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EPISODE 1600: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to S.C. Gwynne, author of HIS MAJESTY'S AIRSHIP, about the life and tragic death of the British R101 airship, the world's largest flying machine S.C. “Sam” Gwynne is the author of two acclaimed books on American history: Empire of the Summer Moon, which spent 82 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Texas and Oklahoma book prizes; and Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson, which was published in September 2014. It was also a New York Times Bestseller and was named a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pen Literary Award for Biography. His book The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football, was published in September 2016, and was named to a number of “top ten” sports book lists. Sam has written extensively for Texas Monthly, where he was Executive Editor from 2000-2008. His work included cover stories on White House advisor Karl Rove, NASA, the King Ranch, football player Johnny Manziel, and Southwest Airlines. His 2005 story on lethal Houston surgeon Eric Scheffey was published in “The Best American Crime Writing, 2006” by Harper Perennial Press. In 2008 he won the National City and Regional Magazine Award for “Writer of the Year.” He also writes for Outside magazine. His articles include a 2011 story about running the remote Pecos River in Texas, a 2012 piece about Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, where the Americans tested atomic weapons, and a 2017 profile of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Prior to joining Texas Monthly, Sam worked for Time Magazine as Correspondent, Bureau Chief, National Correspondent and Senior Editor. He traveled throughout the United States and to England, Austria, France, Belgium, Spain, and Russia to report stories for Time. He won a number of awards for his Time work, including a National Headliners Award for his work on the Columbine High School shootings. He also won the Gerald Loeb Award, the country's most prestigious award for business writing, the Jack Anderson Award as the best investigative reporter, and the John Hancock Award for Distinguished Financial Writing. He has also written for the New York Times, Harper's, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, California Magazine, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, and other publications. Earlier books were Selling Money, about Sam's adventures in the international loan trade, and The Outlaw Bank, about the global fraud at Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). Before his career in journalism, Sam was a French teacher and an international banker. Sam has a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University and a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied under the acclaimed novelist John Barth. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, the artist Katie Maratta. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Charnas, author of the 2023 PEN Literary Award-winning biography of Detroit music icon J-Dilla, joins Stephen to discuss music sampling - the art of one artists sound recording in another piece of music - and how he would expand protections for sampling artists. Then, Northwestern law professor Peter DiCola stops by to discuss the current law surrounding music sampling, followed by entertainment and intellectual property attorney Richard Busch, who makes the case for the current laws protecting original creators.

Christopher Cox discusses how to leverage deadlines to curb procrastination, improve productivity, and deliver better results. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The worst possible deadline you can give yourself 2) The trick restaurateurs and theater artists use to consistently deliver quality 3) The trick to making self-imposed deadlines more motivating Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep785 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT CHRISTOPHER — Christopher Cox has written about politics, business, books, and science for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Harper's, Wired, and Slate. In 2020, he was named a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He was formerly the chief editor of Harper's Magazine and executive editor of GQ, where he worked on stories that won the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN Literary Award for Journalism, and multiple National Magazine Awards. His book The Deadline Effect is out in paperback now. • Book: The Deadline Effect: Inside Elite Organizations That Have Mastered the Ticking Clock • Website: Deadline-Effect.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Research: “More and Less Effective Updating: The Role of Trajectory Management in Making Sense Again” by Marlys Christianson • Research: Procrastination of Enjoyable Experiences • Research: "Procrastination by pigeons: preference for larger, more delayed work requirements." by J.E. Mazur • Book: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely • Book: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

Journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero covers immigration issues and the current political climate. She is the author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda." Her first book, "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir," won a PEN Literary Award and was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, and The New York Times. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38003]

"As a parent and especially through all this reporting, what I've tried to do is think through these solutions and these fixes we have for everything and make sure that we're not forgetting…that we're thinking about other people. Capitalism won't do it. Self-interest isn't going to do this for us. As silly as it is to think that empathy will do or caring about your fellow humans will do it, I don't know what else there is to hope for. I don't believe that people do stuff purely out of rational self-interest, this libertarian idea that I was quietly pushing against the entire time in Windfall. That we do things just for ourselves or just to make money–that's not been the reality of my lifetime."National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

"As a parent and especially through all this reporting, what I've tried to do is think through these solutions and these fixes we have for everything and make sure that we're not forgetting…that we're thinking about other people. Capitalism won't do it. Self-interest isn't going to do this for us. As silly as it is to think that empathy will do or caring about your fellow humans will do it, I don't know what else there is to hope for. I don't believe that people do stuff purely out of rational self-interest, this libertarian idea that I was quietly pushing against the entire time in Windfall. That we do things just for ourselves or just to make money–that's not been the reality of my lifetime."National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

#030: NASA astrobiologist and author David Grinspoon views humanity in deep time, with plenty of sympathy for our role as caretakers without a set of instructions. He wonders whether we can develop enough self-awareness to see ourselves as a geological force capable of stopping the 6th Mass Extinction we're heading towards?David Grinspoon is an astrobiologist and senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. He is an adjunct professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Science at the University of Colorado. David is also an accomplished, award-winning author, having published: Venus Revealed (LA Times Book Prize finalist),  Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life (2004 Pen Literary Award), Earth in Human Hands (Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2016). To watch a video version of this podcast please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/david-grinspoon-childhoods-end-what-kind-of-planet-changers-do-we-want-to-be-episode-thrityThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce. It also identifies pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs as compared to products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be. But the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing small farms that follow the law. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but are still paying a premium price. The lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

"As a parent and especially through all this reporting, what I've tried to do is think through these solutions and these fixes we have for everything and make sure that we're not forgetting…that we're thinking about other people. Capitalism won't do it. Self-interest isn't going to do this for us. As silly as it is to think that empathy will do or caring about your fellow humans will do it, I don't know what else there is to hope for. I don't believe that people do stuff purely out of rational self-interest, this libertarian idea that I was quietly pushing against the entire time in Windfall. That we do things just for ourselves or just to make money–that's not been the reality of my lifetime."National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Cyrus Nowrasteh was born in Boulder, Colorado of Iranian parents, and lived in Iran as a young boy. A graduate of the USC cinema program, he has worked in the motion picture and television business for over 20 years.He has worked as a writer on a number of TV series, most notably developing and writing the pilot for the hit USA network show, “La Femme Nikita” which ran for five years (1996-2001) and was the most successful series on USA up to that time. In the following years, Cyrus focused on docudrama and history. In 2001 he wrote and directed the highly acclaimed Paramount/Showtime feature presentation, “ The Day Reagan Was Shot.” To this day it is Showtime's highest-rated movie and is available on DVD. The film was executive produced by Oliver Stone and starred Richard Dreyfuss, who earned a SAG best actor nomination for his portrayal of Alexander Haig. It also received an EDDIE award as well as the Golden Satellite Award for Best Cable Motion Picture of 2001. The following year he reteamed with Showtime to write “ 10,000 Black Men Named George,” starring Andre Braugher. It brings to the screen the true story of activist A. Philip Randolph who led the famous Pullman strike of the 1930s. For both of the above films, Cyrus received the PEN Literary Award for best teleplay, becoming the only writer in the history of the PEN awards to win two years in a row in the same category. In 2005 Cyrus was recruited by Steven Spielberg to write an episode of the Dreamworks/TNT miniseries “Into the West,” which was nominated for sixteen Emmy awards and winner of three. He has also performed production rewrites for Paramount Pictures on such notable movies as “The Hunted” (2003, starring Tommy Lee Jones), “Beyond Borders” (2003, starring Angelina Jolie), and “Shooter” (2007, starring Mark Wahlberg). Cyrus became a national figure as the writer and producer of the acclaimed and controversial ABC docudrama, “ The Path to 9/11,” which aired on September 10th and 11th, 2006, to an audience of 28 million viewers. He became the focal point of a partisan political attack which cast him in the public arena appearing on CNN, FOX news, talk radio, and in print in the Wall Street Journal and other publications. The DVD release of that film has been suppressed to this day. Once again, Cyrus has taken on another controversial true story,  THE STONING OF SORAYA M., based on the book of the same title by French/Iranian author Freidoune Sahebjam. A dramatization of an actual stoning incident in Iran, Cyrus adapted the screenplay with his wife,  Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh. Although produced separately, this is their first collaboration. Cyrus is also the director and working for the first time with MPOWER Pictures and producers  Steve McEveety and John Shepherd.The Young Messiah, is a biblical drama  set for release on March 11th, 2016. Filmed in Matera and Rome, Italy, the plot follows Jesus Christ at age 7 when he returns to Nazareth and learns about his true place in the universe as the son of God. Nowrasteh acquired the film rights in 2011, and wrote the script along with his wife Betsy Giffen. Chris Columbus developed the film through his 1492 Pictures banner and helped get financing through Ocean Blue Entertainment. Focus Features/Universal acquired the US distribution rights in 2014. Principal photography began on September 15, 2014 in Matera and Rome, Italy. The film was delivered (completion of post-production) in June, 2015. Infidel 2019An outspoken American journalist,  Jim Caviezel, is kidnapped by the Iranian regime while giving talks in Cairo, Egypt. He is then taken to the Middle East and put on trial for erroneous charges. His wife, a State Department official, tries to use her influence to get the American government involved so that they get her husband back. Contact: http://cyrusnowrasteh.com/

Episode Notes and Links for Episode 74 with Jean Guerrero         In this episode, Pete speaks with award-winning journalist and author, Jean Guerrero. The two talk about her writing and life inspirations, her charismatic and intellectually-curious parents, her work on her incredible memoir, and writing an in-depth piece on white nationalist Stephen Miller. Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in The Best American Essays 2019. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. Months before Trump's family separations captured national attention, her reporting on the practice was cited by members of Congress. She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America, trekking through mountains with coffee smugglers, opium poppy producers and more. She was the 2019 “Journalist of the Year” (Society for Professional Journalists, San Diego) and one of the California Chicano News Media Association's most influential Latina journalists in the region.   Buy Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir   Buy  Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda   Jean Guerrero's Personal Website   Jean Guerrero Interview with Terri Gross and NPR's Fresh Air   “Stephen Miller's Dystopian America” from March 2020 in the New York Times   At about 2:30, Jean discusses her childhood in San Diego, specifically her relationship with language, including how speaking Spanish was often maligned in political circles   At about 6:15, Jean and Pete connect Jean's seemingly disparate books and shout out former Chills at Will guest Gustavo Arellano's well-made LA Times' podcast on Prop 187   At about 6:50, Jean responds to Pete asking about how her father influenced her learning and writing   At about 10:30, Pete and Jean reflect on the loss of language and cultural connections due to restrictions against speaking foreign languages in schools, which leads to Jean quoting the great Reyna Grande's ideas on “subtractive bilingualism”   At about 12:20, Jean references a pivotal event in Maria Hinojosa's memoir that connects to a similar “crossroads” for Jean    At about 14:00, Jean details how she is a combination of both of her parents' philosophies and skills   At about 15:55, Pete asks Jean if she “saw herself” in what she read as a kid; Jean talks about how white male-centric literature has influenced her-she mentions the article she's currently writing that examines this “premium the culture places won white male perspectives”   At about 18:40, Jean discusses fantasy and sci-fi reading as a “refuge” and connecting with outcasts   At about 20:05, Pete connects the ideas expressed by Jean about books as refuge, as he discussed in a bonus episode of the podcast-an addendum to Episode 32   At about 21:15, Jean discusses the formative The Liars' Club by Mary Karr and The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, read in her teacher Steve Brown's class   At about 23:15, Pete and Jean hone in on the unforgettable scenes that depict deaths in the desert of those trying to enter the United States, as depicted in Urrea's book   At about 24:10, Jean further lists some writers and texts that have given her “chills at will,” including Isabel Allende's Paula   At about 27:10, Jean describes the structure/format of her book in relation to the Popul Vuh   At about 28:55, Jean describes the cultivation of her writing skills and interests that eventually led to her becoming a stellar journalist and writer, including great boosts from   At about 31:45, Jean talks about Hatemonger and its inspiration, particularly US' policies regarding the border and immigration     At about 35:35, Jean delves into Stephen Miller's need to exclude and exact revenge, as evidenced in her book, including the opening; this leads to her outlining his childhood and adolescent behavior and ideology    At about 40:50, Jean touches upon discussions with psychologists about Stephen Miller and why she didn't choose to include those interviews   At about 42:30, Jean discusses the special significance and obsession of 9/11 for Stephen Miller and the “refuge of white identity” that came with listening to and communicating with David Horowitz, Rush Limbaugh, Larry Elder, etc.   At about 44:40, Pete compares Tony Soprano to Stephen Miller (yes, you read correctly)   At about 46:30, Jean recounts the statistics about crimes committed by undocumented immigrants that belie the false premise that American Renaissance and Stephen Miller put forth about the immigrants being more prone to crime   At about 47:45, Pete asks Jean her thoughts on the “normalization” of Stephen Miller; Jean talks about him being covered as either an “aberration” without historical context, and/or not calling his views what they are-white racist, nationalist views   At about 52:30, Jean examines Stephen Miller as the logical extensión of Richard Spencer and similar people “mainstreaming” white supremacy through their dress and use of “dog whistles”   At about 56:35, Pete asks about who needs whom more-Stephen Miller or Donald Trump   At about 57:55, Pete wonders what questions Jean would have asked Stephen Miller if she had been able to interview him   At about 59:20, Jean and Pete discuss Stephen's family situation, in which his great-grandmother railed against forgetting the family's US' origins as refugees; this leads to a discussion of the vile Camp of the Saints that Stephen continues to push    At about 1:01:25, Jean describes the coldblooded phone call Stephen made as a kid to former friend Jason Islas   At about 1:03:20, Jean discusses Crux and its origins and challenges in terms of the quote “to ignore the truth is to deny oneself”; this leads to Jean describing the process and emotions associated with jumping into such personal subject matter, including hard, but necessary, work at Goucher College with mentor Suzannah Lessard   At about 1:06:25, Pete talks about Crux as, “in the best sense of the word, ‘unclassifiable' ”   At about 1:07:00, Pete and Jean discuss the moving scenes in which Jean's grandmother details traumas in her life   At about 1:09:10, Jean outlines self-discovery in connection to the origins and history of her family, as well as the power of writing the memoir and her gratitude to her teacher Steve Brown for inspiring her   At about 1:11:00, Pete details some masterful writing by Jean regarding existentialism and “nothingness” and the distinctive experiences of children (especially the girls) of divorced parents   At about 1:14:50, Pete notes the second-person usage of Part IV of the book, and Jean explains the rationale for the usage    At about 1:17:30, Jean gives the background and rationale for the title of her memoir   At about 1:19:43, Jean reads an excerpt from Crux, a second-person address to her father   At about 1:21:06, Jean reads an excerpt from Hatemonger   At about 1:22:55, Jean talks about her exciting work upcoming for The Los Angeles Times as a new columnist, including her desire to debunk misinformation, as she's seen how it has hurt her father so badly You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. You can watch this episode and other episodes on I'm excited to share my next episode with Marcos Breton on Aug 28. Marcos writes for the Sacramento Bee, and is California Opinion Editor for McClatchy Newspapers.

"As a parent and especially through all this reporting, what I've tried to do is think through these solutions and these fixes we have for everything and make sure that we're not forgetting…that we're thinking about other people. Capitalism won't do it. Self-interest isn't going to do this for us. As silly as it is to think that empathy will do or caring about your fellow humans will do it, I don't know what else there is to hope for. I don't believe that people do stuff purely out of rational self-interest, this libertarian idea that I was quietly pushing against the entire time in Windfall. That we do things just for ourselves or just to make money–that's not been the reality of my lifetime."National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

National Magazine Award finalist McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books. His first book, Windfall, won a PEN Literary Award and was named a book of the year by The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Salon, and Amazon.com. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow and Open Society Fellow, he's a cofounder of the journalism cooperative Deca and a board member at Amplifier.· www.mckenziefunk.com · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Stephen Miller, the architect behind many Trump-era immigration policies, recently established America First Legal, a conservative organization aimed at "resisting the radical left's agenda." This week, we break down who Miller is, the policies he enacted, and how he came into power. Later on in the episode, we spoke with journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda about what contributes to Miller's worldview, and why immigration was the most logical vehicle for him to advance white nationalist talking points. Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit and more. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. You can find Jean Guerrero on Twitter and Instagram. Her book Hatemonger is available for purchase. Learn more about Hyphenated America on our website. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter! We offer accessible guides, a weekly newsletter featuring immigration news, and much more! Have a topic that you want broken down? Reach out at team@hyphenatedamerica.org Hosted and Written by Sophia Houdaigui and Maria Castillo Edited by Sophia Houdaigui Music by Ian Yan Audio Excerpt from Fox News --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyphenatedamerica/support

This is a first-in rereading Jean Guerrero's incredible memoir, Crux, I found common themes and extended metaphor with Simon and Garfunkel's "I am a Rock," covered in Episode 32, and so I did a bonus episode! I look forward to doing a more in-depth discussion of Crux on a later episode.     Jean Guerrero is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Her first book, Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, won a PEN Literary Award. Her writing is featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, The Nation, Wired, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit and more. She is an Emmy-winning border reporter, contributing to NPR, the PBS NewsHour and more. Months before Trump's family separations captured national attention, her reporting on the practice was cited by members of Congress. She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America, trekking through mountains with coffee smugglers, opium poppy producers and more. She was 2019 “Journalist of the Year” (Society for Professional Journalists, San Diego) and one of the California Chicano News Media Association's most influential Latina journalists in the region.

Episode #47 features frequent Rattle contributor Ron Koertge and his newest book, Yellow Moving Van. Ron Koertge is the author of many celebrated novels, including Stoner & Spaz, Strays, and The Brimstone Journals, all American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults; Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, an American Library Association Top Ten Sports Books for Youth Selection; and The Arizona Kid, an American Library Association pick for “one of the ten funniest books of the year.” A two-time winner of the PEN Literary Award for Children’s Literature, Koertge is also author of several books of poetry for adults, most recently Yellow Moving Van. He lives in South Pasadena, California. As always, we'll also include live open mic for responses to our weekly prompt. For details on how to participate, either pre-recorded, via Skype, or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Three minute poem. Set a timer for three minutes and write until your three minutes is up. No editing afterward! Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem based on a famous event that occurred in the year of your birth. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Periscope.

Jami Brandli is an award-winning playwright based in Los Angeles and a faculty member in Lesley University's MFA in Creative Writing program. In this episode she discusses "making it" as a playwright, writing strong female characters and her trilogy based on Greek mythology with Emily Earle, Lesley's social media specialist. Jami’s plays include Technicolor Life, S.O.E., M-Theory, ¡SOLDADERA!, Sisters Three, Through the Eye of a Needle, Medusa’s Song, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) which was named in The Kilroys Top 46 List in 2014. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists, WordBRIDGE, The Lark, New York Theatre Workshop, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Launch Pad, The Antaeus Company, Chalk REP, The Road, among other venues. Current 2018-2019 Humanitas Prize PLAY LA playwright. Winner of John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, Holland New Voices Award and Aurora Theatre Company's GAP Prize. Technicolor Life premiered at REP Stage as part of the 2015 Women’s Voices Theater Festival and recently received its Australian premiere at The Depot Theatre. In 2018, BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) receives a joint-world premiere with Moxie Theatre (San Diego) and Promethean Theatre (Chicago), ending with Moving Arts’ production this fall at Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles (LA Time’s Critic’s Choice). Sisters Three will receive its world premiere with The Inkwell Theater (Los Angeles) in December, and Through the Eye of a Needle also received its world premiere at The Road Theatre (Los Angeles) this past spring. She’s been a finalist for the 2016 PEN Literary Award for Drama, Playwrights’ Center Core Writer Fellowship, Princess Grace Award, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Disney ABC TV Fellowship and was also nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Her short works are published with TCG and Smith & Kraus. A proud member of the Playwrights Union, the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, and The Dramatist Guild, Jami teaches dramatic writing at Lesley University's low-residency MFA program. She is represented by the Robert A Freedman Agency and Gramercy Park Entertainment. For more information, visit our show notes.

Elise’s guest today is Elizabeth Letts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels and two phenomenal horse books: The Eighty-Dollar Champion, which was the winner of the 2012 Daniel P Lenehan Award for Media Excellence from the United States Equestrian Foundation; and The Perfect Horse, which won the 2017 PEN Literary Award for Research Nonfiction.   The Eighty-Dollar Champion chronicles the inspiring, true story of destitute immigrant Harry DeLeyer and Snowman, the slaughter-bound plow horse he rescued. Together, Harry and Snowman won post World War II America’s heart by climbing in two short years to the very top of the elite world of show jumping. This beloved pair later appeared on TV shows, the cover of Life magazine, and traveled the world together, giving exhibitions and meeting their devoted fans. Elizabeth’s book, The Perfect Horse, shares the gripping World War II behind-enemy-lines, true story of a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers saving priceless Lipizzan stallions from imminent death. As a lifelong equestrian, Pony Club graduate, and phenomenally gifted writer, Elizabeth is the ideal person to tell these two amazing stories. So compelling are they – and so beautifully written – that these books are a treat for horse lovers and non-horse lovers alike. In this episode, Elizabeth recounts her days writing both books and shares the stories Harry told her about himself and Snowman, the pivotal moments in his life, what it was like interviewing him, and how he described his own relationship with Snowman and what it meant to him. Elizabeth also gives a quick sneak preview of two of her upcoming books!   Topics of Discussion: [:19] About Elise’s guest today, Elizabeth Letts. [1:00] How did Elizabeth originally learn about Harry and Snowman’s story? What about it led her to write her book? [7:15] The amazing story of how Harry saved Snowman from a kill buyer’s truck and understanding why he did it. [17:54] Pivotal moments in Harry’s life and what it was like interviewing him. [21:53] Elizabeth retells the story of when Harry, at one point, sold Snowman because his family needed the money — and how Snowman remarkably found his way back home! [24:56] Elizabeth tells her own “running home” story, similar to Snowman and Harry’s! [26:04] Elizabeth recounts how the horse world first received Harry and Snowman when they began competing. [29:27] How did Harry describe his relationship with Snowman and what it meant to him? [32:33] Elizabeth discusses Harry and Snowman’s remarkable talent and relationship. [35:02] What the world was like back in the 1950s and why the public embraced Harry and Snowman’s story so wholeheartedly. [37:25] How Elizabeth originally heard about the story that inspired her book, The Perfect Horse, and what she learned as she wrote it. [40:09] Elizabeth talks about the people behind the true story. [44:36] What the experience was like to write The Perfect Horse. [48:47] About next week’s episode of Because of Horses. [49:08] Elizabeth’s experience writing The Perfect Horse and what she feels telling the story of these horses (and the acts of bravery surrounding them) accomplishes today. [55:17] How Elizabeth feels when her work is nominated for awards and added to the list of children’s favorites around the world. [58:28] The recognition and awards for The Eighty-Dollar Champion and about the possible upcoming feature film. [1:00:24] How it felt to hit #1 New York Times bestselling author list -- not once, but twice! [1:01:29] About Elizabeth’s new novel coming out soon, Finding Dorothy, and where to find all of her other novels and follow her online.   Know Someone Inspirational, Whose Life Has Been Forever Changed Because of Horses? Because of Horses would love to get to share their story! To recommend someone please send an email to elise@becauseofhorses.com.   Mentioned in this Episode: The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, The Horse That Inspired a Nation, by Elizabeth Letts The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis, by Elizabeth Letts A Parent’s Guide to Riding Lessons: Everything You Need to Know to Survive and Thrive with a Horse-Loving Kid, by Elise Chand To Tell the Truth (TV show) Who Do You Trust? (TV show) Life (magazine) Next week’s episode of Because of Horses Horse Show Jumping Triple Crown Walter Farley Marguerite Henry Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts ElizabethLetts.com   Like what you hear? Because of Horses would love to hear your feedback! Please email elise@becauseofhorses.com to send Because of Horses your thoughts.   To Support the Podcast: ● Donate on Paypal to help keep Because of Horses running — all amounts are welcome! ● Subscribe: RSS Feed, iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, Stitcher, and Player FM

Dawn Michelle Hardy has been called a “literary lobbyist” by Ebony magazine for her ability to help authors reach their readership using strategic promotions, win awards and garner national and local media attention. She has dual roles in the book publishing industry as both publicist and literary agent. She founded Dream Relations, PR & Literary Consulting Agency in 2004. Additionally, in 2011 she joined Serendipity Literary Agency where she aids in shaping  the careers of platformed writers. Some of her clients at Serendipity include Jean McGianni Celestin, co-writer of the Nat Turner biopic The Birth of a Nation, Kent Babb, Washington Post sports writer and PEN Literary Award finalist for Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson, Clay Cane, entertainment editor at BET.com and director of Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. As a publicist she works with both fiction and non-fiction authors including New York Times bestseller D. Watkins, author of The Beastside: Living and Dying While Black in America, Tia Williams, former magazine beauty editor and author of The Perfect Find and Clint Smith award-winning poet, Ted Talk conference speaker and contributor to The New Yorker.   While actively building her client list at Serendipity Literary Agency, Dawn likes memoirist who can capture a larger narrative through their personal story and strong hook, best-in-class professionals and educators in a variety of fields, an engaging and outspoken cultural critic, pop-culture, sports or music enthusiast with a ‘hip’ idea from an untold vantage point.  Creatives who use art as activism. Loud millennials, women and multicultural voices looking to better the world through their writing.  

Saeed Jones was born in Memphis, TN and raised in Lewisville, Texas. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Rutgers University – Newark. He earned his bachelor's degree at Western Kentucky University where he won the Jim Wayne Miller Award for Poetry. His collection Prelude to Bruise was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, one of NPR's Best Books of 2014 and the winner of the 2015 Pen Literary Award for Poetry. Jones is also the literary editor for BuzzFeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000,a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts.Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000, a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts. Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000,a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts.Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000, a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts. Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.