracks his reading each year.    Bernie's Instagram The Read & Run Chicago Gift Guide    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Held by Anne Michaels  Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner    Books Highlighted by Bernie: Milkman by Anna Burns  Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli  The Road by Cormac McCarthy  We the Animals by Justin Torres  The Promise by Damon Galgut  Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman  Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan  Atonement by Ian McEwan  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro  The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden  Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell  The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Intermezzo by Sally Rooney  Prophet Song by Paul Lynch  The Bee Sting by Paul Murray  Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein  Orbital by Samantha Harvey  James by Percival Everett  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain  Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar Blackouts by Justin Torres

**To join the waitlist for Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club, visit http://seventh-row.com/reelruminators ** Legendary theatre director Marianne Elliott (Angels in America at the National Theatre, gender-swapped Company, War Horse) joins Alex on the podcast to discuss her feature film debut, The Salt Path. The film is based on the best-selling memoir about a working-class British couple who lose their home and embark on a long hike along the coast to heal themselves. It had its world premiere at TIFF. Elliott sat down with Alex via Zoom before the film's premiere to discuss the challenges and excitement of making the move from theatre to film and why she wanted to tell this particular story about a woman in her 50s and her husband. The Salt Path was a sales title at the festival and does not yet have a North American distributor. The episode is spoiler-free. Related Episodes: 98. Marianne Elliott's Angels in America (Members Only) 42. Dominic Cooke's On Chesil Beach  (Members Only) Bonus 17. Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle in The Tragedy of Macbeth (Members Only) Creative Nonfiction #2: Sophie Fiennes on Four Quartets and documenting theatre on film Creative Nonfiction #4: Sam Green on 32 Sounds and inspirations from theatre About the TIFF 2024 season: The TIFF 2024 season previews under-the-radar gems and buzzy titles at the festival with spoiler-free episodes that will help you prioritize what to watch for in the coming months. The season will be spoiler-free and designed to be listened to even if you haven't seen the films (or are worried you won't ever be able to).  Check out all of our TIFF 2024 coverage here: https://seventh-row.com/tiff24

Ian McEwan, newly appointed a Companion of Honour in the King's Birthday Honours List, is one of Britain's leading literary novelists. He won the Booker Prize for Amsterdam in 1998 and became internationally famous for Atonement. Black Dogs, On Chesil Beach, Saturday, The Children Act, Solar, Nutshell, Machines Like Me and his latest book, Lessons, punctuate the publishing landscape of the last 30 years. Here Ian talks intimately about his career as an author, his peripatetic childhood following his military father to Singapore, Libya and elsewhere, how he became an author, the point of the novel, the challenging themes in Lessons, growing older, and what it's like being asked to write or talk publicly about the major political events that unfold around us. This is a rare chance to hear one of the major novelists of recent decades offer insights into himself and his work. 

Nick's feature film work includes: The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, The Double, Life, On Chesil Beach, Dark River, A Private War, American Animals, True History Of The Kelly Gang, and Nitram. Nick's documentary features include: Taking Liberties, On A Knife Edge, and All Tomorrow's Parties. Nick's musical collaborations include Sigur Ros, on their films Heima and Inni, and the film Bjork: Biophilia Live which he co-directed with Peter Strickland.

Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist Ian McEwan, the critically acclaimed author of 17 novels and two short-story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, "First Love, Last Rites", won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976. Ian's novels include "The Child in Time", which won the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award in 1987; "The Cement Garden"; "Enduring Love"; "Amsterdam", which won the Booker Prize in 1998; "Atonement"; "Saturday"; "On Chesil Beach"; "Solar"; "Sweet Tooth"; "The Children Act"; "Nutshell"; and "Machines Like Me", which was a number-one bestseller. "Atonement", "Enduring Love", "The Children Act" and "On Chesil Beach" have all been adapted into films. We spoke to Ian about his experience as the first-ever student on the University of East Anglia creative-writing course, his extraordinary run of success in the 1990s and early 2000s, and about his new novel, "Lessons." You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Hey bookends! We are thrilled to introduce our latest guest in our 'Top Of Your TBR' series, the author of the incredible dystopian novel 'Dreamland'. This is the longest conversation we've done so far but Rosa was truly the most warm and generous guest and we really hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Books & Authors mentioned: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Z For Zachariah by Robert C.O'Brien How I Live Now by Meg RosoffGarth GreenwellThe Jane Austen Book Club & Booth by Karen Joy FowlerAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodHoward's End by E.M ForsterSally RooneyBonjour Tristesse & A Certain Smile by Françoise SaganWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Dog Stars by Peter HellerDoris LessingThe Ice People by Maggie GeeTop Of Your TBR recommendations: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerFlight Behaviour by Barbara KingsolverHatchet by Gary PaulsenI Capture The Castle by Dodie SmithOther recommendations: Book bodega - @bookbodega (Based in Ramsgate, can order online)The Bear- Disney +Euphoria- HBOFeel Good - NetflixIn My Skin - BBC IplayerYou can follow Rosa @rosarankingee on Instagram and Twitter, and you can follow us @apairofbookendspod on Instagram, @apairofbookends on Twitter and Tik Tok. Order Dreamland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dreamland-an-evening-standard-best-new-book-of-2021-9781471193842/9781471193842We hope you enjoy getting stuck into this juicy list of recommendations and if you haven't already read Rosa's novel, please do order via the link above- you won't regret it! Please do rate/review/subscribe as it helps us to reach new listeners. See you next time, Han and Lyd x

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Ian McEwan's new novel Lessons sets a relationship against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis and the fall of the wall in Berlin. Researcher and artist Michael Mulvihill, from the University of Newcastle, has been recording the sounds of radar interference and uncovering the archives held at RAF Fylingdales in Yorkshire which depict the replacement of the "golf balls" and the technology involved in operating the early warning systems. Jessica Douthwaite, University of Stirling, is looking at how the cold war is collected and represented in museum collections across the UK and is a historian of civilian experiences of the cold war in Britain. Christoph Laucht, from Swansea University, researches responses the the nuclear threat They join Anne McElvoy to discuss the impact of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 and public fears about nuclear conflict. You can find out more at https://fylingdalesarchive.org.uk/ Operations began there on 17th September 1963 and about Michael Mulvihill's Arts and Humanities Research Council project at https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS013067%2F1 Lessons by Ian McEwan is published in September 2022. His other books include On Chesil Beach set 3 months before the Cuban missile crisis. Producer: Ruth Watts You can find other discussions about history in the Free Thinking archives including an episode looking at the Stasi poetry circle https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001556q

Lessons, Ian McEwan's new novel, works from an intimate perspective, but on an epic scale. We accompany Roland Baines at different moments of his life—military brat, baby boomer, failed poet, pubescent boarder, single father, lounge pianist for hire—as he lives and relives some of the experiences—both domestic and world-historical—that moulded him. But as the years go by, and Roland's sense of exactly how he was shaped and by whom changes, we readers come to understand how much our own apprehension of the past is tinted by our experience of the present.Buy Lessons here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/7495498/mcewan-ian-lessons*SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR BONUS EPISODESLooking for Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses? https://podfollow.com/sandcoulyssesIf you want to spend even more time at Shakespeare and Company, you can now subscribe for regular bonus episodes and early access to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses.Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoSubscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/shakespeare-and-company-writers-books-and-paris/id1040121937?l=enAll money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit, created to fund our noncommercial activities—from the upstairs reading library, to the writers-in-residence program, to our charitable collaborations, and our free events.*Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeListen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saoirse Ronan came on strong at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival with two films that had the opposite experience: the immediately beloved Lady Bird and the misfire On Chesil Beach, which cratered after world premiering on the first day of the festival. The film reunited Ronan with Ian McEwan, the author of her Oscar-nominated breakthrough performan in Atonement, … Continue reading "179 – On Chesil Beach"

Disclaimer: You may want to plug in your earphones for this one–it's a bit spicy. In our second episode, Emma and Monica attempt to defrost the long, cold nights of winter with a conversation about sex in fiction. After a spirited game of two truths and a lie, we discuss our bedside reads of the year, from Sally Rooney's new take on steamy millennial malaise in Beautiful World, Where Are You to Tia Williams's Seven Nights in June, by way of Bridget Jones, Anne Boleyn, Jane Eyre, Jilly Cooper, Emma's mom Colleen Flood, and more (see notes below). We talk about how books that *go there* have enlightened and entertained us over the years, read out some passages we love, and argue in favour of reading across the brows.Thank you for listening! Send us your thoughts, feelings, reactions in an email or voice note: fanfarefanmail@gmail.com. Monica Ainley DLV @monicaainleyDLVEmma Knight @emmalknightHot tracks for cold nights playlist by D.J. MonicuddlesBooks, authors, etc. in order of mention:On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanFemale Spanish thriller writer Carmen Mola revealed to be three men (Three not four!)James Joyce's Love Letters to His “Dirty Little F***bird” by Nadja Spiegelman in The Paris ReviewMiddlemarch by George Elliot (Emma's fanfic as yet unwritten)Breath by James NestorBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally RooneyNormal People by Sally Rooney (+ screen adaptation!)Conversations with Friends by Sally RooneyDays of Abandonment by Elena FerranteBridget Jones's Diary by Helen FieldingEmma's early education in “Chick Lit” (said with love): Sophie Kinsella, Jane Green, Marian Keyes, Meg CabotJudy Blume!! Where would the world be without her!?The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryHilary Mantel Trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, The Mirror and the LightLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrencePortnoy's Complaint by Philip RothAllan GurganusAuthors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex by Sarah Lyall for NYTimesJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë + 2011* film adaptation (*not 2016! Another fact check) directed by Cary FukunagaBridgerton written by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda RhimesThe Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'NeillEmma's mom, Colleen Flood, author of Bonding with GravityThank you to our producers Joel Grove and Matt Bentley-Viney.C'est tout! Thank you for rating + reviewing + recycling + subscribing. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paradox House presents... Episode 5 of Scripted, hosted by Daisy Lewis. Week 5 is here and this week Daisy sat down with Dominic Cooke CBE. Listen in as we delve into process in theatre and screen as well as touching on the highly anticipated stage adaptation of Game of Thrones. Dominic graduated from Warwick University, his first job was as a TV runner led him to start his own theatre company, Pan Optic, which he ran for two years before becoming an assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). He started his relationship with the Royal Court Theatre under Stephen Daldry in 1995. He then became an associate director at the Royal Court for Ian Rickson in 1999 during which time he directed Fireface by Marius von Mayenburg, Other People by Christopher Shinn and Redundant by Leo Butler. In 2003 he left the Royal Court and returned to the RSC for Michael Boyd where he directed his acclaimed version of The Crucible starring Iain Glen which won him the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director; the play also won the Olivier for Best Revival. In 2013 he won the International Theatre Institute Award for Excellence in International Theatre and in the same year was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Letters by his alma mater, Warwick University. Cooke was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to drama. Dominic was artistic director and Chief Executive of the Royal Court Theatre 2006 to 2013 during which time he pioneered new writing by actively promoting the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme and new, young writers such as Mike Bartlett (My Child), Polly Stenham (That Face), Penelope Skinner (The Village Bike) and Bola Agbaje (the Olivier Award-winning Gone Too Far!) For film, Dominic's feature directorial debut, On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2017. It is based on the novel of the same name by Booker Prize winning novelist Ian McEwan. His latest film The Courier starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley, premiered at Sundance in January 2020. Enjoy!

For the fourteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author Jyoti Patel, winner of the second #Merky Books New Writers Prize, for her forthcoming novel, Six of One. She also wrote short story Break for We Transfer's Literally platform.   You can read about Jyoti's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Emergency Kit: Poems For Strange Times, edited by Jo Shapcott & Matthew Sweeney Atonement by Ian McEwan The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy   Other books we spoke about included Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, The Season of Phantasmal Peace by Derek Walcott and That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @jyotisbooks   Twitter: @thelitedit @jyoti_patel    

Join us as we discuss The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's a modern classic, 1989 Booker Prize winner and the author is also the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature but none of this led Laura to hold back, calling it 'dull' and incredibly slow reading. But, of course, hers is not the only voice, so listen in to find out what Kate thought, and what Laura's book club thought. We've also got some book recommendations for your next book club read. Booklist Mrs Dalloway and To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach by Ian McKewan Staying On by Paul Scott. If you enjoyed this show check out our website, www.thebookclubreview.co.uk where you can find our archive of shows to browse through. You can also explore our library of book reviews and articles. If you'd like to hear more from us sign up for our weekly newsletter which comes out on Sundays and is full of reviews and recommendations to top you up with bookish inspiration for the week ahead. Sign up via the shownotes, our website or at the link in our Instagram bio. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, and on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or why not get in touch with us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com – we always love to hear from you. And if you're not already, why not subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and never miss an episode. If you like what we do please do take a moment to rate and review the show. It helps other listeners find us, so we really appreciate it.

Mario Gabriele is the founder of The Generalist. His mission? To bring the most interesting tech writing to your inbox, every week. And he's not doing it alone, either: Mario works with a team of contributors to deliver new ideas from some of the most original minds in venture capital and tech.In this episode, Mario talks about how and why he left a career in venture investing to build The Generalist, and his lifelong obsessions with writing and technology. The Generalist is not only a really successful newsletter, it's a thriving business, too! Tune in to hear how Mario did it.You'll learn about approaching and collaborating with the people you only dream of working with. Mario talks about how he went from merely admiring certain writers' work to joining their “club” in 18 months!Mario also shares the most reliable way to advance your career, and the safest ways to accelerate it. There's a lot of good stuff in this conversation!Links & Resources Stratechery by Ben Thompson – On the business, strategy, and impact of technology. Exponential View by Azeem Azhar The Nathan Barry Show 028: Packy McCormick – How Much Are 30,000 Subscribers Worth? Acquired Podcast Atonement by Ian McEwan Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg Webflow: The no code platform for web design and development Pico - Signup and payment tools for the internet's most passionate communities alexdanco.com – subscribe weekly at danco.substack.com Mario Gabriele's Links Personal site: The Generalist Twitter: @mariodgabriele Episode TranscriptMario: [00:00:00] I just really love writing very, very much. And so, as soon as I got the width that like, maybe I could make this a real thing, then suddenly like a flip switched in me where I was like, all right, I have to go as hard as possible and feel like the value was accruing directly to me. As soon as I was like fully on my own thing, I suddenly felt like, Oh man, I'm unchanged to go after this. Nathan: [00:00:30] In this episode, I talked to Mario Gabriele. Now Mario runs an email newsletter called The Generalist, which is focused on tech venture capital and investing. He comes from the venture capital world himself, and then he really brings forward all of that into the newsletter. A couple of things really impressed me about Mario. One, he really collaborates, well, he's got something called the S–1 Club, which is where they do tear downs of filings that companies make before they go public. And he really brings in other creators and they write them together. He also has something called RFS, which is Request for Startups and he brings in other venture capitalists and operators and everyone else to share startup ideas.So he's got this interesting mix of his own Content, Community Content, and he's built it not only into a really successful newsletter, but also a thriving business. So it's a lot of good stuff. Let's dive in.Mario. Thanks for coming on the show.Mario: [00:01:25] Thanks for having me, Nathan.Nathan: [00:01:26] Okay, so you have this line. I think you said it on Twitter and a few other places that I just want to start with. You said, it sounds ridiculous to announce your dream is to build a great newsletter and then you go into like, you know, but that's what I'm doing, you know, my love of technology and writing and everything else. So maybe just start with why, like, why did you want to start a newsletter?Mario: [00:01:52] Yeah. I mean, honestly it wasn't, something that was necessarily in the back of my mind for a long time, it really sort of happened organically. and I think work is often like this where for a long time, you're not really sure exactly what you're doing. And then. When you sort of find something that actually feels incredibly right, you can sort of trace back all the little things along the way that brought you there.And so for me, that was really two main, explorations. One was that, you know, from a very young age, I've always really enjoyed writing. and so I did a lot of that in school. and then after I'd left university, I started to take night school classes and fiction writing at NYU. Starting in 2012, I started to like write a novel every morning, getting up early, you know, spending an hour before work, just sort of like practicing, practicing, practicing.And it was just sort of this hobby I had. And then simultaneously where I was really building a career was in technology. so. You know, on the operating side, at a few companies and then on the investing side in sort of a few venture firms and, starting The Generalist really was just a way to.You know, I express that hobby in a slightly different way. I had folks be like, all right, cool. You're spending all this time writing. Like what, why don't you write a thing or two about, about your actual work? and so just started as sort of a side project on the weekends and then bit by bit, it just was absorbing more of my thought.More of my excitement, more of my energy. And it started to really feel like it was pulling me in this direction. And, once I felt like it might be possible for writing to become. My life's work and be a viable career, which had always been sort of the reason I hadn't tried to go full-time as a novelist.You know, even though, you know, unless you're JK rallying, it's pretty impossible. newsletters felt like a way I could do that and really write the stuff I wanted to write, and make, make a living out of it. Hopefully.Nathan: [00:04:09] Yeah. So, it's, we're recording this in February, 2021. When was it that you started The Generalist?Mario: [00:04:16] So I start, I wrote the first ever post in August of 2019. And honestly was sort of an accident that I started it as a newsletter. I had just been seen seeing people like switch over to Substack over Medium. This is before I had heard the gospel of ConvertKit. So, yeah, I was just like, cool.I'll do this instead of Medium, like whatever. and then. That first post, even though it was very small circulation just led to so many interesting conversations and people started to sign up. And so it suddenly became like very clear why you should make it a newsletter versus a blog. and then I would say the other sort of critical point was in August of the following year. I went full-time on it. And the growth since, since then has been like significantly different, I would say, just like being able to put more time into it.Nathan: [00:05:15] Yeah. So, there's a few things that I want to dig into there, but, I think there's all these creators that we look up to and admire, right? The newsletters that we read, that YouTube channels that we follow, all of that, and there's sort of this. Feeling of maybe otherness, we're the person watching it.And they're the, you know, the famous person creating the content, whether it's the Casey Neistat or the Ben Thompson or, or whoever. And I'm curious who were a few of those first, like newsletters that you were reading where you're like, Oh, maybe, maybe I want to be like that.Mario: [00:05:48] Yeah, definitely. Ben Thompson was like the first person I saw doing this in where I was like, is this, this guy's job? Like he's obscenely smart. And it seems like he's doing well. but I didn't realize you could do that. so, so he was really one of the first and then. Azeem Azhar writes something called Exponential View.I don't actually know if it's his full-time job. Cause I think he's also a venture investor, but, it's certainly a business. and so that was another one where I was like, yeah, this is a brilliant tech commentator who seems to have it as part of his career stack. And it just felt like, you know, the very least it was going to be a massive advantage to any traditional career I wanted to do.And, you know, hopefully the, the way to build a career.Nathan: [00:06:41] Was there any feeling of moving from? So from my perspective, you've moved from that, like the consumer, who's just, you know, reading these tech news letters to someone who's. Part of the clubs, right. if you've got all these other newsletter creators who are sharing your work as a great example, you come up in conversation like, Oh, talking PARA who I was talking to.It was Jason from Pico and I, and a few other people chatting. And there's like, everyone's just like, Oh, we love Mario's stuff. Right. Has, has that been a shift for you? Or like, is there anything pricing in that shift of going from the consumer to like part of the creator clubs?Mario: [00:07:20] For sure. Yeah. I always, it always feels like a little bit of a trip. Like for example, last night, on Twitter spaces, me Packy McCormick, and of Not Boring and the two hosts of Acquired, David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert. I've been listened to Acquired for a long time. I think it's an amazing podcast and Packy and I sort of have come up at a similar time.And I remember talking with Packy about it offline. And I was like, man, isn't this a trip that like, we get to jam with these two guys that a year ago or 18 months ago, we were just like really admiring their work. and I think that the real takeaways for me are just that like, One, the Content can really speak for itself as long as you are putting in a ton of work and, being really, really, really consistent about it.And that just like can accelerate you way faster than you might've imagined. I think, I constantly underestimated what I might be able to achieve alone as a solo creator. Both in terms of like, you know, traditional growth and just in terms of like being a part of these conversations.Nathan: [00:08:33] Yeah. I mean, that was exactly it for me, you know, and this is back in probably 20, 2012, 2013 of you just go from all the people that you read in mire. And then, you know, at some point you realize like, Oh, I'm, I'm part of the group. How did that happen? And it really, it, I mean, it just comes from that. There's not this huge gap between the person consuming the content, the person creating it.It's not like the creators, this legend or anything like that. It's just like, Hey, just showed up and, and made stuff. And it works really well. Yeah. something else that I was thinking about is you mentioned like your career, you know, so working in, in tech and then getting into venture, and then as you start the newsletter, right?There's a couple of different paths. There's a lot of venture capitalists who have newsletters and, you know, drive incredible deal flow. So like that's one path. It doesn't sound like that was your primary path. You're like looking to. You know, leave venture and, you know, be a full-time, newsletter creator.But one thing that I, that I was thinking about is there's probably no faster way to accelerate your career than to go create an online presence. Go create a newsletter and teach and everything, because maybe you could just speak to this, like the amount of time it would take to move up through venture versus like, short-cutting that entire process by building your own audience.Mario: [00:10:05] A hundred percent and it's sort of frustrating because it's a piece of advice. I think a lot of people will give you early on in venture, which is like, Hey, you should really start blogging and like building an audience. And even for someone like me who was like writing every day, regardless, I still always discounted it as like, yeah, but I mean, what do I know I'm new to this industry?You know, there's so many other people writing about this. Like there's no way I'm going to generate an audience. I have to wait until I know a lot more. and I'm already a partner for anyone to care. And the truth is like, it's the opposite. It's the, you know, obviously a partner can generate that interest maybe off the back, but they kind of don't need to, and there's way fewer impediments to you, gaining that audience than you think.So. Yes. I think one, if I was starting my venture career, earlier on, I would've just like started a regular newsletter off the bat and recognize that like the quality curve would be hopefully, you know, a little steep. and the first, you know, it would take a little bit of time to get up and running, but yeah, I think if you wanted to start a fund today, I would probably start with audience and Content first.And I think writing is. Probably the best thing, for, for tech, I mean, definitely there's some great audio formats as well, but, I think for some of the complexities of tech, writing is particularly good for it.Nathan: [00:11:39] Yeah. What's interesting. Is as people dive into this, well, I speak for myself when I start something new, I'm always like, Oh, what if it fails?And so I always like kind of map out what, what does failure look like? One, the, the true failure would be that you write like three essays or something, and then you just stop. But let's say that I write an essay a week or even an essay a month for, a year. Like my worst version of failure in that is that I'm going to have some number of people paying attention to me.And then the next time I apply for a job that they're scrolling through and they'll click to my website. And instead of seeing like something that was updated in 2016, they'll be like, Oh, He can write, he can communicate these they're interesting ideas. He seems proactive, right? That's one like actual worst case scenario.If you show up is that it will make you more employable. And then the second is like, it would meaningfully accelerate your career. And then the third, you know, the third option is like, you could actually have a path forward as a creator. And that's where I just, I mean, I encourage everyone to write.Mario: [00:12:48] Hundred percent. Yeah. I mean, as you said, at the very least, it's an extremely valuable skill to have and will make you better at your job and, and more attractive to others. And, you know, on the outside or, you know, frankly, probably more accessible than, than many of us realize, like it can really be a career in and of itself.Nathan: [00:13:08] Yeah. What, what advice would you have for someone who maybe is in tech is consuming all of this content, and doesn't have that writing background, you know, and it's like, Oh, but I'm not a good writer. How, how should I practice? What should I do? Yeah.Mario: [00:13:23] I mean, unfortunately I think there's sort of no huge shortcuts. I think it's all just like putting the work into, to keep getting better. and for writing specifically, I think. No, you got to just like show up and do an hour, or at least, you know, some amount every day or at least a few times a week, I think, to get really good.And I'm still very much on the path where I feel like I have a lot more to learn. I hope to keep improving and like honing this muscle over the course of my life. and then, you know, you have to read really widely, I think. and in particular, my, Evangelism is I think people should read much, much more fiction.Then is common in business circles. and in tech circles in particular, for a few different reasons. One, I think like a great deal of nonsense section is essentially a Podcast of an app power that has been, you know, bloated to eight hours. and that you can really get most of the meat in a short amount of time.This is not always the case, but I think it's a good amount of time, the case. And second, like. The cadence and imagination and insight of fiction is like, has a less expressible ROI, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's just because it's like more ineffable. and so that is the other thing that I think like hugely helps.My writing is like, because I very, very rarely read nonfiction and has been obsessed with fiction for years. I think that at least helps me stand out from a storytelling perspective.Nathan: [00:15:06] Right. Is there, if you're trying to hook someone into the world of reading fiction, what are like one or two, series that you would start with?Mario: [00:15:15] I would say my favorite writers are, Ian McEwan, an English author, most famous book is called Atonement. Like I, I think that's a pretty accessible book and really awesome. He has a very, very short book called, On Chesil Beach, which is like a beautiful small novel. I think like Murakami has a great book called Norwegian Wood, which is weird, but not like full-bent, Murakami weird.So I think it's like a good intro book as well. but yeah, I think all of those things like. When you're writing about tech or anything else, having a story to frame this may be more wonkish world and makes it so much more accessible and interesting. And I think helps build an audience.Nathan: [00:16:00] Yeah, that makes sense. Something that you've done with The Generalist that I think is really interesting is you've brought in, like fellow writers. You've made these clubs to try to, get a lot of different people's takes, but it's also play this role of, Getting more friends and advocates for The Generalist and, and participants it's it reminds me of the advice that YouTube would always give to YouTubers of saying like, go and do collaborations.That's the best way to grow your channel. And you've like, systematized it. where did that come from to do it? The S–1 Clubs.Mario: [00:16:38] Yeah, so I think initially it was like pure happenstance that. Things were constructed in such a way as to be so collaborative. I think it was probably ultimately came out of, you know, a strength than a weakness. Like maybe the strength is that I really do enjoy, meeting with other people. I really enjoy learning from other people.I try as much as possible to like, listen less than I. And I sort of speak. and then I would say the weaknesses, you know, from a perspective of insecurity, you know, especially as you're starting as a creator, for me as a VC, what about like a large public company? I was like, Oh, I'm not the guy who did two years of investment banking or, you know, work that a hedge fund, like my really going to be able to break down this business.Well, but I clearly want to like talk about it. So, how do I like make this amazing? and what I think I learned after sort of the early version of all of this and also RFS, which is like also a collaborative, sort of, project. Is that just like. Yeah. So RFS is, basically my Friday email, every Friday, you get five startup ideas that are curated from some of the best and brightest VCs and founders from leading firms around the world.So you'll get like a GP of Andreessen Horowitz sharing a startup. They hope it gets made, or. You know, the CEO of like a unicorn company being like, if I wasn't building this, maybe I would like, think about building this. and so I think it's, you know, helpful, hopefully for folks that are just sort of going down the idea maze.I think like, you know, at the times when I've considered maybe starting a software business, and I think flick anyone in tech has vaguely, entertain those thoughts. I was always like keen for vetted ideas. and so that sort of this, the premise of this, but again, it's like fundamentally collaborative there I'll share some ideas of my own, but really they're everyone else's and I'm just sort of playing the role as curator.Anyway, all to say that. It sort of came about by accident, but I think to your point, like very quickly early on looking at folks, that, that use YouTube and even audio, it was just like very obvious that collabs help you drive growth in a very different way. And I think they also. Create a very different product, that feels differentiated.So, you know, increasingly the way I think about The Generalist is like a multi pelt, a multiplayer experience that you're tapping into. so I, I need to do more work on that, but, that's like informing a lot more of my strategy at the moment.Nathan: [00:19:37] Yeah. I'm just realizing so many creators do it as a, as a fully solo activity, which could work really well. And a lot of people, you know, grow quickly, or like they have the brand of the newsletter as, as their name. But. Like the thing that I noticed about The Generalist is how many people are like in your corner rooting for you and, and for the amount of time that you've been doing it, right.We're two years into this, not even 18 months, basically. Right. and so, and I think that this, as you described it, the multiplayer experience is a big part of it where you've built in these two systems where it's not just like. Hey, we're fellow creators. We're all in it together. Like, I'm commenting on your story and saying, Hey, I particularly love this one.Or that kind of thing. Cause we're friends are interested in similar things. It's, you've actually built in these two systems of the S–1 Clubs and the requests for startups that are every, you know, every week, sometimes we've asked one club four or five times a week because it's been wild. And I'm just thinking about how other people could do that.Like, say if you were writing your newsletter every Monday at Monday and Wednesday, and that was the thing that you were writing, but every Friday, you know, you're going out and you're saying I'm. Doing like, and you just make sure your readers know this, I'm doing a cross-post from one of my favorite writers.And so it forces you to do two things, one, go out and meet new people. And then like, to the people who you follow it and admire, like you actually send them the email and be like, Hey, do you want to collaborate? Because I need, I need someone to fill the slot. And I think it really accelerates growth.Mario: [00:21:31] I totally agree. Yeah. I mean, again, Packy I think did a really great job with this, with his Thursday post. Like he writes a Monday post and a Thursday post, and sometimes he writes the Thursday post, but a lot of the time, it's someone else who, you know, is an expert in something. So. he had, I think one of the founders of managed by Q talking about sort of like the, the new sort of food ecosystem and logistics, and like, this is someone who's clearly thought about the future of cities, the future of spaces very deeply.And you know, maybe that Dan isn't running a newsletter, but still takes a lot of value in sharing his thoughts. with an in-built audience and Packy derives the benefits of, you know, his audience in turn. So I definitely think there's many, many ways to do it.Nathan: [00:22:20] Yeah. Are there other examples that come to mind of, creators who sort of have that collaboration built in?Mario: [00:22:27] The, the one that comes to mind beyond that is not newsletter newsletter related. I would say the, have you ever listened to the All-In podcast?Nathan: [00:22:36] Yes. Yes.Mario: [00:22:38] Yeah. So like that sort of now has just become sort of another Podcast. But I think at the beginning, like really sort of emerged from that same spirit of like, cool, we all have these, these separate audiences, like let's come together and see what happens.And you know, now it's a piece of content in and of itself, but, I think it sort of emerged from that same feeling. but yeah, I don't, I don't know a tonNathan: [00:23:02] so for anyone who doesn't know that all in Podcast that's, Jason Calacanis and and, who else. David Sacks.Mario: [00:23:09] Freeburg and David Sacks.Nathan: [00:23:11] Yeah. Yeah. And I feel like it just started as them. They had like, they want to talk about specs maybe. I don't know.Mario: [00:23:19] I think so. Just like kind of shooting the shit. Like I don't, I think it was, just Jason and Chamath to begin with. And then they sort of just like brought in the Davids initially as sort of guests that sort of morphed into full-time, you know, co-hosts but I think, you know, there's lots of ways to do that with, with newsletters.One of the things that like, I really want to try out soon is. a debate in newsletter format. So take another writer who writes about tech, find a topic where we have a genuine disagreement and, you know, sort of interrogate the two different sides in writing in a newsletter that we both shared with our audiences.And so finding conversation in writing I think is, it's something I've found really, really useful.Nathan: [00:24:14] Would that makes me think about, is like all of you think about collaborations as one plus one equals two, right? Where you have your audience, I've got 20,000 readers, you've got 20,000 readers and we'll we'll cross promote, and we'll both get this bump and that'd be great. The debate that you're talking about.Goes and make something that's bigger than the combination of the two things. Right? You have multiplicative effects because now it's like, Oh, did you see Mario? And whoever debate that, like, it was so good. And it, because, you know, we both have big enough platforms to get some level of attention, you know, then the fact that the debate is happening turns into a larger thing and it is its own event.And then we might get way more attention.Mario: [00:24:59] Yeah, I think that it adds a fun, fun element in general. I would say that like my, practice for collaborations now is always about pulling someone in to make a piece of content together rather than I think it can be fine to cross-post to, and I bet that like works really well, but I especially enjoy it when I can say to someone like Greg Eisenberg, who, you know, is the founder of late, late.Check-out really thoughtful about community. Has written and shared a lot of public's thinking about Reddit, where I can sort of like tap him and be like, Hey, I want to do a deep dive on Reddit and why it's this crazy undervalued company? Why don't we do it together? and so, you know, that's something we released over the weekend, but I think it was a good example of like, I don't think alone either one of us would have made it as good as it became.And, you know, it was, it was valuable for both of our audiences and still achieve the same growth bump.Nathan: [00:26:00] That is interesting. I feel like I have these topics that I riff on with friends. Like for example, I wrote a post called the ladders of wealth creation, which is an idea that I started with and then got input from, from friends, but like probably a third of the ideas in the post or more are from James clear and like him and I riffing on it.And so that would be the same sort of thing of like, I guess finding those topics that you, you know, you and that particular friend are talking about, you're both obsessed with and just say, let's go make this together. Cause then the other thing that we'll do is then the two of you, like, you have to promote it more because you wrote your friend into writing it, you know, you can't be like, Oh, that's just the Thursday post.I got it out. Cool. What's onto the next week. You're like, I pulled my friend into helping write this. Like now we're both going to actually promote it and share it and make it worth while, which is of course better for everybody.Mario: [00:26:53] Yeah. And it also just like leads itself to Content extensions more easily, right? Like you can then have a conversation around it in a clubhouse room if you wanted or something else. And like, you already have this other person who is like deeply invested in it with you. and like, you know, you get that conversational aspect to it.Nathan: [00:27:14] Yeah. Do you have like a list of people? that back when I did a lot of sales, I for ConvertKit, I would have like, sort of this dream 100 list of people that I wanted to have on ConvertKit or like, do you have that for collaborating?Or you're like, okay. Here's who I want to reach out to, but I'm a little nervous to send the email or something like that.Mario: [00:27:33] Yeah, I have, I have a list like that where I would say it's not so much that I'm nervous. I'm just like, I have to know. Exactly what the right project is. so for example, a person whose newsletter I love and I've collaborated with him on an S one club, is just engage, who writes technically great newsletter.And like, I know I want to do a collaborator with him, but I didn't have a clear idea until recently where I was just like, okay, this is it. And so we're going to, we're going to do something that'll come out soon. and so I think that's the, that's the pitch. And then sometimes, obviously like I'll pitch someone an idea and they're like, eh, I I'm too busy or but that's okay too.Nathan: [00:28:18] Yeah. Well, that's good. I think having the list written down like potential ideas and then people you want to collaborate with and just keep adding to those. And then sometimes they overlap and you're like, you know, or you're like, I really want to work with this person, but I don't have the right idea yet.And then when the idea comes, then it's like, Oh, I got the perfect thing.Mario: [00:28:37] Exactly. Yeah, I think it, I, I definitely like having the list because it also just like, even just writing that list, it gives you so many ideas.Nathan: [00:28:44] Another thing about the lists is sometimes I like anything that will be a snapshot of like your current, a worldview of what's possible.So for example, early on for ConvertKit. That list had people like Tim Ferriss, Gretchen Rubin, other people as like who to get as customers. And so when you write that, when you're like, Oh, it would be insane to collaborate with this level of person. And then like a couple of years later when it happens, you're just like, Oh yeah, well like their peers, you know, of course we know I have like 10 friends in common, so we just finally made it happen.But by writing it down, you get to have the snapshot of like, Past me thought this would be incredible, you know? And so just like you're talking about with, you know, wrestling with the guys on the, on the Twitter spaces the other day.Mario: [00:29:33] Yeah, a hundred percent, I think. well, there's, there's some, I think it's Aristotle, or one of the, the old philosophers, which is like, you know, the, I can't remember the exact quote, but they just have, it is essentially like, don't forget that you have things that you once desired greatly. and like, I think that's often the case where you sort of, treat happiness or pride in your work as a moving target that is really fleeting.And those lists, I think, help remind you that like, yeah, it wasn't that long ago that the idea of collaborating with this person or having this person send a nice note about your work would have like blown your mind. and now it's like, cool. Yep. That's awesome. Next.Nathan: [00:30:28] Yeah. Yeah. For sure. One of the things that's really impressed me about how you've grown The Generalist is you've taken it really seriously. I don't know if it was from the beginning, but from the point that you and I met, which was probably what maybe April or may of last year, June, somewhere in there.Yeah, that sounds right. And to the point that you, talk to, did you recruit a formal, like board of advisors or informal advisors?Yeah. But you, you had a pitch deck for it. You outlined the business model. like what made you take it so seriously rather than, you know, kind of be like, Oh, Write every week and see what happens.Mario: [00:31:11] Probably a mixture of like personality defects and, excitement. I think like, I just really love writing very, very much. And so as soon as I got the width that like, maybe I could make this a real thing, then suddenly like a flip switched in me where I was like, all right, I have to go as hard as possible.And honestly, like I would say that switch had not. Been flipped in me since college, like as a student, I was an absolute animal. Like, that's not a very cool thing to say, but I was just an absolute nerd. I was a relentless studier. Loved it. And, I think it was because. You know, I felt very empowered to study whatever it is.I wanted like go as deep as possible and feel like the value was accruing directly to me. and I think the struggle for me as an employee was always like, I'll give you 90%, but I don't want to give you a hundred percent because like, I kind of need the 10% to do something of my own or, you know, because I sort of resent it.And so. As soon as I was like fully on my own thing, I suddenly felt like, Oh man, I'm unchanged to go after this. and then I think the second piece of it was just that, I wanted to convince myself to a certain extent, that this could be real. And so making a business plan, bringing on people who I felt like could support and advise me and like make me better.All of those things started to convince me that. Okay. And maybe you're not crazy. Like maybe other people seem to see something interesting here. and your math adds up more or less that like, maybe you can make this work.Nathan: [00:33:08] Yeah. Yeah. I think that, well, one, if you're looking for advice from anyone showing that you're already in motion and that you're going to make it happen, like the number of people who reach out and say like, could I pick your brain or whatever else?And they don't have any track record that they're going to implement it. You know, is, there's just, there's so many. And so when someone comes along, who is like, Hey, I need advice on this specific thing. And you're like, yeah, there you go. And they take action. And then they come back like a month later and be like, that works really well.Hey, could you help with this? It's sort of addicting to help those people. And that's what I found early on for ConvertKit where people like Amy Hoy and Heaton Shaw and Patrick McKenzie, and so many others would come and help. Because I would like immediately turn around and try out theMario: [00:33:55] Do it.Nathan: [00:33:56] That they said. And I see you doing the same thing.Mario: [00:33:59] Thanks, man. Yeah, I definitely try to, I think it's, you know, early days you just got to keep a pretty high velocity as much as you can.Nathan: [00:34:07] Yeah. So let's talk about growth. if you're up for it, I'd love for you to share some numbers of where The Generalist is at now. And then we can dive into, how we got there on the growth side.Mario: [00:34:19] For sure. Let me actually pull up the, the live, the live look so I can be exact, ConvertKit tells me I have 27,147 subscribers. So thank you to every single one of them. And opens are 53.52,Nathan: [00:34:43] That is a very impressive open rate.Mario: [00:34:45] Thank you. Thank you. it's weird. It went up as I've grown, which I did not expect. Now it's more or less stabilized, but I think when I went full time, it was at like, I dunno, I have to look at the deck, but somewhere around 49 to 50. And it's now con consistently above 53. I mean, it's a small improvement, but like, I like to see it.Nathan: [00:35:09] Well, I mean, especially when you multiply it out over a larger, you know, a growing number, right. When you multiply gets 10,000 versus 20,000, It's a lot more. and I always encourage people to track engaged subscribers as like their metric, you know? So total subscribers times open rate, because then when something comes along, like if you have hung your whole like, self-worth on, total subscribers, you know, and then it comes along and you're like, Oh, I got these 10,000 who are just dead weight and don't open anything.And you're like, I can't cut that because like having a newsletter of a hundred thousand people is like, Part of my identity or something, you know, but if you've been focused on engaged subscribers, then you're like, I don't lose anything if I cut those people.Mario: [00:35:53] That's really? Yeah, that's a, that's a great point about just like tying it to your identity. I love the engagement score you guys have, by the way. I don't know if I've told you that, but ah, so nice to see that.Nathan: [00:36:03] Yeah, it's a fun, a fun little feature. And then on the, so you went, you went full-time in August about six months ago. how's it been on the revenue side?Mario: [00:36:16] So I didn't, monetize until. One month ago, almost exactly. It was January 24th. so that was the day I opened up memberships and was also, shortly after I started to like circle back to a few folks that have been interested in advertising and sponsoring in the past and was like, Hey,Nathan: [00:36:37] There, there was no way to pay you or for you to make money from it up until that point?Mario: [00:36:41] No, it was all free. and honestly it was like, There wasn't probably a good reason for that. I think it was partially because I wanted to build a little bit more of my own stack with Webflow and Pico. And of course you guys, and I didn't want to start it on sub stack. I was already switched over at this point for a long time.And so I wanted to have like a really awesome site and home for the Content before I switched on memberships. And it felt a little bit strange to accept sponsorships before that point, just because it wasn't really the way I expected to make the majority of revenue longterm. so yeah, flipped it on, on January 24th and, it's gone really well so far.Nathan: [00:37:33] Nice, nice. You were mentioning like how it compares? This is before we were talking, how it compares to, you know, past salaries, Do you track that? I guess like percentage of salary?Mario: [00:37:47] Yeah, I think that's like a nice way for, for me to look at it. and this definitely validating. So in the first month, I have to check, but it's something it's around 85 to 90% of my best ever salary. In the first month. So that was like, I know it's not always going to be like that. I think there was a huge, like initial bump and because of the types of memberships I did, like, I have a believer membership where someone buys five years effectively upfront.There's a bunch of like essentially bookings pull forward, but still the growth has remained really good throughout the month. There's still a good base of people who are on this sort of monthly or annual plan. And it really feels very much like it can be a business. So, you know, it's now really up to me to make sure I don't blow it. And you know, just keep executing as well as I can.Nathan: [00:38:48] Yeah. I mean, that's exciting to have that much traction, like the moment you turn it on now, like, as you said, you waited awhile to, to monetize right.Of having, you know, well over 20,000 subscribers, by the time that you turned that on, but it means that you can come out and have this big splash, which is great.Mario: [00:39:04] Yeah, it feels, it feels good to like get, get a, sort of a nice bump to it. But I think there's plenty of other people who start much earlier on and then, you know, that can work wonderfully as well. And you probably get a lot of interesting learnings. From, you know, monetizing early, finding out what people actually are willing to pay for.Like, those are all things that I'm now just learning, which is like, cool, what should be in front and behind the paywall? You know, what's the sort of messaging even that converts people, because I really haven't spent time thinking about that today.Nathan: [00:39:37] Yeah. How did you structure what's in front of him behind the paywall? cause that's something that I think a lot of people run into of I'm putting out this content and it's really good. So it should be behind the paywall, but I want it in front of you in front of the paywall so that it can help me attract more readers.Mario: [00:39:55] Yeah, the tricky thing I would say is that because of the, like multi-player elements of The Generalist, it's not that easy to put a lot of the content behind the paywall, because the people who contribute on an S–1 Club, like a lot of them are. The GPS of a venture firm or a CEO or an expert, like they're doing it because they're really interested in this subject and genuinely want to share their thoughts and trade ideas with other smart people, to limit the view of it feels like probably against their interests, even if I'm not sure they would necessarily.Express an issue with it, but it kind of doesn't feel totally right to me. so those things I think are easy to put in front of the paywall and those are things also that are easy to monetize with sponsorships. So that's great. then there's, I would say like a lot of more intimate or deep content that goes behind it.So every Sunday folks get a briefing from me, which dives deep into some. Area of tech or the financial markets often it's, you know, sort of unpacking an investment that I think might be interesting or a technical trend that I think is worth keeping in. and you know, or free members, free subscribers get one of those a month and paying subscribers, get four of them.And then the other piece of it, I would say is, you know, there's a bunch of other parts, but the, the core. Element, is this community, so I now have a, a community which is only for, for paid members. it's ended up being like very senior impressive group of folks. and so it has more of a feel of like a private conversation.That's ongoing with people that it would be probably like hard to get access to otherwise. that I think has also proven like a really. Useful conversion tool and also a, something proves the content itself because often before I write something, I'll post about it in the community and then five or 10 people will say, Hey, have you thought about this?Have you thought about that? And so it sort of has a nice, nice effect in that, in that regard too.Nathan: [00:42:22] Yeah. And is that a community that you're hosting on circle or Slack or somewhere else?Mario: [00:42:27] Yeah, circle. I thought a lot about, you know, where to host it. Ultimately I felt like circle was going to be the best call and, and so far I really like it.Nathan: [00:42:37] Yeah. It's been interesting of, of seeing communities become such a core part of a lot of newsletters. have you found, like, are there any downsides to it? Is it a pain to manage? Is there anything else or has it just been all upside?Mario: [00:42:53] I don't think anything SaaS, upside, I think like, you know, everything, everything has downside. the downside of community is time. I think. it's just, I don't think it works if you just sort of flip it on and expect it to take off. And actually I think like that's potentially a trade-off versus. live chat platforms like discord or Slack or telegram versus something that's asynchronous like circle.If you start a Slack group with 50 people, it very quickly feels busy and lively. once you hit 500 people, it very quickly feels noisy and chaotic. Whereas I think circle is sort of the other way around, which is, you know, 50 and maybe feels a little sleepy. and so you have people sort of like. Maybe looking for how to get the conversation going.But my hope is that really, as you scale, it leads to more focused, thoughtful discussions rather than just sort of like incessant back and forth and people like self-promoting stuff in this channel all the time. and those sort of things. So the, the trade off is time.Nathan: [00:44:05] Yeah. Yeah. That makes sense. And so I could see circle being something that you have to grow into. Whereas Slack being something that you would probably grow out of. And so that's a good thing to think about, of like, what's the long-term play for this community. And are we going to get into that, you know, 500 members and beyond, and if so, like go for a platform that's a good fit for that.Mario: [00:44:29] Yeah. I ran a bunch of like Telegram groups on the side that weren't like formally part of The Generalist, but I would, as part of the Friday startup ideas newsletter, like allow people to join this group if they applied, And it was great. I really liked it. but at a hundred people, it was already occasionally like quite noisy.And I didn't think it like created a compendium of knowledge in the same way as something like circle can where you can suddenly search like, you know, RPA. And there will be a really interesting thread that someone wrote and bunch of smart people commented on that, like is now this living document, in a really scannable way.Nathan: [00:45:11] Yeah. That makes sense. What about pricing? how did you come to the pricing that you chose?Mario: [00:45:16] Yeah, I actually, I want to write about this. probably not in the newsletter, but, maybe on Twitter or something, to explain it because I think people it's either two reactions. Either someone thinks it's a total no-brainer at 19 bucks a month. and you know, sometimes even folks will be like, I think you could push this higher off the record.Or you get folks that are like, why is this 19 bucks when Netflix is 12? and The Economist is 12 or whatever it is they are at. and the answer really is like a few different things. But one is that I think I've engineered as much as possible. The Generalist to be able to return your value like 10 or 20, or, you know, maybe even a hundred fold.In a few different ways, like the ways that I think someone gets to the point where they are really like ripping me off, let's say, is if I can get them into a company that they think is really interesting and investment that they think is really interesting either in the public or private markets, that I helped them find a co-founder or a key hire for their existing company.That I give them a startup idea that they then are able to use to build their next company. or I introduced them to just like an amazing colleague, whether that's another investor or, you know, a fellow founder, whatever it is. And so in each of the pieces of content and the community, I think there's the potential for that.So you have the Friday newsletter, which has five startup ideas. If one of the, you know, 150 that I think we have right now from these great theses and founders, like resonates with you or gets you closer. I think it's a total no-brainer it was obviously worth 20 bucks a month or 19 bucks a month. if the S one club helps you make a smarter decision about whether to invest in a stock or not.No brainer. If the weekly briefing gives you either, again, a stock that you're interested in or a private investment that you might want to make as a VC again, no brainer. and then the community, hopefully like stitches a lot of those pieces together where it's like, cool. I know that you were interested in this startup idea because you told me about it.Now it's time for you to meet this engineer who like also said they were interested in it and like, maybe you guys should jam on that. and so this is something that I sort of tried to outline in an interview. I did with Alex Danko who writes one of my favorite newsletters. And it's just like one of the smartest people in tech, in my opinion.I think there's a real. sort of almost mismatch in how consumers pay for a newsletter and how they receive value. Like consumers pay on this really linear timescale. It's like 19 bucks a month, 19 bucks a month, 19 bucks a month. Realistically, you probably won't read every piece. I write if you're a subscriber.And you probably won't see like every comment in the community, but as long as each individual piece of content has the ability to be worth like. 500 bucks or a thousand bucks to you. Like, I can take it my time. Hopefully if you're willing to be patient as a reader and you might not read one, two or three, you might find four boring, but then five might give you your startup idea or, you know, in the six week you might meet your cofaq.So I think there's like a linear line on the consumer side and a super lumpy one on the value realization. so that was a very. Inside baseball, look at how I think about the pricing, but, that's sort of where my head's at at the moment.Nathan: [00:49:12] Yeah, that makes sense. if you know some of this other stuff you had, what was some of the split between like monthly and annual and of course you probably launched your biggest fans.And so it's probably going to be a higher split annual. Upfront,Mario: [00:49:25] I don't, I don't know what it is actually. I think when I looked last, and this was a few weeks ago, so it's like a little bit out of date. I think I would make 5% of my best salary per month. So it wouldn't get me there on a yearly basis, but like, you know, would get me part of the way there. And then plus the annuals I'm yeah.I'm not sure what the split is. There was a good amount. I want to say maybe 10 or 15%, maybe as high as 20, that were believers. people who bought the five years upfront and, that is like amazing for me. One, because like, It's very nice that people like are excited to be a part of this for five years.And to also, because I think it hopefully allows me to like, reinvest that money in, in continuing growth.Nathan: [00:50:29] Yup. Well, I love that you gave people that option, you know, like I think someone who would launch just with monthly and say it's 20 bucks a month and then go like, okay, I guess I should have an annual version. People say that churn is better, so sure. I'll do that. And you've added this, this third tier of saying like no pay, is it $600?Something like that.Mario: [00:50:50] Yeah, it's a $642.Nathan: [00:50:53] $642, you know, just say like, Hey, all of this upfront and the way you message it around, like, you know, the believer tier, I think is really good. Cause for a lot of people. Especially in your audience, right. You're going to have the whole range, someone who's going to be like, Oh, 20 bucks a month. Yeah, no, it's worth it.Like, I'm going to go for that. And you're going to have other people who are like $600. It's it's going on the company credit card. Like, it just doesn't even, it just doesn't even register. And so, but that person would have given you $20, if that was the only option you've given them. And soMario: [00:51:25] A hundred percent.Nathan: [00:51:26] Always give them the other options.When I was selling eBooks, I would do, like. Books into courses and do tiers and your $39 $99 and then $249. And like a quarter of the people bought the $249 options, but it represented like 55% of all revenue.Mario: [00:51:46] There you go. There you go. Yeah, that makes sense. yeah, people have asked like, Oh, are you going to get rid of the believer tier soon? And I'm kinda like, I don't really think so. I think I'll just like, you know, maybe as prices change, maybe I'll adjust it or something like that. But like, if someone is excited to sign up for five years, like,Nathan: [00:52:05] Right. I might even play with it of decreasing the, like, if I think if I were flying with this, I wouldn't do five years.I would do two years or something like that. And maybe there's some other perks in there. but it is this high price that renews, like what if, what if the believers here was a thousand dollars a year? And maybe it has some extra things in it, but it really is like the believer tier. And I don't know if they would go for it, but I'm curious if they would, and if I were doing it or maybe it's $400 or $500 a year. And I would just be curious if people would sign up for it, my guess. Is that, that some wayMario: [00:52:49] I think you're probably right. I'd love to get to the point where I can like more explicitly message. What are the things I'm doing for those people right now? I'm like, cool. You get fast-tracked into the community. You are going to have some like extra events and channels within the community. So like, you'll have these moments of intimacy that like you are sort of getting, because you are so, such a believer in this, but I think you're totally right.Like, it probably is, is something I should think about of like, how do I build that extra two 50 or 300 bucks of value for someone on an annual basis that, that makes it worthwhile.Nathan: [00:53:31] Right? Yeah. I would even, you know, put a badge on their profile in the community, you know.Mario: [00:53:37] It happens.Nathan: [00:53:38] Oh, good.Mario: [00:53:39] Yeah. I'm a big believer in badging.Nathan: [00:53:44] At all.Mario: [00:53:47] I think people like it and I think it's fun and, you know…Nathan: [00:53:50] Yeah, good stuff. Well, thanks for coming on. This has been really fun to dive in and talk through all the details of The Generalist. Where should people go to subscribe and then to follow you around the web?Mario: [00:54:00] Awesome. Yeah. you can sign up, ReadTheGeneralist.com, and, I'm mostly active on Twitter. So, if you look up @mariodgabriele, on Twitter, That is me.Nathan: [00:54:15] Sounds good.Mario: [00:54:16] Know, still free to shoot me a DM or an email sometime.Nathan: [00:54:19] Perfect. Well, we'll link to both those in the show notes and we'll chat soon. I'm excited to keep watching, watching the newsletter grow.Mario: [00:54:26] Thanks man. Well, fingers crossed. I can, I can continue to deliver and that, you know, I have to thank you. And, and the team so much for one making a dope project, a product, and, to helping so much along the way with your advice and support. So I appreciate it a lot.Nathan: [00:54:43] My pleasure.

Guest author Ian McEwan with his novel, On Chesil Beach. The Chuckanut Radio Players present a new episode of The Bellingham Bean.Musical guest, Walrus and Bellingham Youth Jazz Band. Alan Rhodes with a slice of life essay.Poet Chad Helder.Announcer, Rich Donnelly and hosts, Chuck and Dee Robinson

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today we celebrate a young actress whose Oscar nominations are outmatched only by her B-Sides! It's Saoirse Ronan time! The esteemed Bill Graham of The Film Stage Show joins us to discuss the Bronx-born, Ireland-raised starlet. B-Sides include Peter Weir's The Way Back, Andrew Niccol's The Host, Neil Jordan's Byzantium, and Dominic Cooke's On Chesil Beach. We dive into the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of The Way Back, the similarities between The Host and The Twilight Saga, the slightly immortality-positive POV of Byzantium, the narrative structure of On Chesil Beach and Ronan's penchant for making movies based on books! Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher. Enjoy!

Robert worked on several films on roles including Sound Editor, ADR Editor, and Sound Effects Editor before moving primarily into Sound Design since 2012, including the acclaimed feature, Belle. His sound design projects include Mike Leigh's , Mr. Turner and Peterloo, with Dominic Cookes on On Chesil Beach and Ironbark, and on Chiwetel Ejiofor's The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Other recent films Robert sound designed include the Oscar-winning Judy starring Renee Zellweger, Mira Nair's series, A Suitable Boy, and David Kepp's upcoming You Should Have Left.

In 1976, Ian McEwan's first collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham award; his first novel, The Cement Garden, was published two years later. He won the Booker prize in 1998 with Amsterdam. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Literature. His novels Atonement, On Chesil Beach, Enduring Love and The Children Act have been made into films. His new book Machines Like Me is in bookstores now.

In 1976, Ian McEwan’s first collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham award; his first novel, The Cement Garden, was published two years later. He won the Booker prize in 1998 with Amsterdam. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Literature. His novels Atonement, On Chesil Beach, Enduring Love and The Children Act have been made into films. His new book Machines Like Me is in bookstores now.

Ian McEwan is the author of such celebrated novels as Atonement, The Children Act, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach and the Man Booker prize-winning Amsterdam. His fiction regularly engages with complex scientific and ethical issues, and 2008 Time Magazine named him one of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945." His new novel Machines Like Me takes place in a re-imagined 1980s England, one in which rapid technological advances have created artificial people — fully resembling living humans, but available to have their personalities set by their owners. It's a story with echoes of works like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and even Shakespeare's The Tempest — and one that engages deeply with the life and work of the computing pioneer Alan Turing. Ian McEwan took some time just before his novel's American publication to talk with Bill Tipper from his home in the UK. We asked him to begin by talking about the seed of this audacious new work.

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about the arts, kid-friendly audiobooks, Victorian-esque reads, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House Audio, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Frankie.   Questions   1. I love your show! I was really getting into a slump of only reading the highly marketed books. You help me broaden my bookshelf so thanks! My husband and I recently start "reading" books together. He listens to the audio book because he is a busy MA student and drives a lot while I enjoy reading physically. We just finished Bird Box and both really enjoyed it! My husband is the finicky reader. He enjoys Stephen King and thrillers. We have Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on our to read list. I tried recommending Into the Drowning Deep, but the mermaids were too far (even though I think he would love it). We would like recommendations for thrillers/suspense with some supernatural happenings and at least one likeable/smart character. He has read most of Stephen King where as I really enjoy fantasy novels. I can do most horror/suspense. Sci Fi could be doable if it had the right characters. Please stay in the adult category as my husband does not enjoy "teen angst". Side note: I would just need a trigger warning for violence against women and children (which you always provide). Thank you in advance! --Kyla and Kyle   2. I would love ideas for books that are relationship focused but have intellectual conversation, like my favorite movies - Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight. What I love about those is that you feel so much intimacy and tension - the way one tiny thing could make everything fall apart. I have On Chesil Beach on my radar already. Normal People by Sally Rooney also came close to what I'm hoping for. --Jenny   3. Hi Ladies! Love the podcast! I have loved the Dana Stabenow, Kate Shugak mysteries. Though I love her series, I would love a recommendation for a Native American own voices author from Alaska or North Western Canada. I prefer fiction, and it does not have to be a mystery. --Jessie   4. I’m looking for recommendations for my school’s book club. We are a group of high school educators who enjoy reading broadly, so we have tried to have books that delve into different departments’ interests like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (science) or Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (History). I would love some book recommendations where the text is heavily influenced by art or music to better represent those departments. Bonus points for diverse authors or perspectives! In the past we have also loved Station Eleven, Enrique’s Journey, The Nightingale, Educated and The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. Thanks in advance for your help! --Sarah   5. Hi! I've recently discovered audio books as an excellent way to get more books in my life on my commute every morning. I drop my kids off at two different places and I'm usually in the car for about an hour. My difficulty is finding something that I enjoy but is also appropriate for my kids to listen to, they are 2 1/2 and 4 but are VERY observant and like to mimic what they hear. So far I've listened to Blackout by Connie Willis and the The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden. I love fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and mystery. Any recommendations you have would be awesome, thank you! --Heather   6. My dad loves traditional sci-fi. Heinlein is his favorite author ever, but he also enjoys Zelazny, Asimov, etc. I'm hoping to find new authors for him, and have had some success with the Expanse, The Martian, and with books by Elizabeth Moon. However, the Vorkosigan books, the Murderbot Diaries, Red Mars, and the Honor Harrington books all fell flat for him. Do you have suggestions for modern books in the classic sci-fi style? --Books for Space Dad   7. Hiii! :) I'm wondering if you know of any books similar to the Victorian "sensation novels" such as Lady Audley's Secret, Wilkie Collins' books etc, but which reflect modern values. I find I'm completely charmed by the trope that I call "mild mannered Victorian gentleman reluctantly and/or accidentally solves a crime," that isn't gritty or over the top but still has a lot of unforseen twists; however, I've grown so tired of books that only have white straight characters. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! --Mild Mannered Modern Reader   Books Discussed The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (TW: violence against women and children (and everyone)) Stephen King read-alikes episode My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (TW: graphic violence, harm to women and children) The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer A Separation by Katie Kitamura Two Old Women by Velma Wallis Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (rec’d by Jessica and Michelle) Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro Blood, Water, Paint by Joy McCullough (tw: rape) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang (rec’d by Jamie C) Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones (rec’d by Jenn's friend Ellen)

Ian McEwan isn't afraid of the dark. In his 40-year career, the English author and screenwriter behind “Atonement," "The Comfort of Strangers,” “On Chesil Beach" and several more of the modern era's most indelible and haunting works has consistently explored the boundaries of love, sex, religion, death, law and morality. His latest offering, the film adaption of "The Children Act," is no different. McEwan joined SalonTV’s Mary Elizabeth Williams on “Salon Talks” to unpack why he’s drawn to complicated human stories that grapple with what’s legal and what’s moral. Inspired by real events, “The Children Act” stars Stanley Tucci and Emma Thompson. About “Salon Talks” Hosted by Salon journalists, “Salon Talks” episodes offer a fresh take on the long-form interview format, and a much-needed break from the partisan political talking heads that have come to dominate the genre. “Salon Talks” is a destination for information through conversation. Viewers can expect discussions with A-list actors, artists, authors, thinkers, and newsmakers as we explore the full range of the human condition. The show streams live on Facebook and Twitter and each episode is published in full on Salon.com. Watch SalonTV, streaming live daily on Salon.com and YouTube. Subscribe to SalonTV on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/salontv Like Salon on Facebook HERE: https://www.facebook.com/salon Follow Salon on Twitter HERE: https://twitter.com/salon Follow Salon on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/salonofficial

Saoirse Ronan doesn't put a foot wrong, but "On Chesil Beach" just doesn't work for Senaai. Lonnie however, a professed fan of grandma movies, thinks it has something worthwhile.

Review - The bittersweetness of Atonement was almost unbearably poignant, and it's repeated in On Chesil Beach, another Ian McEwan book adaptation also starring Saoirse Ronan.

Herald movie reveiwer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talk about some of this weeks latest releases, including:On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy HowleMile 22 starring Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Lauren CohanLuis and the Aliens an animated alien movie LISTEN ABOVE FOR HER VERDICTS

Dorin and Kendyl discuss the film adaptation of On Chesil Beach (2017), author intent, and how very cringy we felt watching it. Questions of the Week: Did you feel the ending was forced? Did you read asexuality in the story?   Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Dorin and Kendyl cover another deep, tragic novel so, of course, this one's a little longer than normal. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan deals with sexuality, stigma, and the emotional damage that can come from not being educated. Quick Disclaimer: We are not experts on asexuality and it is more than possible that we got something wrong during our discussion. If so, we apologize and would appreciate you letting us know what it was so we can further educate ourselves. Thanks :)   Question of the Week: Which misinterpretation/line was the most heartbreaking to you?   Follow us! Blog: http://adaptationpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdaptationCast Tumblr: http://adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

With Lewis away in Disney Land, Cecilia and Rachele pack their bags to take a trip of their own... to Tangent City but don't worry they talk all things film and TV-related including, a move to add a "Best Popular Film Category" to the Oscars. Rachele congratulates Luna Leederville on having won the Australian International Movie Convention's Best Metro Independent Cinema Award and gives us a rundown on all the special events being hosted at Luna.  The team also talk Living Universe, a Netflix film called Calibre, Orange is the New Black, On Chesil Beach, and The Girl in the Spiders Web.

Where we fight about the many, many top MIFF flicks and Saoirse Ronan's return to the world of Ian McEwan with Sean Coates from Another Bloody Movie Podcast

With Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Ethan Hunt yet again prevails over a mission that makes no logical sense, yet thrills us all. And that is our springboard for this week’s topic: Impossibly Impossible Missions. Movies often require a suspension of disbelief, and often times, films with a mission at hand – i.e., a plan that benefits the greater good – require you to physically remove your brain from its holster in order to continue. This week, we’re looking at several missions that we believe could never have resulted in success in reality.   Also this week: 24 reboots again, Star Wars welcomes back its Princess, Hardwick returns, reviews of Netflix’s Extinction, Castle Rock, a debate on the star power of Tom Cruise, and much more. Join in on the conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.  Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast: (0:00 – 36:01)Film and TV Discussion: 24 develops a prequel series, Chris Hardwick returns to TV, Carrie Fisher will return for Star Wars: Episode IX and more | Tom Cruise: A Second Take   (36:02 – 1:06:43) Reviews of Castle Rock, Extinction, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Upcoming Releases: The Darkest Minds, Christopher Robin, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Night Comes On, On Chesil Beach, Like Father (1:06:44 – 1:41:07) From The Outside In: Impossibly Impossible Missions (1:41:08 – 1:51:22) Recommendations and Closing | Outtakes Email topic suggestions or episode reactions to feedback@thehollywoodoutsider.com Please support The Hollywood Outsider and gain immediate access to exclusive bonus content, including a BONUS monthly episode and Bad Movie Night, by visiting Patreon.com/ TheHollywoodOutsider Be sure to join our Facebook Group Join our Fantasy Movie League! Find our league, then use the password ‘buypopcorn’ Do your shopping via our Amazon Link!

Actor Anne-Marie Duff and author Louise O'Neill join Harriett Gilbert for a discussion about favourite books. Anne-Marie Duff has starred in films including On Chesil Beach, Sufragette and Elizabeth I, and on TV in Shameless and From Darkness. Louise O'Neill's prize-winning novels include Only Ever Yours and Asking for It, and her latest book is a feminist take on The Little Mermaid called The Surface Breaks. Anne-Marie chooses Nights At The Circus, the classic feminist novel by Angela Carter (Vintage), Louise puts forward a memoir about seventeen brushes with death by Irish author Maggie O'Farrell; I Am I Am I Am (Tinder Press), and Harriett recommends Conversations With Friends (Faber), a critically-acclaimed debut novel by another Irish author, Sally Rooney. Producer: Eliza Lomas

In the second of our Man Booker 50 Festival podcast episodes, host Joe Haddow takes us backstage at the Southbank Centre during the weekend of 6-8 July. In this star studded episode we hear from prize winning and shortlisted authors including Hilary Mantel, Eleanor Catton, Marlon James, Alan Hollinghurst, Ben Okri, DBC Pierre, Andrew O' Hagan, Colm Tóibín and Graeme Macrae Burnet. Joe also catches up with screenwriter Christopher Hampton, who has turned several Man Booker novels into films and TV series, such as Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, On Chesil Beach and Atonement. The episode culminates with a specially commissioned Man Booker 50 song written and performed by author and comedian Adam Kay.

It was a great weekend for movies, but not because of Ocean's 8. Hereditary, On Chesil Beach, and First Reformed may not be the usual summer hits but they hit the spot for Michael and Seth.This weeks discussions include…On Chesil BeachPartnersAs The Gods WillFirst ReformedHereditaryDemonic Portrayals in Film

This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: laugh tracks, spoilers, end credits, MST3K, copycat movies, elder geek icons, and 3D theme park rides! They also mention the movies screening June 15th - 21st, 2018: On Chesil Beach, Disobedience, Cape Fear, and the Old School 3D 35mm Film Fest: Friday The 13th Part III, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, Dynasty, Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin, + Friday / Saturday Night Secret Sinema!

Caroline and Anna discuss A Very English Scandal (6:42), the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel On Chesil Beach (16:20), and the 2001 rom com Kate & Leopold (28:33).Find the show notes at srslypod.com/episodes/146 and subscribe on Apple Podcasts here. We’re also on Twitter, tumblr and Facebook as @srslypod. You can email us on srslypod@gmail.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

El Podcast llega con una semana de retraso debido a problemas de salud. Pero como más vale tarde que nunca, aquí estamos para hablar de de los estrenos Han Solo y On Chesil Beach. La serie, adaptada del cómic con el mismo título, Happy!. El clásico vuelve a ser una película de David Lynch, Corazón Salvaje.. También encontrareis las secciones de noticias y la próxima cartelera en el Reino Unido y España. Contando de nuevo con Conchi Diaz. Podeis leer más criticas en medium.com/@4Reviews1Funeral/ Estar al dia de nuestras publicaciones en www.facebook.com/4Reviews1Funeral/ Y nuestras cuenta de Twitter twitter.com/4reviews1fun E Instagram www.instagram.com/4reviews1funeral/ Tambien lo podeis escuchar en iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/4-reviews-1-funeral/id1325610069?mt=2 y Tune in https://tunein.com/podcasts/Television/4-Reviews--1-Funeral-p1090324/

Erin and Paul review two films about identical twin sisters: Brian De Palma's nutso 1972 thriller SISTERS, and David Swift's 1961 Disney family comedy THE PARENT TRAP. Plus: quickie reviews of ON CHESIL BEACH, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, LEAN ON PETE, HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, and THE TALE.

0:00 - Hello, and we hope you're enjoying your 3-day weekend 1:20 - "Solo: A Star Wars Story" review 21:50 - Summer Box Office Challenge update 25:00 - "On Chesil Beach" review 33:55 - This week’s DVDs, including a giveaway for Agents of “Red Sparrow” 35:50 - "RBG" review (Snider) 39:50 - Jeff rewatched "Spider-Man: Homecoming"; Eric rewatched "The Last Jedi" 43:00 - Recap and good day REVIEWS (Eric, Jeff): Solo: A Star Wars Story: B- B- On Chesil Beach: B B RBG: B+

It's Week 12, Craig & David go to see Solo: A Star Wars Story, they speak to John MacDonald and receive a brillaint email from Richard Memczak. They've also been to see On Chesil Beach, Sherlock Gnomes with review help from Zac & Harley, Edie and a Cineworld 4DX screening of Deadpool 2. As usual they take a look at the previous Weekends box office results. The winner of the cinema tickets will be revealed at the end of the show, with thanks to Cineworld Hemel Hempstead; noteably Paul & Daniel! If you've got a view on the films you've recently seen, then please email Craig & David @ mymailisworthit@gmail.com, or if you'd like to call in for a live review, then let us know via email and we'll set-up a time and place to record this! Thanks to Rich for the artwork Week 13 will return in a few weeks time! Happy listening!

It's Week 12, Craig & David go to see Solo: A Star Wars Story, they speak to John MacDonald and receive a brillaint email from Richard Memczak. They've also been to see On Chesil Beach, Sherlock Gnomes with review help from Zac & Harley, Edie and a Cineworld 4DX screening of Deadpool 2. As usual they take a look at the previous Weekends box office results. The winner of the cinema tickets will be revealed at the end of the show, with thanks to Cineworld Hemel Hempstead; noteably Paul & Daniel! If you've got a view on the films you've recently seen, then please email Craig & David @ mymailisworthit@gmail.com, or if you'd like to call in for a live review, then let us know via email and we'll set-up a time and place to record this! Thanks to Rich for the artwork Week 13 will return in a few weeks time! Happy listening!

Tony opens the show by talking about the NBA playoffs and the upcoming Stanley Cup Finals. Washington Post movie critic Ann Hornaday sits in to give her thoughts on "Solo", "On Chesil Beach", and "First Reformed". Nigel gives the news, and during "Old Guy Radio", Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report calls in to give his thoughts on the NFL's new anthem policy. Lastly, they close out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Crooked Coast "Cape Cod" ; Chuck Darwin and the Knuckledraggers "Not Gentle on My Mind"

Gordon Hayden is joined by Chris Wasser to review Show Dogs, On Chesil Beach and the Oscar nominated Irish film The Breadwinner. Plus Andy McCarroll talks music bio-pics

We RARELY make mistakes on Spoilerpiece, but when we do, we don’t cower or deny it. WE OWN IT, MAN. So we start off episode 202 with a correction (2:59) regarding our DEADPOOL 2 segment from episode 201. Then it’s “Keeping Up with the Jensons” because Kris saw SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (4:39)! Next it’s new movie time. Dave fills Kris and Evan in on Paul Schrader’s FIRST REFORMED (7:25), Evan gives everyone the skinny on BYE BYE GERMANY (17:05), and Dave spoilerpieces one of the saddest movies he’s ever seen, ON CHESIL BEACH (26:53). Finally, Kris and Dave talk about Michael Mann’s THIEF (37:20), which they both saw for the first time. And if you love the show, don’t forget to join our Patreon! Go to the Patreon website and search for “Spoilerpiece.” Kisses!

Matthew Sweet with music for films inspired by contemporary British novelists in the week that sees the release of On Chesil Beach based on the novel by Ian McEwan, and featuring a new score by Dan Jones.

Alfred Molina plays artist Mark Rothko in Red at London's Wyndham's Theatre Ian McEwan has adapted his own novel On Chesil Beach for the big screen, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as newlyweds whose wedding night nuptials are complicated by memories and misunderstandings The story of the scandal of 1970s Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and his apparent homosexual affair with male model Norman Scott is now a TV series starring Hugh Grant. A Very English Scandal is written by Russell T Davis and directed by Stephen Frears. The Aviator by Russian author Eugene Vodolazkin has been translated into 14 languages and won a slew of literary prizes; how old is the central character? does his extraordinary memory have something to do with cryogenic suspension? There's a new exhibition at The Welcome Collection in London looking at all things dental- will it set our reviewers' teeth on edge or make them smile? Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Elizabeth Day and Charlotte Mullins. The producer is Oliver Jones.

In this week's podcast, Kit Bowen and Joel Amos discuss the sequel Deadpool 2, starring Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin,as well as the small British indie On Chesil Beach. Tune in!

Ian McKellen talks to Simon about McKellen: Playing The Part. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Deadpool 2 and On Chesil Beach. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.

Sam talks to director Dominic Cooke and actor Billy Howle about their new film On Chesil Beach. It’s 1962, and two young newlyweds from very different backgrounds (Billy Howle and Saoirse Ronan) have chosen to spend their honeymoon on the windswept beaches of Dorset. They’re inexperienced and new to love; a nervous energy fills the air at their first dinner as a married couple. But these aren’t just wedding-night jitters: as the evening progresses it becomes clear that something else is creating the divide. Awkwardly grasping for the connection they know they share, the pair recall moments from their lives, both together and apart, as the inevitability of physical intimacy hangs over them. Directed with great skill by four-time Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke, this is Ian McEwan’s heartfelt and sensitive adaptation of his bestselling novel of the same name.

With Francine Stock. Saoirse Ronan discusses her role in On Chesil Beach, as a young bride whose wedding night goes disastrously wrong with unforeseen consequences, and explains why Ian McEwan didn't mind her ditching some of his dialogue, even though he wrote both the novel and the screenplay. Critic Tim Robey and film buyer Clare Binns report on the classics and calamities they've witnessed at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The ever-controversial A to Z of film-makers ends this week with Z, appropriately enough. And Francine has another odd couple to choose between - the director of Hollywood blockbusters and a sixth generation Chinese neo-realist known as the poet of globalisation.

The Directors UK Podcast is back, and this time we’re talking all things On Chesil Beach with the film’s director Dominic Cooke. Dominic spoke to Gillies Mackinnon about his experience making the film, his background in theatre, and working with Ian McEwan. Do leave us a review if you like what you hear! Music: Loyalty Freak

On the first episode of the new movie podcast from talkRADIO, Jamie East and Hanna Flint discuss the return of the MCU's sweariest hero Deadpool, relationship drama On Chesil Beach, and the 50th anniversary re-issue of the ground breaking sci fi 2001 - A Space Odyssey.Plus, Jamie talks to Josh Brolin about gyms, parties and being the bad guy in the two major superhero movies of 2018.talkFILM podcast Ep #1This podcast contains adult languageIn the first episode of the brand new movie podcast from talkRADIO, Jamie East presents 0’00” - Intro1’50” - Hello to Hanna Flint, chat about different ways to approach movies as a critic, where Jamie reveals he is a ‘basic bitch’, and Hanna is a bit more thoughtful6’54” Deadpool 2 intro/review17’30” Josh Brolin interview, including reveal of his next project32’50” On Chesil Beach review46’00” 2001 - A Space Odyssey anniversary re-issueWhat’s the last movie you like to watch before you die?Let us know what you think of the podcast by using #talkFILM on Twitter. You can tweet Jamie at @jamieeast, Hanna is on @hannaflintand don’t forget to listen to Jamie every weekday afternoon between 1 and 4pm on talkRADIO. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's time for a new number one at the box-office don'tcha think? Well this week the foul-mouthed mercenary Deadpool returns in "Deadpool 2." The orginal surprised everyone - can the sequel surpass expectations? We asked superhero expert Perri Nemiroff of Collider to let us know what she thinks. We try to go easy on the spoilers but the trailer spoils just about anything anyway, but hey, we try. Bill B takes a look at "Book Club" which has a powerhouse cast including Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Candice Bergen. Are they still funny after all these years? Bill McCuddy and Perri discuss the season finale of HBO's hitman comedy "Barry." And speaking of TV, Neil tells us about the TV network Upfronts he attended (and if you don't know what an Upfront is we'll tell you). And Neil discusses the new Saoirse Ronan drama "On Chesil Beach." Oh, and Neil has a bone to pick with Britain's royal wedding. Phew, that's a lot of podcast. You'd better start listening now!

Saoirse Ronan talks to Simon about On Chesil Beach. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Entebbe, Sherlock Gnomes, Life Of The Party and Breaking In. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.

Ian McEwan discusses the process of adapting his novel On Chesil Beach for the big screen. Set in 1962, it tells the story of two young newlyweds spending their honeymoon preoccupied with - and terrified by - the forthcoming consummation of their marriage.Drew McOnie talks about directing and choreographing the first UK staging of Strictly Ballroom: The Musical, based on the much-loved 1992 Baz Luhrmann film that led to a resurgence of ballroom dancing in popular culture.A recent DCMS survey shows that over-65s are increasingly engaged in the arts. Two members of the Elders Theatre Company at the Royal Exchange in Manchester talk about how they not only go to more events since retiring but are actively participating in the arts. And David Cutler of the funding organisation the Baring Foundation and David Slater of arts company Entelechy discuss the benefits of an interest in the arts for older people. Presenter Stig Abell Producer Jerome Weatherald.

In this episode, we check in with those two Best F(r)iends, Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau, learn about the Yakuza with The Outsider, go potentially crazy with Gemini, and basically spoil the plot of On Chesil Beach. Support Us: Fandango Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Android | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS […]

1.21 Jigowatts discuss this week's Movie news!0:59 - Box Office 8:45 - Comic Book Movie News 19:37 - General News Part 1: Jurassic World 3, James Bond, Zorro, White Plastic Sky 32:10 - Trailers (See below for links) 43:24 - General News Part 2: Life Sentence, Hotel Artemis, The Wife 57:32 - Horror Movie News: IT Chapter 2, The Shadow Within 1:05:00 - Movies We Watched This WeekThis week's trailers: Yardie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee24QB3o16o&feature=youtu.be On Chesil Beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6DWDfMDlM&feature=youtu.be Kings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUy0LD3xtXU Ismael’s Ghosts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSfAkqyhx0Q&feature=youtu.be Best Friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTu9N40E_MI&feature=youtu.be patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: https://twitter.com/Mild_Fuzz

Harriett Gilbert talks to comedian Jake Yapp, whose condensed satires include Radio 4 in 4 Minutes, and Ruby Tandoh, runner-up in The Great British Bake Off and cookery writer, about their favourite books. Jake's is Nicholas Again by René Goscinny (author of Asterix) and Jean-Jacques Sempé, translated by Anthea Bell. Ruby loves Nora Ephron's essays I Remember Nothing: and other reflections, written at the end of her life. And Harriett introduces them to On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, which reminds Jake for some reason of the TV series Lost... Producer Beth O'Dea.

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss middle grade books, and interview author and musician Colin Meloy. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Send your thoughts to readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags - https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-rg-dnd-tote Links -   Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/   Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks   Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   Apex Magazine https://www.apex-magazine.com/   Newbury Awards http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal   Harper Collins Twitter https://twitter.com/HarperChildrens   Colin Meloy https://twitter.com/colinmeloy http://colinmeloy.com/ https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062024701 https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062342454 Books Mentioned -   Sourdough by Robin Sloan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374203108   Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250163301   George by Alex Nino https://www.amazon.com/George-Alex-Gino/dp/0545812542   The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060530945   Coraline by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780380807345   The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616205485   Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola, illustrated by Emily Carroll https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763669614   Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781860460197   On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385522403   The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida, translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812985153   Salem’s Lot by Stephen King https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307743671   House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375703768

In a special edition recorded at the BFI London Film Festival, Francine Stock talks to Ian McEwan about his screen work - the films he's adapted, the movies made from his novels, the Hollywood thrillers he's penned, and the ones that got away. The author of Atonement and On Chesil Beach reveals why he prefers to leave film-makers to do what they want with his novels and why the worst thing is to become the bad conscience of a film set, drifting around, saying "that's not what I meant". And why as an author you're treated as a god, but as a screenwriter you're treated like the cleaning lady. Image: Getty Images.

Ian McEwan talks about errors in fiction and the realist novel. Ian McEwan is a writer of short stories and novels whose work has won him worldwide critical acclaim. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, The Cement Garden, Enduring Love, and Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize. His novel Atonement was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film by director Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave. In 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Saturday, and his novel On Chesil Beach was named Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards. McEwan has been named the Reader's Digest Author of the Year for 2008, the 2010 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, and in 2011 was awarded the Jerusalem Prize. He was awarded a CBE in 2000. His most recent novel is Sweet Tooth. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

According to Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, his eclectic cultural interests range from Miss Marple to Star Trek and in this unmissable event, recorded live at Edinburgh International Book Festival, he talks about life beyond politics with one of the most successful British literary novelists of the past 50 years. Ian McEwan is best known for acclaimed novels such as Atonement, Saturday, On Chesil Beach, Enduring Love and the Man Booker Prize-winning Amsterdambut he too boasts a wide range of interests beyond fiction – not least among them film, music and science.

Unedited audio recording of the 2007 event in which Ian McEwan chats with chair Ian Rankin about his early work, influences and most recent publication, On Chesil Beach. Great fun!

It's Week 12, Craig & David go to see Solo: A Star Wars Story, they speak to John MacDonald and receive a brillaint email from Richard Memczak. They've also been to see On Chesil Beach, Sherlock Gnomes with review help from Zac & Harley, Edie and a Cineworld 4DX screening of Deadpool 2. As usual they take a look at the previous Weekends box office results. The winner of the cinema tickets will be revealed at the end of the show, with thanks to Cineworld Hemel Hempstead; noteably Paul & Daniel! If you've got a view on the films you've recently seen, then please email Craig & David @ mymailisworthit@gmail.com, or if you'd like to call in for a live review, then let us know via email and we'll set-up a time and place to record this! Thanks to Rich for the artwork Week 13 will return in a few weeks time! Happy listening!

The 44th Seattle International Film Festival runs from May 17, 2018 through June 10, 2018 and Aaron is joined by returning guest host, and fellow Seattle film critic, Mike Ward to discuss some of the many films SIFF has to offer moviegoers this year.  Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF): https://www.siff.net/festival Beast - 0:12:03 Catwalk: Tales From the Cat Show Circuit - 0:19:00 Champions (Campeones) - 0:26:13 The Russian Five - 0:33:38 On Chesil Beach - 0:42:50 Bodied - 0:47:54 Mountain - 0:55:13 Contact Mike Twitter Facebook Should I See It? Aaron Twitter Facebook  Patrick Twitter Facebook Feelin' Film Facebook Twitter Website Email feelinfilm@gmail.com Feelin' Film on Apple Podcasts Feelin' Film on Google Play Feelin' Film on Stitcher Feelin' Film on TuneIn Feelin' Film on Overcast Feelin' Film on Spotify Join the Facebook Discussion Group Support us on Patreon & get awesome rewards Music: Going Higher - Bensound.com Rate/Review us on iTunes and on your podcast app of choice! It helps bring us exposure so that we can get more people involved in the conversation. Thank you!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/feelin-film/donations