Podcast appearances and mentions of Phillip Roth

NB: Allerførst kommer lige et link til den eksklusive T-shirt fra Lykkeberg & Corydons spontant opståede, men dybfølte bevægelse 'Folkebevægelsen Mod Monokausale Forklaringsmodeller'.  Indtil videre fås den i begrænset periode, i begrænset oplag, men med ubegrænsede muligheder og i alle størrelser.   Denne uges udgave af Lykkeberg og Corydon begynder med en række boganbefalinger fra de to chefredaktørers påskeferie. Rune Lykkeberg har læst Tim Jacksons nye bog The Care Economy, der blandt andet handler om de industrier, der tjener penge på usunde afhængigheder. Bjarne Corydon anbefaler The Plot Against America af Phillip Roth, en bog der forestiller sig et isolationistisk USA, der ikke deltager i Anden Verdenskrig – et fiktivt Amerika, som virkelighedens USA bevæger sig skræmmende tæt på.  Derefter taler de to chefredaktører om den nyligt afdøde Pave Frans. For hvorfor bliver han nu fejret som et moralsk forbillede og progressivt ikon, på trods af han stod i spidsen for en dybt konservativ og skandaliseret institution? Lykkeberg og Corydon diskuterer hvorhvidt Pave Frans' eftermæle er udtryk for et hykleri eller et håb om en mere progressiv katolsk kirke. Til sidst vendes Trumps konflikt med den amerikanske centralbankchef Jerome Powell, der dog hurtigt udvikler sig til en mere principel samtale om centralbankernes rolle i vores samfund. Ifølge Rune Lykkeberg er centralbankerne blevet til samfundsskadelige institutioner, der forvalter massive pengesummer uden for demokratisk kontrol. Et synspunkt, Bjarne Corydon dog ikke helt kan forene sig med.    Lyt med, og hør de to chefredaktører folde deres argumenter ud. 

Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America and the just released VAX UNVAX, let the science speak, also by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. www.SkyhorsePublishing.com

Ep. 80: With philosopher, author, and Auerbach scholar Matthias Bormuth (b.1963), a professor of Comparative Intellectual History at University of Oldenburg. On Erich Auerbach's MIMESIS: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (1946), and how it was influenced by the great Neapolitan thinker Giambattista Vico's NEW SCIENCE (1744). I first met Matthias at this Phillip Roth festival in Newark I wrote about back in March for the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/04/19/reading-myself-and-others-roth-festival-dispatch/ Giambattista Vico was born in Naples in 1668 and was a relatively unknown Professor of Rhetoric at the city's university. He'd work on and revise his ambitious work NEW SCIENCE throughout his life, publishing preliminary versions in 1725 and 1730, though it wasn't till his death in 1744 that the third and final version appeared. Vico's text, most of all his literal and historical view of Homer, would go on to hugely influence James Joyce's writing of Ulysses (a literal retelling of the Odyssey), along with other modernists. Erich Auerbach's 1946 work of literary criticism MIMESIS treats canonical texts from the Bible to Homer to Dante to Don Quixote to Zola up to Virginia Woolf as literal-historical writers trying to understand their time, only speaking from their provisional perspective, rather than as deific texts to unpack as divine providence. A German-Jew who fought for Germany in the first World War, Auerbach worked at a library from 1922-1929, during which time he translated Vico's NEW SCIENCE into German for the first time. Matthias and I try to unpack the connection between these two texts, and to find the relevance between them and our current age. Some notes: Overview of Giambattista Vico (4:22); Auerbach's early years following World War One translating Vico (9:24); Auerbach on Zola's Germinal (40:22); Matthias's critique of Heidegger (50:22); writing as Letter Writing / Auerbach's letters (1:07:33); Matthias on Knausgaard (1:11:55).

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing and publisher of Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, which is the best selling and most-censored book in America. He's also an attorney who has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth. He founded Skyhorse in 2006 and has been involved with every aspect of the book publishing process since then. And if that weren't enough Tony Lyons is co-founder of American Values 2024 - a Super PAC dedicated to electing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to President of the United States. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security lawyer based in New York and a Fellow at the Arabian Peninsula Institute. She runs a national security law practice and is a Program Vice Chair in the Oil and Gas Subcommittee of the American Bar Association.  In addition, Irina Tsukerman is the President of Scarab Rising, Inc., a media and security strategic advisory, and is the Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Outsider focused on foreign policy, geopolitics and security and hosts its program on The Coalition Radio station. Irina specializes in information warfare; and has written and spoken extensively on active measures by Russia, China, and Iran and influence campaigns by Middle Eastern state actors, as well as on the impact of active measures and influence campaigns on the human rights and on the NGO world. Finally, Irina is a member of the editorial board of The Maghreb and Orient Courier.

Bruce Ferber and I discuss reading sports books as a kid; Thomas Wolffe; attending a summer writing session at Andover while in high school; Phillip Roth; Woody Allen; publishers don't like comic novels; the genesis of his novel "I Buried Paul"; meeting struggling musicians without an outlet; session musicians; there are less crappy sitcoms on now; his book "Elevating Oberman" and subsequent tour; "Cascade Falls" and cookie cutter architecture; "The Way We Work" reveals show business from all angles; Billy Van Zandt tells his Lucy story in "The Way We Work"; Steven Van Zandt endorses "I Buried Paul"; going to NYU to be a director; doing six months of film editing and six months writing; writing a spec M*A*S*H* and getting hired to write two Bosom Buddies and a Laverne & Shirley; working on House Calls, Star of the Family, Jennifer Slept Here and Oh, Madeline; writing a Simon & Simon; working on Webster and having Alex Karras be a jerk; Eugene Roche; Facts of Life; bad timing for Gung Ho; Duet; working with Alison LaPlaca, Chris Lemmon, Ellen DeGeneres, Danny Gans; working on Growing Pains but not getting to write an episode; working on Nurses; Coach and Craig T. Nelson; running Home Improvement; the cancer scare episode; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; his spec Cheers; his film "Praying for Tucson" about Presidential candidate Howard Dean; Dan vs.; his wife's passing; pitching an animated series based on the book "Dazzle" about a misanthropic dog

Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America and the just released VAX UNVAX, let the science speak, also by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. www.SkyhorsePublishing.com

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing and publisher of Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, which is the best selling and most-censored book in America. He's also an attorney who has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth. He founded Skyhorse in 2006 and has been involved with every aspect of the book publishing process since then. And if that weren't enough Tony Lyons is co-founder of American Values 2024 - a Super PAC dedicated to electing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to President of the United States. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Michael Hansen-Is an independent filmmaker from Denmark who founded weare138productions and produced the documentaries KILLING FREE SPEECH and KILLING EUROPE His website is http://www.killingfreespeech.com/ GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Bill Still is a former newspaper editor and publisher. He is also a best-selling author and award-winning documentary writer/director with a focus on US monetary policy. He has written for USA Today, The National Enquirer, The Saturday Evening Post, the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, OMNI magazine, and produced the syndicated radio program, Health News. He has written many books, including: New World Order: the Ancient Plan of Secret Societies. He's Wrote and directed three feature-length monetary reform documentaries, including: The Money Masters which as recently as 2015 was the 15th-most-watched documentary on the Internet in history.

Notes and Links to Donovan X. Ramsey's Work    For Episode 192, Pete welcomes Donovan X. Ramsey, and the two discuss, among other things, his early relationship with language, formative and transformative writers like bell hooks, Zora Neale Hurston, Phillip Roth, Colson Whitehead, and the inimitable Toni Morrison, connotations and legal policies that are products of the mythmaking and propagandizing of the “crack era,” the emblematic stories of the people followed in Donovan's book, historical precedent for the over policing and oppression of Black people in the US, and optimism and pessimism to be seen in the stories of the crack era and of today.      Donovan X. Ramsey is a journalist, author, and an indispensable voice on issues of identity, justice, and patterns of power in America. His reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, GQ, WSJ Magazine, Ebony, and Essence, among other outlets. He has been a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, NewsOne, and theGrio. He has served as an editor at The Marshall Project and Complex. Ramsey's writing career has been focused entirely on amplifying the remarkable unheard stories of Black America. He believes in people-first narratives that center individuals and communities—not just issues. His memorable magazine work includes profiles of Deion Sanders, Killer Mike, and Bubba Wallace for GQ; and Bryan Stevenson and Ibram Kendi for WSJ Magazine. Ramsey is the author of When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era, a work of narrative nonfiction exploring how Black America survived the crack epidemic for One World, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher. He was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he concentrated in magazine journalism, and Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta. Today, he calls Los Angeles home.     Buy When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era   Donovan's Website   Review in The New York Times of When Crack Was King   Interview with The Los Angeles Times about When Crack Was King At about 2:55, Donovan gives background on his early reading and writing life   At about 6:00, Donovan and Pete fanboy over Toni Morrison, who Donovan calls “the greatest to ever do it”   At about 7:30, Donovan discusses his love of Phillip Roth's work, as well as that of Zora Neale Hurston and Colston Whitehead's work   At about 9:50, Donovan talks about ideas of representation and how he was taken care of intellectually   At about 12:30, Donovan references current writers who thrill and challenge him, including Colson Whitehead, Mat Johnson, and Stephen King, whose cover of It inspired the cover for When Crack Was King   At about 14:30, Donovan responds to Pete's questions about long form versus “longer form” and how he dove into the research   At about 17:50, Donovan cites jazz as a must when he's writing   At about 19:00, Pete points to “crack era laws” Donovan references that seemed to be seeds for the book, and Donovan responds by mentioning Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration as an important “seed” for the book   At about 23:00, Donovan talks about the connotations that come with the word “crackhead,” as well as government and official language that served to dehumanize drug users and Black Americans    At about 26:20, Pete compliments and notes about a “good historical revision” in use of language that is not dehumanizing    At about 27:10, Pete marks the book's eight-part structure    At about 28:30, Pete points out the book's interesting and necessary historical background that is provided   At about 29:05, Donovan responds to Pete's asking about Nixon's “War on Drugs” and the preceding and succeeding years in drug and policing policies; he specifically speaks about Nixon's “Southern Strategy”    ***At about 33:10, The two discuss connections between events charted in the book with events of today and lament how, since history is cyclical,” there is little   At about 34:20, Pete and Donovan discuss the “inconsistent[cy}” in the US government's and society's view of drugs and punishment    At about 38:15, Donovan explains the Richard Pryor story and Lenny Bias' tragic death in the context of mythmaking and propaganda around crack cocaine   At about 40:10, The newspaper article “Jimmy's World” and the almost unbelievable circus around it is discussed    At about 44:20, “Gabo” weighs in on “Jimmy's World!”   At about 44:45, Donovan charts the historical consequences of racist tropes regarding drugs and their supposed transference of superhuman qualities for Blacks and other people of color   At about 47:25, The two discuss Kurt Schmoke's turn towards the decriminalization of drugs    At about 52:00, Donovan reflects on the economic ties between so much of society and the “War   At about 53:15, The two discuss the Democrats' emphasis on “tough on crime” in the crack era and beyond, as well as the need for making things right now, with the adjustment of laws and redress of past wrongs   At about 57:20, Pete discusses the importance of Dre Dre and other hip musicians as part of bringing the crack era to an end, as well as communities standing up to bring use down   At about 58:40, Donovan talks about pessimism that came after finishing the book in 2020, including the case of young Black men being barred from selling water in Atlanta    At about 1:02:25, Pete highlights the power of the individual stories in the book, including a beautiful andeote involving Shawn-Coach McCray   At about 1:04:00, Donovan responds to Pete's questions about any optimism he feels in examining the individual stories of Shawn, Lennie, Elgin, Kurt, and others   At about 1:06:50, Donovan talks about exciting upcoming projects, including podcast potential    At about 1:08:00, Donovan shouts out Reparations Club in Los Angeles, For Keeps Bookstore in Atlanta, and McNally Jackson Books in New York as good places to buy his book, as well as his social media/contact info    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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Are there times when you wonder what sort of world our children and grandchildren will inherit? Grace Chan has created an online world called Gaia in which the people of 2080 take refuge from the climate ravaged earth. Gaia is clean, beautiful and exciting and it's just announced the opportunity for citizens to shake off their bodies entirely and permanently upload their consciousness to it. Gaia seems to have everything, but is it enough? And… Join Annie Hastwell's discussion with retired ABC Radio host Annie Warburton about Phillip Roth, the author whose book “Portnoy's Complaint” was considered so filthy in 1969 it was banned from being imported into Australia. The ensuing court battles helped define Australia's censorship laws and ensured an end to book bans in this country. Guests: Grace Chan, author of “Every Version of You” Annie Warburton and Annie Hastwell discuss Philip Roth's books “Portnoy's Complaint” (1969), “The Breast” (1972), “My Life as a Man” (1974), “The Human Stain” (2000), “The Plot Against America” (2004) and “Nemesis” (2010) Our Random reader: Mads Grace's tsundoku contains “Empathy” by Fay Lee, “Everything Feels Like the End of the World” by Else Fitzgerald, “Terminal Boredom” by Izumi Suzuki, “I'm waiting for You” by Bo-Young Kim and “Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy” edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak Mads was first inspired to read by the Ramona Quimby books by Beverley Clearey, then “Tomorrow When the World Began” by John Marsden and the complete works of Jane Austen. These days she's reading “Raising Girls” by Maggie Dent, “Seeing Other People” and “Love and Virtue” by Dianna Reid, “The Paper Palace” by Miranda Cowley Heller and “A Room Made of Leaves” by Kate Grenville. Music composed by Quentin Grant Insta: @gracechanwritesInsta: @affirmpressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are there times when you wonder what sort of world our children and grandchildren will inherit? Grace Chan has created an online world called Gaia in which the people of 2080 take refuge from the climate ravaged earth. Gaia is clean, beautiful and exciting and it's just announced the opportunity for citizens to shake off their bodies entirely and permanently upload their consciousness to it. Gaia seems to have everything, but is it enough? And… Join Annie Hastwell's discussion with retired ABC Radio host Annie Warburton about Phillip Roth, the author whose book “Portnoy's Complaint” was considered so filthy in 1969 it was banned from being imported into Australia. The ensuing court battles helped define Australia's censorship laws and ensured an end to book bans in this country. Guests: Grace Chan, author of “Every Version of You” Annie Warburton and Annie Hastwell discuss Philip Roth's books “Portnoy's Complaint” (1969), “The Breast” (1972), “My Life as a Man” (1974), “The Human Stain” (2000), “The Plot Against America” (2004) and “Nemesis” (2010) Our Random reader: Mads Grace's tsundoku contains “Empathy” by Fay Lee, “Everything Feels Like the End of the World” by Else Fitzgerald, “Terminal Boredom” by Izumi Suzuki, “I'm waiting for You” by Bo-Young Kim and “Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy” edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak Mads was first inspired to read by the Ramona Quimby books by Beverley Clearey, then “Tomorrow When the World Began” by John Marsden and the complete works of Jane Austen. These days she's reading “Raising Girls” by Maggie Dent, “Seeing Other People” and “Love and Virtue” by Dianna Reid, “The Paper Palace” by Miranda Cowley Heller and “A Room Made of Leaves” by Kate Grenville. Music composed by Quentin Grant Insta: @gracechanwritesInsta: @affirmpressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America.

Fernando del Priore, Marcelo Moreno, Amelita Baltar, Oscar del Priore, Alberto Gerding, Ernesto Chiarante, Graciela Raffa y Catalina Dlugi nos comparten sus textos elegidos. ¿Qué entendemos por “Ucronía”? ¿Y por “Epanadiplosis”? ¿Qué es un “Haiku”? ¿Qué significa el término “Rothiano”? ¿En qué consiste una “Textualidad”? Refrescamos poemas y narrativas de Humberto Eco, Camila Sosa Villada, Natsume Soseki, Julio Verne, Fiodor Dostoievski. Marco Denevi, Gottfried Benn y Jean Paul Sartre, en las voces de nuestros locutores. Además, ¿Quiénes fueron los precursores y dónde se origino la llamada “Generación Beat”? ¿En qué grupo famoso de rock se inspiró Murakami para realizar alguna de sus obras? ¿Qué otra afición tenía el escritor Vladimir Nabokov? ¿Qué consejos daba Phillip Roth a quién quería ser escritor? ¿A qué se debió la tortuosa relación de Francesco Petrarca con su padre? ¿Cuál es uno de los barrios parisinos qué más se lo relaciona con la literatura universal? Enrique Jardiel Poncela le envía una cartya al escritor y humorista Miguel Mihura, donde saca a relucir las grandes diferencias sociales y culturales que ambos sostenían. Pensamos las letras de las canciones de Leo Masliah, The Doors, Deep Purple y Marilina Bertoldi, entre otros. Como siempre, escuchamos las voces de nuestros oyentes quienes nos acercan sus propios textos o aquellos que escogieron de otros, para seguir creando este infinito collage sonoro de lecturas compartidas. POESIA 1110: Un espacio para pensar y resonar el acto poético en todas sus formas; la poesía de todas las cosas.

We're back! We're talkin schlong! We're on Patreon, finally! It's season 4....after taking a month and half off from the show to work on their tans, Lauren and Drew return, joined, this time, by the beloved novelist Gary Shteyngart, zooming in from his Rolex-stuffed country estate in the Hudson Valley. Knowing that many of our listeners are fans of Gary's work for its wit, humor and aching portrayals of soviet jewish anxiety (cosplaying a lit critic today lol), we decided to engage Gary exclusively on the subject of his penis. Gary, whose penis's travails began at the age of 7 when we underwent a botched circumcision inflicted by singing Hasids, was more than happy to discuss his New Yorker story about the trials and tribulations of his mangled member (his Bildongsroman, if you will). What followed was a congenial discussion of not only his fucked up penis but also his decadent forays into watches, ant larvae, and more; Phillip Roth's sex advice to a young starstruck Gary; and a truly overwhelming raft of dick jokes that all seemed to point in the same direction: a serious consideration of the limits of humor's liberating properties and the delicate process of transforming real ongoing pain into art (I told you I was cosplaying a lit critic today lol). Thank you Gary! Hope to see you at the tinned fish restaurant soon. To the rest of you - patreon.com/ourstruggle. Reach out - teixeira.lauren@gmail.com; deohringer@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ourstrugglepod/message

Munduko txatalez osatua dagoen puzzle deszifraezina da New York. Migrariek eraiki zituzten zerua urratzen duten etxeorratzak eta sortu zuten gerora munduan hain ezaguna egin den iruditeria. Etorkinek idatzi dute hiriaren historia eta 2018tik gaurdaino, Kirmen Uribe euskal idazlea ere nortasun, hizkuntza eta kultura mosaiko honen zati bihurtu da. Central park-en albo batera, mendebaldean, bizi da idazlea Phillip Roth bizi zen eskaratzaren hurrengo zenbakian.  New Yorkeko liburutegi publikoaren beka medio iritsi zen hiri handira eta laugarren urtea du bertan. Manhattan elkarrekin gurutzatu eta eta etxeko atea zabaldu digu.

Munduko txatalez osatua dagoen puzzle deszifraezina da New York. Migrariek eraiki zituzten zerua urratzen duten etxeorratzak eta sortu zuten gerora munduan hain ezaguna egin den iruditeria. Etorkinek idatzi dute hiriaren historia eta 2018tik gaurdaino, Kirmen Uribe euskal idazlea ere nortasun, hizkuntza eta kultura mosaiko honen zati bihurtu da. Central park-en albo batera, mendebaldean, bizi da idazlea Phillip Roth bizi zen eskaratzaren hurrengo zenbakian.  New Yorkeko liburutegi publikoaren beka medio iritsi zen hiri handira eta laugarren urtea du bertan. Manhattan elkarrekin gurutzatu eta eta etxeko atea zabaldu digu.

Munduko txatalez osatua dagoen puzzle deszifraezina da New York. Migrariek eraiki zituzten zerua urratzen duten etxeorratzak eta sortu zuten gerora munduan hain ezaguna egin den iruditeria. Etorkinek idatzi dute hiriaren historia eta 2018tik gaurdaino, Kirmen Uribe euskal idazlea ere nortasun, hizkuntza eta kultura mosaiko honen zati bihurtu da. Central park-en albo batera, mendebaldean, bizi da idazlea Phillip Roth bizi zen eskaratzaren hurrengo zenbakian.  New Yorkeko liburutegi publikoaren beka medio iritsi zen hiri handira eta laugarren urtea du bertan. Manhattan elkarrekin gurutzatu eta eta etxeko atea zabaldu digu.

"In an astonishing feat of narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threatens to destroy his small, safe corner of America - and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother."

About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s book, The Real Anthony Fauci, with Sofia Karstens and Tony Lyons Today we're meeting with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s publisher Tony Lyons, President of Skyhorse Publishing, and Sofia Karsten who worked closely with Kennedy on the book and works closely with Children's Health Defense to discuss The Real Anthony Fauci, Kennedy's #1 Amazon, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publisher's Weekly National Bestseller that's already sold a million copies since its recent release--despite a total media blackout and censorship at every level. Pharma-funded mainstream media has convinced millions of Americans that Dr. Anthony Fauci is a hero. According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he is anything but. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 billion in annual taxpayer-provided funding for scientific research, allowing him to dictate the subject, content, and outcome of scientific health research across the globe. Fauci uses the financial clout at his disposal to wield extraordinary influence over hospitals, universities, journals, and thousands of influential doctors and scientists—whose careers and institutions he has the power to ruin, advance, or reward.   During more than a year of painstaking and meticulous research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unearthed a shocking story that obliterates media spin on Dr. Fauci . . . and that will alarm every American—Democrat or Republican—who cares about democracy, our Constitution, and the future of our children's health.   The Real Anthony Fauci reveals how “America's Doctor” launched his career during the early AIDS crisis by partnering with pharmaceutical companies to sabotage safe and effective off-patent therapeutic treatments for AIDS. Fauci orchestrated fraudulent studies, and then pressured US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators into approving a deadly chemotherapy treatment he had good reason to know was worthless against AIDS. Fauci repeatedly violated federal laws to allow his Pharma partners to use impoverished and dark-skinned children as lab rats in deadly experiments with toxic AIDS and cancer chemotherapies.   In early 2000, Fauci shook hands with Bill Gates in the library of Gates' $147 million Seattle mansion, cementing a partnership that would aim to control an increasingly profitable $60 billion global vaccine enterprise with unlimited growth potential. Through funding leverage and carefully cultivated personal relationships with heads of state and leading media and social media institutions, the Pharma-Fauci-Gates alliance exercises dominion over global health policy.   The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent. Bio: Sofia Karstens is an activist who works closely with Children's Health Defense and Robert F Kennedy Jr. Sofia worked on Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America. Sofia entered into the “Medical Industrial Complex” fight against medical tyranny years ago when her mother was diagnosed with Lyme disease, at which point she became aware of the institutional corruption and the stranglehold the pharmaceutical industry has on medicine and the medical orthodoxy, and how the corrupt system precludes informed consent and individual choice when it comes to patients' health. Sofia lives and works in Los Angeles and she collaborates with many like-minded groups and organizations within the cause. Websites/links: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Anthony-Fauci-Democracy-Childrens/dp/1510766804 https://www.instagram.com/childrenshealthdefense/ https://childrenshealthdefense.org https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ Sofia's links: https://www.instagram.com/sofiajkarstens/ https://twitter.com/SofiaJLondon Bio: Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which has sold over 800,000 copies in under 3 months. https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com Call in and Chat with Dr. Jamie during Live Show with Video Stream: Call 646-558-8656 ID: 8836953587 press #.  To Ask a Question press *9 to raise your hand Tune-in to “Ask Dr. Love Radio” America's no. 1 Relationship Advice show, syndicated in 5 of the top 10 major US markets is an hourly national radio show that guides intimate partners, friends, family members and co-workers to transform conflict into connection for a lifetime of lasting love. Ask Dr. Love® is the rescue remedy for the pandemic-induced epidemic of failed relationships.! For more information about Dr. Turndorf follow her on Facebook: askdrlove Instagram: DrJamieTurndorf Twitter: @askdrlove and visit www.askdrlove.com.

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, we are joined in the studio by author and educator, Stormy Lynn! We play a game of WEIRD HYPOTHETICALS / WOULD YOU RATHER! We get to hear about that time Stormy cried over some potatoes in STORYTIME! We interview Stormy about her book THE LITTLE DOOR, and she shares her controversial opinion of a beloved food item! And she reads a liver-tastic erotic excerpt from a Phillip Roth novel in CRINGEY COPULATION! #BookTube #Bookish #WritingCommunityTHE LITTLE DOOR by Stormy Lynn is available on Amazon: https://amzn.com/dp/B0978NKW42You can find Stormy Lynn's website here: https://stormylynnwrites.comCheck us out on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dmiwpodcast?You can find the audio version of this show wherever you download your favorite podcasts!You can support Don't Make It Weird by shopping at our official merch store! Every penny goes right back into making the show!: http://store.dontmakeitweird.net/A special shout-out to Emel Garden Shop for all their wonderful support. Use promo code WEIRD at checkout for 10% off your first order. https://www.etsy.com/shop/emelgardenshopDon't Make It Weird Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMIWPodcastDaniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanQwritesthingDina on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DinasaurusDProducer Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShaceHoldu--------------------------Music Credit:Swing Rabbit ! Swing ! by Amarià https://soundcloud.com/amariamusiqueCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-swing-rabbit-swingMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lt7fn1NVxQMSupport the show (https://paypal.me/dmiwpod)

Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth, and Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America. www.SkyhorsePublishing.com www.freedommail.us

THE MODERN-DAY BOOK BURNING IS HERE Cisco and Falzon Hour Broadcast in Politics Call in to speak with the host: Cisco Acosta, Mark Falzon, and guest (845) 262-0988 Join us tonight, at 9:00 pm eastern time, with our guest: Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America. Tony Lyons, President and Publisher at Skyhorse, and an attorney, was Publisher at The Lyons Press between 1997 and 2004. He founded Skyhorse in 2006 and has been involved with every aspect of the book publishing process. Starting with a small team of people, some of whom still work for Skyhorse, Tony has steadily built the company from a start-up to an increasingly prominent mid-sized publisher.   Topics for discussion:  Anthony Fauci, Censorship in America by Big Tech, Robert F Kennedy Jr. Show Writer: Doreen Ann Show Sponsor: Studentsforabetterfuture.com

Access to integrative therapy associated with better breast cancer survival Bryn Mawr Hospital and IQVIA, Inc., December 29 2021. An article that appeared on December 18, 2021 in the Journal of Oncology reported improved breast cancer survival among patients who had access to integrative therapies, including nutrition consultations or programs, exercise consultations or programs, patient support groups or patient-survivor pairings, spiritual services, psycho-oncology support, massage therapy, meditation or mindfulness, yoga, acupuncture or acupressure, music or art therapy, Reiki or therapeutic healing touch, and tai chi or qi gong. (NEXT) Substantial weight loss can reduce risk of severe COVID-19 complications Successful weight-loss intervention before infection associated with 60% lower risk of severe disease in patients with obesity Cleveland Clinic, December 29, 2021 A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among patients with obesity, prior weight loss achieved with bariatric surgery was associated with a 60% lower risk of developing severe complications from COVID-19 infection. The research was published in the journal JAMA Surgery. Numerous studies have established obesity as a major risk factor for developing serious illness from an infection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Obesity weakens the immune system, creates a chronic inflammatory state, and increases risk for cardiovascular disease, blood clots, and lung conditions. All of these conditions can complicate COVID-19. (NEXT) Trial finds Ginkgo biloba may help stroke survivors maintain cognitive function Nanjing University in China, January 2, 2022 Life Extension Update starts the New Year with fresh findings concerning a potential benefit for Ginkgo biloba in ischemic stroke survivors. The herb could help maintain the brain's command and control ability known as executive function, as well as aid in other areas at risk of decline among those who have experienced a stroke. On December 18, 2017, the journal Stroke & Vascular Neurology reported positive cognitive effects in association with supplementation with Ginkgo biloba among men and women who had recently experienced an ischemic stroke. Post-stroke cognitive decline has been found to affect approximately 30% of stroke survivors, and can be progressive. According to the authors  possible mechanisms for ginkgo's benefits in stroke patients include prevention of programmed cell death and increased cerebral blood flow. (NEXT) Doing less, achieving more: How the practice of wu-wei can boost athletes' performance  Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), January 4, 2022 When athletes experience the state of flow or are in the ‘zone', they sometimes describe the feeling as one of effortlessness. Although their exertions may feel effortless, what their bodies achieve in terms of performance can be extraordinary. In recent years, an increasing number of sport psychologists recommend that athletes practice mindfulness as part of their mental preparation for competing. Mindfulness aims to develop a non-judgemental awareness of the present moment, and can not only improve focus, but also promote that elusive state of flow. In a conceptual review published in KeAi's Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, a group of researchers assert that the ancient Chinese wisdom of wu-wei, which can be understood as non-doing or non-striving, is a natural extension of mindfulness training for athletes. (NEXT) Researchers find one autoimmune disease could lead to another University of Colorado, January 4, 2022 Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another. The scientists serendipitously found that mice with antibody-induced rheumatoid arthritis in their joints went on to develop spinal lesions similar to those in axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) which causes fusion of the vertebrate and curvature, or bending, of the backbone. Our results suggest that one autoimmune disease, such as inflammatory arthritis, may also lead to a secondary autoimmune disease such as AxSpA," said the study's lead author Nirmal Banda, Ph.D., professor in the division of rheumatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "This interesting disease association may be due to the binding of anti-collagen autoantibodies to the spine, or to some alteration of the immune system that requires further investigation." (NEXT) Canola oil in the diet accelerates brain damage and increases the risk of dementia Temple University January 3, 2022 Canola oil is one of the most popular vegetable oils in the world. However, many integrative healthcare providers are sounding the alarm about this seemingly harmless oil. And, as you already know, “popular” doesn't always mean it's healthy for us. For example, a new study out of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and published in the journal Scientific Reportshas linked canola oil with a decrease in memory and learning indicative of Alzheimer's disease – the most common form of dementia. It's also associated with triggering unwanted weight gain. In short, canola oil seems to be doing more harm than good, especially inside the brain. Canola oil actually increased the risk factors linked to Alzheimer's disease (GUEST) Tony Lyons Subject:  The Censorship of Bobby Kennedy's books (and other books), The Real Anthony Fauci Tony Lyons is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has published over 10,000 volumes and has made a name for itself by publishing highly controversial books on vaccine risks, autism and more recently books countering the official Covid-19 narrative. For years, Tony has fought against book censorship, including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, and Phillip Roth's biography. He is the publisher of Robert Kennedy Jr's new book, The Real Anthony Fauci, which is currently the nation's bestselling and yet the most censored book in America.  Skyhorse's website is skyhorsepublishing.com

The last Buff Show of 2021 is here! We are ready to rock 2022 but first we have some unanswered questions in 2021. Dr. Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. known world-wide as America's Psychiatrist is the host of Dr. Carole's Couch on VoiceAmerica.com, and The Terrorist Therapist® Podcast. She is a forensic psychiatrist/expert witness, bestselling-award-winning author of 4 books - 2 on terrorism and 2 on relationships. She is here to discuss the #GhislaineMaxwell trail. What is next and much more. Censorship in 2021 was off the charts. Tony Lyons is here, he is the president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a company that has over 10,000 books in print. Tony has fought the censorship of numerous books, recently including books by Woody Allen, Alan Dershowitz, the biography of Phillip Roth and Robert F Kennedy Jr's new book The Real Anthony Fauci, which is the bestselling and most-censored book in America. Elon Musk Warns Civilization Will ‘Crumble' Without People Having More Kids, Mr. Dad is Available to Respond, Are We Doomed? Armin Brott, aka Mr. Dad,  is here, he is a spokesman for the Men's Health Network. He is author of The New Father: A Dad's Guide to The Toddler Years, a nationally published Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thebuffshow) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-buff-show/support

Episode 86 Notes and Links to Mark Athitakis' Work            On Episode 86 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Mark Athitakis, and the two talk about Mark's varied reading, his various writing and editing jobs, his role as book critic and literary reviewer, ideas of the critic as objective chronicler, and his work that highlights underappreciated writers and Midwestern writers.              Mark Athitakis is a writer, editor, critic, blogger, reporter, essayist, white-paper-ist. He has written short and long pieces for publications like The New York Times and Washington Post, published two books, and provided editorial assistance from basic proofreading to deeper guidance on book-length projects. He has taught, consulted, and generally helped people tell their stories better. His particular expertise is in association/nonprofit content and literary criticism, but he delivers professional work in a variety of contexts.   October 4, 2021 Review in USA Today of Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads September 13, 2021 Review in The Los Angeles Times of Rabih Alameddine's The Wrong End of the Telescope -“This Refugee Novel Knows it Can't Change the World”    Authory.com Page for Mark-links to 300+ past publications   Buy The New Midwest at Bookshop.org   At about 2:00, Mark discusses his multifaceted career and the different types of writing he does as a “white paper-ist” At about 4:25, Mark talks about his childhood, as a child of immigrants from Crete, Greece, and the ways in which language and reading and immigrant tradition affected his later expertise with writing  At about 7:30, Mark talks about his early reading and having his “head turned sideways” by writers like Nelson Algren and Harry Mark Petrakis who wrote about place, and immigrant communities such as he knew growing up in Chicago; he also references Paul Fussell's Class and its impact on him At about 13:30, Mark talks about more recent reading that has informed his love of literature and his own writing, including William Faulkner, Phillip Roth, Marilyn Robisnon, and admired critics like Parul Sehgal, Patricia Lockwood, Laura Miller, Leslie Jamison, and Elizabeth Nelson At about 18:20, Mark responds to Pete's question about moments in which he felt that his work resonated, and he talks about “really [taking] to it” when he began doing portraits of artists like Brian Wilson At about 21:00, Mark talks about the importance of the alt-weekly in nurturing young writers, and the declining impact of these alt-weeklies At about 22:25, Pete asks Mark about editing others' work, especially with writing as a supposed solitary activity; Mark talks about his recent role as a writer-in-residence at the public library and what he learned from it At about 26:40, Pete wonders about objectivity when it comes to criticism  At about 30:05, Pete inquires into if and how reading as a critic affects Mark's reading for pleasure; he also asks Mark about the philosophy of “bashing” and negative reviews At about 36:25, Mark responds to the Pete's musings about the “democratization of reviews” and how this affects him At about 38:00, Pete and Mark discuss Jonathan Franzen and his role as “controversial”; Pete cites parts of Mark's recent positive review of Franzen's Crossroads At about 42:15, Pete asks Mark about the portrait he wrote for the LA Times about Rabih Alameddine and if Mark sees a need to be an evangelist or activist with a book like this one At about 49:30, Pete and Mark discuss The New Midwest, Mark's book, and Mark talks about the genesis and aim of the book, with Belt Magazine providing impetus At about 54:00, Mark discusses his desire to avoid putting Chicago and Midwestern literature in opposition to other literary scenes in his book, but instead to celebrate the Midwestern scene At about 57:00, Mark salutes Marilynne Robinson in citing her as a true Midwest writer and underappreciated student and chronicler of the region At about 59:30, the two discuss David Foster Wallace's work as Pete asks Mark if he is a “Midwest writer” and Mark's thoughts about his work At about 1:03:20, Mark reads a piece of his that he deems a bit different from his usual-a piece from The Washington Post about “quarantine reading”; Pete and Mark discuss the article's ideas At about 1:08:00, Mark gives his contact information         You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for the next episode, a conversation with Natalia Sylvester, YA author extraordinaire. She has written, among other books, the award-winning Running, and her upcoming book is Breathe and Count Back from Ten, comes out in May 2022. The episode will air on October 22.

In this episode of the Hamilton Review, Dr. Bob has a wonderful discussion with Dr. Jeff Wasson, Pediatrician and Founder of Tenth Street Pediatrics in Santa Monica, CA.  Dr. Wasson shares about his journey into medicine and pediatrics and then Dr. Wasson and Dr. Bob talk extensively about the current world of pediatrics. Don't miss this great conversation! Here is Dr. Wasson's Bio in his own words: My interest in medicine, actually began back in the Bronx during my summer college job as a life guard. At the age of eighteen, I was involved with the resuscitation of an elderly gentleman who suffered a heart attack.The tragedy of his death was an epiphany for me, and I immediately shifted my course load to pre-med at the State University of New York at Buffalo where I had been an engineering major. Four years later, I was admitted to UCLA medical school and traveled west from Buffalo, New York, on a dreary January day, to tour UCLA and its environs. Well, need I say more? I was sold at my first palm tree sighting.  I loved medical school, and was honored by being selected  by the faculty, into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society.  As I rotated through the various sub specialties such as surgery, emergency medicine, radiology and pediatrics, I tried to envision myself in each. But it was the children that captured my heart.They were too fun and honest. Yes, they get illnesses, but they overwhelmingly get better, and I enjoyed educating the families and reassuring them along the way. As a rather outgoing, and informal individual, I seemed a natural fit for relating well to the children and adolescents. After medical school, I completed my pediatric residency at Harbor General Hospital, a UCLA affiliated program. From there I took my first job at the East Los Angeles Child and Youth Clinic in Boyle Heights, a Latino community, where I both improved my Spanish language proficiency and found an even deeper love for Los Angeles, until then just a city of sun and palms.  After 3 gratifying years at the clinic I decided to enter private practice on the Westside and ultimately helped form the nucleus of what is now 10th Street Pediatrics. Annually, for the past 20 years, and in concert with All Saints Church, in Beverly Hills, I have lead a team of doctors, nurses and volunteers to remote  areas of Honduras. We convert their churches into medical clinics and care for approximately 1200 patients during our one week mission whom we have come to know so well. This volunteer work over the years has been one of the most moving experiences of my life. I've been blessed with 2 wonderful adult children, Sam, a successful writer and Sophie, a burgeoning psychologist. My wife, Maria, is a Gynecologic Nurse Practitioner in Santa Monica. We live in Venice and share a love of cinema, nature and travel to far away places, when our busy lives allow it.  On my personal time, I love reading, with my favorites being Phillip Roth and William Styron, and  try to carve out an hour for my daily fix of Rachel Maddow. You'll find me either rollerblading or bicycle riding on the bike path in Venice a few times a week and yearly on the slopes of Mammoth, no better than a "solid blue." I'm loyal to my Bronx upbringing, hence my love of the frustrating Knicks, and my boyhood hero, Willie Mays. How to contact Dr. Jeff Wasson: Tenth Street Pediatrics Website    Tenth Street Pediatrics Instagram    How to contact Dr. Bob:   YouTube Instagram Facebook Seven Secrets Of The Newborn Website Pacific Ocean Pediatrics

On this weeks Book(ish) I sit down with Deakin lecturer and author Andrew Dean to talk The Ghost Writer by Phillip Roth. Our conversation includes choosing whether to call yourself a doctor, studying in Oxford and when comedy doesn't commit. Enjoy!Books discussed:The Ghost Writer by Phillip RothHorse Walks Into A Bar by David GrossmanThe Anatomy Lesson by Phillip RothPortnoy's Complaint by Phillip RothGoodbye Columbus by Phillip RothYou can follow Andrew on Twitter.Follow Bookish Comedy on Twitter and Instagram.Sign up to our newsletter here. Join our facebook group here.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?Sanspants+ | Podkeep | USB Tapes | MerchWant to get in contact with us?Email | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Reddit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blake Bailey gained fame for telling the stories of famous men. But before that, he was a beloved middle school teacher—who went on to have questionable sexual relationships with several of his former eighth grade students. When his biography of Phillip Roth was published this spring, some former students started to speak out about their experiences with Bailey. A few revealed that after years of staying in touch with them as a mentor of sorts, he had made unwelcome sexual advances. Former student Eve Crawford Payton says he raped her when she was 22 years old. On today’s episode, Slate news director Susan Matthews is first joined by colleagues Josh Levin and Molly Olmstead, who were her collaborators on “Mr. Bailey’s Class.” They unpack what it was like to work on the piece, which stories about sexual assault get told, and what that means for journalism as a mechanism for obtaining justice. Later in the show, Matthews is joined by Eve Crawford Peyton. Peyton wrote an essay for Slate, detailing her experiences with Bailey, including the alleged rape. She talks to Susan about what her life has been like in the aftermath of the Bailey revelations and her struggle to juggle her conflicting emotions about her former mentor.      We’re so excited that the Waves is back as a place to have these important conversations. Going forward, each week on The Waves, a different pair of hosts will talk about one big thing that’s on their minds. But this week, we needed to break the brand-new format.   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth, with editorial oversight by Susan Matthews and June Thomas.    Send feedback and recommendations on what The Waves should cover to thewaves@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Bailey gained fame for telling the stories of famous men. But before that, he was a beloved middle school teacher—who went on to have questionable sexual relationships with several of his former eighth grade students. When his biography of Phillip Roth was published this spring, some former students started to speak out about their experiences with Bailey. A few revealed that after years of staying in touch with them as a mentor of sorts, he had made unwelcome sexual advances. Former student Eve Crawford Payton says he raped her when she was 22 years old. On today’s episode, Slate news director Susan Matthews is first joined by colleagues Josh Levin and Molly Olmstead, who were her collaborators on “Mr. Bailey’s Class.” They unpack what it was like to work on the piece, which stories about sexual assault get told, and what that means for journalism as a mechanism for obtaining justice. Later in the show, Matthews is joined by Eve Crawford Peyton. Peyton wrote an essay for Slate, detailing her experiences with Bailey, including the alleged rape. She talks to Susan about what her life has been like in the aftermath of the Bailey revelations and her struggle to juggle her conflicting emotions about her former mentor.      We’re so excited that the Waves is back as a place to have these important conversations. Going forward, each week on The Waves, a different pair of hosts will talk about one big thing that’s on their minds. But this week, we needed to break the brand-new format.   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth, with editorial oversight by Susan Matthews and June Thomas.    Send feedback and recommendations on what The Waves should cover to thewaves@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En halv milliard kroner. Så mange penge er 'en kvinde, der sider i et vindue' værd. I hvert fald, hvis det er penslet af Pablo Picasso. Maleriet af den spanske kubist er på en auktion i New York netop gået for svimlende 90 millioner dollars. Psykisk vold i parforhold kan være dybt problematisk og traumatiserende. Og når det kommer til psykisk vold, som mænd udsættes for, så er der måske ikke nok fokus. Dr.dk har beskrevet en penibel sag fra bogbranchen i USA. Forfatteren Blake Bailey har skrevet en biografi om en anden amerikansk forfatter, Phillip Roth. Bogen er blevet rost til skyerne - så langt, så godt. Men Blake Baily er pt. beskyldt for voldtægt og for at have groomet 8. klasses-elever, mens han var deres lærer - for så senere at indlede forhold til dem. Dr.dk har talt med Morten Hesseldahl, direktør hos Gyldendal, som havde nogle ret markante holdninger til sagen: Han kan ikke se noget problem i at udgive Baileys bog. Medvirkende: Christina Copty, psykoterapeut med speciale i destruktive forhold. Rasmus Peter Fischer, kurator og gallerist på Galleri Wolfsen samt kunstsamler siden han var 15 år. Morten Hesseldahl, direktør hos Gyldendal.

Episode Notes This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the Oscars in a pandemic year. Then the panel dives into the Bob Odenkirk action flick Nobody. Finally, the group discusses the allegations of workplace harassment against the producer Scott Rudin, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the fallout surrounding sexual assault allegations against Blake Bailey, who published a biography of Phillip Roth earlier this month. Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Jasmine Ellis. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Email the hosts at culturefest@slate.com Endorsements Dana: Call My Agent! and the accompanying French podcast Julia: Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussel Sprouts With Honey Mustard recipe from the New York Times Steve: Sturgill Simpson, specifically his NPR Tiny Desk concert and “The Woman Who Shattered the Myth of the Free Market” by Zachary D. Carter in the New York Times  Further Reading  “Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants” by Anne Victoria Clark, Jackson McHenry, Lila Shapiro, Gazelle Emami, Helen Shaw, Tara Abell, Nate Jones, E. Alex Jung, and Megh Wright in Vulture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the Oscars in a pandemic year. Then the panel dives into the Bob Odenkirk action flick Nobody. Finally, the group discusses the allegations of workplace harassment against the producer Scott Rudin, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the fallout surrounding sexual assault allegations against Blake Bailey, who published a biography of Phillip Roth earlier this month. Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Jasmine Ellis. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Email the hosts at culturefest@slate.com Endorsements Dana: Call My Agent! and the accompanying French podcast Julia: Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussel Sprouts With Honey Mustard recipe from the New York Times Steve: Sturgill Simpson, specifically his NPR Tiny Desk concert and “The Woman Who Shattered the Myth of the Free Market” by Zachary D. Carter in the New York Times  Further Reading  “Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants” by Anne Victoria Clark, Jackson McHenry, Lila Shapiro, Gazelle Emami, Helen Shaw, Tara Abell, Nate Jones, E. Alex Jung, and Megh Wright in Vulture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the Oscars in a pandemic year. Then the panel dives into the Bob Odenkirk action flick Nobody. Finally, the group discusses the allegations of workplace harassment against the producer Scott Rudin, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the fallout surrounding sexual assault allegations against Blake Bailey, who published a biography of Phillip Roth earlier this month. Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Jasmine Ellis. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Email the hosts at culturefest@slate.com Endorsements Dana: Call My Agent! and the accompanying French podcast Julia: Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussel Sprouts With Honey Mustard recipe from the New York Times Steve: Sturgill Simpson, specifically his NPR Tiny Desk concert and “The Woman Who Shattered the Myth of the Free Market” by Zachary D. Carter in the New York Times  Further Reading  “Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants” by Anne Victoria Clark, Jackson McHenry, Lila Shapiro, Gazelle Emami, Helen Shaw, Tara Abell, Nate Jones, E. Alex Jung, and Megh Wright in Vulture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Struggle returns, and this time with highly prestigious guest Christian Lorentzen! In addition to being our new token Gen X friend, Christian is a famous literary critic whose work appears regularly in Harper's, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement and other high falutin venues. He has not only reviewed book 6 of My Struggle for TLS but SMOKED CIGARETTES WITH THE MAN HIMSELF during an interview for New York magazine. In this episode we discuss one of the most memorable passages of My Struggle book 1, the beer on the hill saga. If you would like to read along this passage starts at roughly page 62 in kindle and page 56 in analog.cheat sheet:1:00 - Christian recounts his meeting with KOK and confirms that the man is indeed six and a half feet tall. Also: some NYC literary world color including horny Jeffrey Eugenides13:22 - We start discussing the amazingly mundane hero's journey that takes up about 20% of this book, of teen Karl Ove smuggling beer to a new year's eve party. How does this section fit into the paradigm Christian outlines for us about the transition in contemporary literature, over the past few decades, from romanticism with a leg in fantasy to romanticism of the banal? Also, some meta-critical discussion of how Knausgaard became an international literary sensation, in light of Christian's infamous 2019 meta critical essay in Harper's45:30 - Touching off from Knausgaard's description of the "hostile" rooms in the family home, we get into an interesting discussion of what might be called Knausgaardian essentialism - his technique of trying to make something of nothing by probing the essences of both people as well as inanimate objects as mundane as gravel. 1:08:00 - We discuss the parquet factory as a motif in this book and get nostalgic about light industry.Thank you for listening! And if you would like more of Christian, you can find him on twitter @xlorentzen. He has a piece about Phillip Roth upcoming in the new Bookforum and you can find his piece about literature in the Trump era for Harper's here.As always, would love to hear from listeners - you can DM us on Twitter @OurStrugglePod or reach us at teixeira.lauren@gmail.com or deohringer@gmail.com intro: Guided by Voices - Game of Pricksoutro: Guided by Voices- Game of Pricks covered by Andrew Ohringer   

En el episodio 30 de Poesía 1110: Pablo Marchetti , Marcelo Moreno, Demetrio López, Franco Torchia, Pablo Gorlero, Rubén Stella y Amelita Baltar , nos comparten sus textos elegidos. ¿A qué llamamos Antítesis, Neologismo y Sinécdoque? ¿Qué entendemos por Argumento? ¿Qué es un Seudónimo? Descubrimos por qué Don DeLillo prefería la máquina de escribir a la computadora. y qué consejo le dio Phillip Roth a Julian Trepper , acerca del oficio de escritor ¿Qué cuenta Virginia Wolf en su novela autobiográfica “Al faro”? ¿Qué relación existe entre Moliere y la famosa superstición sobre el color amarillo en el teatro? Conocemos la repercusión que tuvieron las primeras críticas de la novela “Adán Buenosayres”.y revelamos una de las fobias que padece el novelista Stephen King. Julio Cortázar le escribe una carta a Edith Aron, la mujer que lo inspiró para crear su célebre personaje de LA Maga. Escuchamos, en las voces de nuestros locutores, los pensamientos, poemas y escritos de Jorge Luis Borges, Marki Starfield, Arthur Rimbaud, Zvonko Taneski, José Saramago, Ernesto Sábato y Joseph Conrad; y nos detenemos a pensar las letras de Charly García, Vetusta Morla, Fito Páez, Haben Gillespie, entre otros. Poesía 1110: Un espacio para pensar y resonar el acto poético en todas sus formas; La poesía de todas las cosas.

  Show Notes and Links to Pete Croatto's Work On Episode 31, Pete is honored to talk with Pete Croatto about freelance writing, chill-inducing texts and lines, the importance of the David Stern and Larry O'Brien years in the growth of the modern NBA, athletes and activism, and much more. The bulk of the discussion is centered around Pete Croatto's recently-published From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA, an impeccably-researched and engrossing read. Pete Croatto is a freelance writer in Ithaca, New York. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Grantland, SI.com, VICE Sports, and Publishers Weekly. His first book, From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA, about the revolutionary change in the NBA between the years 1975-1989, is published by Atria Books and is out now.    Buy From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA! Pete Croatto's Twitter Account Marvin Gaye's 1983 National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game-video Pete Croatto's 2013 Grantland Article about the Marvin Gaye National Performance Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode: *unless otherwise noted, "Pete" refers to Pete Croatto   *Pete shouts out Linkedin and talks about the incredible writing connections he has taken of advantage through the website-at around 3:30   Pete talks about the evolving and open definition of “journalist” and how there is so much room at the writing table for committed and persistent writers-at around 7:30   Pete talks about his word-rich household and his childhood surrounded by books and voracious readers-at around 12:00   Pete talks about his early days of writing, prompted by the groundbreaking work of Roger Ebert, Phillip Roth, James Thurber, sports biographies, and the great annual Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball written by Zander Holland and Fred Kerber, and talks about how he loved the basketball handbook so much that the book became two halves-at around 13:30   Pete talks about being nominated as a “Noble Selection” for Best American Sportswriting 2020, featured with heroes of his like Howard Bryant-at around 20:40   Pete talks about the love of writing and the subjectivity of accolades and the need to be persistent in the writing business, and shouts our fabulous writer from Slam Magazine, Russ Bengston-at around 23:00   Pete talks about being let down as a kid by Pete Rose, yet the “Never meet your heroes” cliche, he says, doesn't apply to the writing world; he talks about writing heroes like Susan Orlean and Jancee Dunn and how they were overwhelmingly nice and accommodating-at around 27:30   Pete talks about chill-inducing writers and texts in his life, particularly lines from Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude and Curtis Sittenfield's Prep -at around 28:30   Pete and Pete Riehl talk about great writing trumping the supposed genre (i.e. the best sports books can always “stand on their own”) and Pete reads from writing hero's Roger Ebert's writing advice-its chill-inducing nature stands out for him-at around 31:25   Pete Riehl talks about a memorable anecdote from The Jordan Rules-at around 36:40   Pete notes which interesting and unique stories he remembers from the impeccably-researched Showtime by favorite Jeff Pearlman-at around 37:00   Pete talks about wanting to write a substantive story that will be of interest to sports fan and non-sports fans alike-at around 38:00   Pete talks about his book, which is available in autographed form from Odyssey Books in Syracuse-at around 40:40   Pete “pitches” his book-at about 42:50   Pete talks about the choices in starting the book off as he does, with a scene from 2017's Dancing with the Stars juxtaposed with Marvin Gaye's famous (infamous?) singing of the national anthem at 1983's national anthem-at about 46:15   Shout out to rap legend Kurtis Blow and his reaction to the 2017 Derek Fisher routine-at about 49:30   Pete talks about the chronological beginning of his book, with the “heroic” Larry O'Brien, transitioning into a discussion of David Stern as “the best commissioner in the history of professional sports”-at about 51:00   Pete and Pete talk about David Stern's fastidiousness as part of his greatness, leading to a comparison to the famous “blueberry” scene from DeNiro's Casino -at about 57:00   Pete talks about his persistence in trying to talk with David Stern for the book, and shouts out helpful writer friend, Shawn Fury-at about 1:01:45   Pete talks about the connections between Marvin Gaye's 1983 performance and the recent activism in the sports world around Black Lives Matter, “I Can't Breathe,” etc., as shown through the -at about 1:11:00   LeBron James, activist, as seen through the eyes of the brilliant sociologist Harry Edwards-at about 1:13:40   Pete and Pete talk about the connections between being open to listening and being a voracious reader-at about 1:23:40   Pete and Pete gush about Beautiful Ruins by author/baller Jess Walter-at about 1:27:30   Pete reads the Introduction from Hang Time to Prime Time-at about 1:29:40   Pete talks about his book as literary fiction and subtly irreverent and humorous, showing influences from James Thurber to Mad Magazine to his father-1:35:40   Pete talks about how tenuous writing for humor can be-at about 1:37:00   Pete talks about future projects and the recent article he wrote (Pete Riehl truly enjoyed it!) about Tom Chambers and Jeff Wells' YouTube channel devoted to Chambers and crusade to get him into the Basketball Hall of Fame-at about 1:44:00 If you have enjoyed The Chills at Will Podcast, pause your podcast player right now, and go to Apple Podcasts to leave me a nice review.  You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. 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What does this movie, based upon a Phillip Roth novel, tell us about cancel culture on campus? What does it tell us about the difficult choice made by the main character, Coleman Silk, who disowned his African American family in order to pursue success in his careers passing as a white Jewish man? Does the film attempt too much by cursorily including too many of the novel's narrative threads? Should it have more exclusively focused on one or other of these story lines? How does the casting work to lessen the plausibility of the story of Silk's later life?

En el Episodio 25 de Poesía 1110: Marcelo Moreno, Diego Recalde, Paula Sterczek, Demetrio Lopez, Alfredo Tabacman, Amelita Baltar, Roberto Quirno y Beto Valdez, nos comparten sus textos elegidos. ¿Qué es un “cadáver exquisito”.? ¿Cuál era la relación de Edgar Allan Poe con la Astronomía? ¿En qué famosos poetas se basan los filmes experimentales “Howl” y “El color de la granada”? Nos adentramos en los conceptos de Acróstico, Textos no literarios, Quiasmo, Enumeración Caótica, Creacionismo, Oxímoron y Narrador Omnisciente. Escuchamos un diálogo entre Jean Cocteau y Salvador Dalí dentro del Museo del Prado y a través de una carta, sabremos qué le confiesa Franz Kafka a Hedwig Weller, una novia de su juventud. Escuchamos, en las voces de nuestros locutores, los pensamientos, poemas y escritos de Eduardo Galeano, Julio Cortazar, Tom Lupo, Phillip Roth y Ursula K. Le Guin y nos detenemos a pensar las letras de Sandra Corizzo, Diego Frenkel, Alfredo Zitarrosa y Charly García, entre otros. Poesía 1110: Un espacio para pensar y resonar el acto poético en todas sus formas; La poesía de todas las cosas.

This week we're discussing Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Fleishman Is In Trouble, a book that's been described as the novel Phillip Roth would have written if Phillip Roth understood women. Which is a pretty good Phillip Roth zing, but also maybe true? We talk about the book's depiction of internet dating, whether its view of marriage is cynical or pragmatic, and why at least one of us felt the need to reconsider some of his own behavior after reading the novel's closing chapters. Plus: we offer some advice for writers who are trying to promote their work online without stepping on the important work being done--on Twitter and elsewhere--by Black Lives Matter and anti-police activists. Is is possible to talk about your own stuff without getting in the way of an important political and cultural moment? Should you just shut up for a while?

Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund and founding Dean of the Tikvah and Maimonides Scholars at Yale University. Prior to joining Tikvah, Rabbi Gottlieb served as Head of School at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA.His writing has appeared inFirst Things,Public Discourse,the University Bookman,the Algemeiner,andthe Jewish Review of Books. Rabbi Gottlieb is a member of the Orthodox Forum Steering Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee ofTradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought.The Rabbi joins Rabbi Kivelevitz to discuss leadership training education,how candidates are vetted and eventually selected,and what constitutes the main focus of the seminars and lectures the fellows attend.Rabbi Gottlieb sees the personal interview as a primary factor, over thegradesand reports from the student's teachers, as well astheessays the applicants submit.He illustrates how hobbies and interests are in many ways an indicator of thethoughtleader that Tikvah is eager to engage.Rabbi Gottlieb distinguishes between the program geared for studentswhoare moderately affiliated with the traditional Jewish community(Maimonides Scholars)and the program serving products of predominantly (but not exclusively)Orthodox day schools(Tikvah Scholars).The Rabbis discuss the balance between general literacy and skills in reading and parsing Jewish texts,and the importance of staffing the leadership seminars with passionate,gifted instructors.Rabbi Gotttlieb describes the incredible effectresulting fromthe hiring of persons like the eminent American philosopher and political economist Professor James R. Otteson,who not only opened the Tikvah students'eyes to the important theories that form the basis of classical liberal political order,he illustrated how this technically underdetermined dynamic is at play in Klal Yisroel's innate understanding of who the Gadolei HaDor are.When questioned by Rabbi Kivelevitz as to why Tikvah has not attempted to cull their young potential from completely Charedi schools,where the boys(and, separately, young women)have the advantage of strong text proficiency and analysis,Rabbi Gottlieb pointed to Tikvah's role in Eretz Yisroel in catering programs and Torah journals to the Charedi world,and its discovery andcultivationof Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer,a student of Rav Asher Weiss, who now serves as head of Tikvah's Haredi Israel division.Rabbi Gottlieb speaks about Tikvah's connections toR'Aharon Kotler,the CEO of Bais Medrash Gevohah,but admits that there is more work to be done in reaching those special Talmidim in the Chasidish and Litvisha yeshivos,who could perhaps through the exposure to greater Western thought take their place as an accepted Gadol ready to tackle the formidable challenges that lay ahead for our people.Listen for the championing of some of the ideas of Pope John Paul II concerning the dignity of the human person,and the significance of Theology in applying and advocating for religious concepts in a modern world.There is also a casual reference to Mark Twain,and an oblique shadow of Phillip Roth.Please leave us a review or email us atravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund and founding Dean of the Tikvah and Maimonides Scholars at Yale University. Prior to joining Tikvah, Rabbi Gottlieb served as Head of School at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA.His writing has appeared in First Things, Public Discourse, the University Bookman, the Algemeiner, and the Jewish Review of Books. Rabbi Gottlieb is a member of the Orthodox Forum Steering Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. The Rabbi joins Rabbi Kivelevitz to discuss leadership training education, how candidates are vetted and eventually selected, and what constitutes the main focus of the seminars and lectures the fellows attend.Rabbi Gottlieb sees the personal interview as a primary factor, over the grades and reports from the student's teachers, as well as the essays the applicants submit.He illustrates how hobbies and interests are in many ways an indicator of the thought leader that Tikvah is eager to engage.Rabbi Gottlieb distinguishes between the program geared for students who are moderately affiliated with the traditional Jewish community (Maimonides Scholars) and the program serving products of predominantly (but not exclusively) Orthodox day schools (Tikvah Scholars).The Rabbis discuss the balance between general literacy and skills in reading and parsing Jewish texts, and the importance of staffing the leadership seminars with passionate, gifted instructors.Rabbi Gotttlieb describes the incredible effect resulting from the hiring of persons like the eminent American philosopher and political economist Professor James R. Otteson, who not only opened the Tikvah students’ eyes to the important theories that form the basis of classical liberal political order, he illustrated how this technically underdetermined dynamic is at play in Klal Yisroel’s innate understanding of who the Gadolei HaDor are.When questioned by Rabbi Kivelevitz as to why Tikvah has not attempted to cull their young potential from completely Charedi schools, where the boys (and, separately, young women) have the advantage of strong text proficiency and analysis, Rabbi Gottlieb pointed to Tikvah's role in Eretz Yisroel in catering programs and Torah journals to the Charedi world, and its discovery and cultivation of Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer, a student of Rav Asher Weiss, who now serves as head of Tikvah's Haredi Israel division.Rabbi Gottlieb speaks about Tikvah's connections to R' Aharon Kotler, the CEO of Bais Medrash Gevohah, but admits that there is more work to be done in reaching those special Talmidim in the Chasidish and Litvisha yeshivos, who could perhaps through the exposure to greater Western thought take their place as an accepted Gadol ready to tackle the formidable challenges that lay ahead for our people.Listen for the championing of some of the ideas of Pope John Paul II concerning the dignity of the human person, and the significance of Theology in applying and advocating for religious concepts in a modern world. There is also a casual reference to Mark Twain, and an oblique shadow of Phillip Roth. Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.com For more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Book Vs Movie  Valley of the Dolls  The 1968 Jacqueline Susann Novel Vs the 1967 Camp Classic Film “Sparkle, Neely Sparkle!” The Margos are still enjoying the swinging 60s and what better way to celebrate than talking about the amazing Jacqueline Susann  who is the first author to have three consecutive #1 books on the New York Times bestseller list. Though her work was critically panned at the time and she was considered a self-promoting hack by the literary elite (how dare they!) Susann is now an icon for fun-living women who dare to take up space.  Valley of the Dolls caused a scandal at the time with its frank discussions about sex, sexism in show business, drug use, and cancer. But Susann had a flair for publicity, had a super-sharp wit and a husband (Irving Mansfield) who promoted her work with incredible enthusiasm. This woman practically invented the book tour and became just as famous as Truman Capote and Phillip Roth but for the fun, camp set.  The movie directed by Mark Robson was rushed into production in 1967 and was seen as a bit trashy and embarrassing at the time. Today it is known as a camp classic.  In this episode, we talk about the many differences between the original book & the movie to decide which we like better. (P.S. We adore Jacqueline Susann!) In this ep the Margos discuss: The incredible life story of Jacqueline Susann The world of the 1960s and why her work caused a scandal. The cast of the movie including Barbara Parkins (Anne Welles,) Patty Duke (Neely O’Hara,) Sharon Tate (Jennifer North,) Tony Scotti (Tony Polar,) Lee Grant (Miriam Polar,) Susan Hayward (Helen Lawson,) and Martin Milner (Mel Anderson) Clips Featured: Valley of the Dolls  trailer BBC Interview with Jacqueline Susann (1973) Neely O’Hara & Helen Lawson fight Neely & Tony Polar “sing”  Outro music “Theme from the Valley of the Dolls” composed by Dionne Warwick Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ 

Today's author Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, and Phillip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel The Natural was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. Today's story, “The First Seven Years,” depicts a Polish immigrant's desire to see his daughter achieve a better life. His notion of that life, however, is not the same as hers.

During World War II, millions of Jews were murdered by the Nazis under the direction of German dictator Adolph Hitler.  Many Jewish refugees immigrated to the United States, a pattern that continued after the end of the war.  This story takes place in the 1950s, when many Holocaust survivors like Sobel, the shoemaker’s assistant, struggled to establish new lives in the United States. Today’s author Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, and Phillip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel The Natural was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer, about antisemitism in the Russian Empire, was also filmed and won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Today’s story, “The First Seven Years,” depicts a Polish immigrant’s desire to see his daughter achieve a better life.  His notion of that life, however, is not the same as hers. “The First Seven Years,” by Bernard Malamud…we begin….

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Photo from Pixabay Images   Every child has talents. Some you might not see today...but they are there, rest assured. One of the many jobs you have as a parent, is to recognize those interests and talents and maximize your child's chance of capitalizing on them. In today's pedcast, I am going to get very personal and show you how this worked out in my life, with the hopes that my story may be helpful to your family. Musical Introduction The Doc Smo Story -The Elementary Years I was born into a middle class family, being the third of four children. I was the only boy however, which definitely worked to my disadvantage in my early years as you are about to see.  I also had the poor fortune of being born late in the calendar year and starting first grade at four years of age. Another strike against my success. My two sisters were excellent students and made getting great grades look easy. Of course, each year, when I encountered many of the same teachers as my sisters, I would get the comment, "Oh, you are Peggy and Sally's brother". Well, I learned to recognize what that comment really meant- we will expect big things from you academically. You have big shoes to fill. Unfortunately, my feet were much smaller than theirs as I quickly found out. My elementary years were filled with academic angst. I passed each year with acceptable grades but with many struggles. My reading was particularly troublesome and some of my worst memories of school were reading aloud in front of the class, a practice that was very in vogue during my childhood. I think the teachers thought that if they humiliated me enough, my reading would improve. Unfortunately, this strategy didn't work for me. It just gave me great anxiety about public reading and speaking. I am sure that in today's world, I would have had a diagnosis like dyslexia or a reading disorder- but not in the 1950's. All it got me then was daily humiliation. In addition to having difficulty reading, I recall a lot of talk about my fidgeting and having trouble sitting still. My father seemed to be particularly troubled by this fidgety trait of mine, to the point that he offered me $5.00 if I could sit totally still for one minute without moving. Five dollars! That's the equivalent of $45 in today's world. Sadly, I never got that $5.00. No, my elementary story sounds a lot like a child who would carry a diagnosis of ADHD and a reading disorder in today's world. Doc Smo Story-The Middle School and High School Years But that was elementary school. I started off middle school grouped with the lowest achieving students, section 1 out of a total of 14. Rock bottom. But something happened during the summer of my 7th grade. I discovered that my house was full of interesting books and my reading was getting good enough that I could actually read and understand them.  Thanks goodness my parents bought books! James Mitchener, Kurt Vonnegut, and Phillip Roth started to become my friends. My math skills had always been good but now when I hit the 8th grade, my reading skills were starting to catch-up. By ninth grade, I was actually taking English classes with the big dogs, the brainiacs in my school. By the time I finished high school, I was taking many of the advanced classes, especially in the sciences. I had achieved a lot of catching-up but I was by no means, at the top of the class. I still wasn't my sisters, but I was closing in. Doc Smo-The College Years Then came the transition to college. I'll never forget my high school counselor talking about my college choice, advising me not to go to Duke University even though I had been admitted. He bluntly told me I would fail. The reality was that I had probably been admitted because I had been the captain of my high school tennis team and we had been state champions during my tenure.  I had a lot of grit on the court and a wonderful backhand.  Fortunately, I chose to ignore my college counselor's advice and matriculate with al...

I am surprised that I somehow missed Richard Stern’s 1973 novel, Other Men’s Daughters. Stern is a writer of great power and an almost unbelievable master of vocabulary. Like John William’s novel, Stoner, this is in many ways a quiet novel, and again as in William’s novel there is an undercurrent of probably unintentional sexism that runs through it, though I think both Williams and Stern would have denied ithis.The lead character is almost always referred to as Dr. Merriwether; he is a professor of physiology at Harvard. Married to a very clever woman, Sarah, who has given up her own academic career in order to take care of the professor and their three children.Until the day of Merriwether’s departure from the house—a month after his divorce—the Merriwether family looked like an ideally tranquil one. Parents and children frequently gathered in the parlor reading in  their favorite roosts.A rather staid and somber man, he would have thought himself the least likely of men to fall in love with a younger woman. When he teaches the  Introductory Physiology course, he begins one lecture, “Today, ladies and gentleman, we will talk about love. That is to say, the distension of the venous sinuses under signals passed through the third and fourth sacral segments of the spinal cord along the internal pudendal nerve to the ischio cavernous, and, as well, the propulsive waves of contraction in the smooth muscle layers of the vas deferens, in seminal vesicles, the prostate and the striated muscles of the perineum which lead to the ejection of the semen. But, unlikely as it seems to Merriwether, he becomes quite interested in a young ‘summerer’ (students not officially admitted to Harvard, but there to take summer courses). Dr. Merriwether spends five mornings a week in the lab with his research work, but he also moonlights as a part-time doctor nine hours week, and it is in that capacity that he first meets Cynthia Ryder who comes to him to get a prescription for the pill.Dr. Merriwther’s life was surrounded if not filled with woman. A distant, formal husband, a loving distant father of two daughters. As for woman lab assistants and graduate students, he was seldom aware of them except as amiable auxiliaries. Many such women felt their position depended on masculine style, which had meant brusqueness, cropped hair, white smocks, low shoes, little or no make-up. Fine with him. No woman was so despised here as the occasional student who strutted her secondary sexual characteristics…Though the women’s movement had begun to touch the biology labs, it went slowly, perhaps because there was a greater awareness of the complex spectrum of sexuality, the hundred components of sexual differentia.Merriwether sees  Cynthia a couple of other times on campus, but even when he exchanges a good-bye kiss with her after one such encounter, he is able to preserve his sense of decorum and distance.   “Weeks later, she said, “I was so surprised. ...Still he was kissing in part for her sake (for therapy, for a common humanity). So he could still feel himself Man of Principle, Man of Year, Doctor of Confused Patient, Professor to Easily Enchanted Student.”Cynthia, like his wife Sarah, is a bright and able student in her own right, and she continues with her academic work even as their affair continues and becomes more consuming for them both. Eventually, Merriwether feels obliged to confess his affair to his wife, though only after a magazine article has called attention to their union.She was being destroyed, this life could not go on, she was not a mat, she was not a maid, she was not going to clear up his mess, she was finished. She didn’t need Kate Millett and Germaine Greer for strength. While he continues to live in the marriage house, the husband and wife occupy different floors, and Merriwetrher finds himself quite confused that Sarah wants him gone. The roughly two thirds of the novel that describes their slow break-up is often quite humorous as well as painful.  About half way through the book, I noticed that almost every time Merriwether speaks of his wife, Sarah, he mentions her plumpness, her fat face, her shortness, although he always sees this as simple description, no harm intended. As he recalls his past happiness, his contentment. “Sublimity. What was anything else in life next to it? He owed that to her. Fine little stump of a wife…round back, square flanks—no hourglass there…A few times, early in my reading, I thought Stern might be aware of the sexist tone to the writing, thought perhaps he was making fun of himself and his own character, but upon completion, it seems clear to me that Merriwether is simply mouthing the views of his time, including views that women are not really capable of scientific discovery or discipline. Phillip Roth writes a glowing introduction to the book, and  I’m not surprised that Roth seems to deeply admire Stern as well as his narrator, Dr. Merriwether.  I agree with Roth that the science asides and even some of what might be called philosophy of literature that are to be found in the novel are interesting and well thought out.  Still, in the end, this is a novel of how easily men take advantage of younger women and/or women in subordinate positions, and then convince themselves that they have done nothing wrong. Merriwether is so much more typical than he pretends to be. When I read Stoner, I found myself wanting to hear the story from the wife’s perspective.  And in this novel, too, I would have been interested to get Sarah’s or Cynthia’s take on the events rather than the rather monotone and self-righteous view of Dr. Merriwether. This is an intriguing book that is so well written. I will leave it up to you readers to decide if it is satire or simply a novel expressing attitudes of the time.

Larry unsuccessfully tries to get the new Phillip Roth book and waxes nostalgic for his favorite bookstores. Then Larry talks about one of his favorite moments from the Clint Eastwood classic, "The Outlaw Josey Wales." https://LarryMillerShow.com Quote of the week: "And if you don't understand that, you're clearly not married."

This week’s guest is the author, critic and journalist Hannah Beckerman, whose new novel If Only I Could Tell You has dazzled and captivated readers. Hannah is a professional book addict. She’s a critic for the Observer, the FT and the Sunday Express, as well as regularly contributing to Sara Cox’s BBC Radio 2 show. She’s a frequent judge, panel host and festival guest, and she’s spent time with Phillip Roth and Jackie Collins. BOOKS (Click on titles for more)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodHannah Beckerman - If Only I Could Tell YouBill Clegg - Did You Ever Have a Family?Ayelet Gundar-Goshen - LiarAyelet Gundar-Goshen - Waking LionsEnid Blyton - Secret SevenEnid Blyton - Famous FiveEnid Blyton - St Clare'sEnid Blyton - Malory TowersAnne Digby - TrebizonEnid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the SchoolJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - DeenieNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesJackie Collins - ThrillJackie Collins - The Santangelos Jonathan Coe - Middle EnglandAyisha Malik - This Green and Pleasant LandNoel Streatfeild - Apple BoughStephen Moss - DynastiesVarious - Explanatorium of NatureRuth Symons - Story of Life: EvolutionGabrielle Balkan & Sam Brewster - Book of BonesAllie Esiri & Zanna Goldhawk - A Poem for Every Day of the YearFiona Waters & Frann Preston-Gannon - I Am the Seed That Grew the TreeRebecca Reid - Perfect LiarsIsabel Sanchez Vegara - Little People Big Dreams: Agatha ChristieIsabel Sanchez Vegara - Little People Big Dreams: Audrey HepburnJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceAlfred Lord Tennyson - Select PoemsAndrew Thomson & Heidi Postlewait... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daphne Merkin is a novelist, essayist, reviewer who became famous overnight for her 1996 New Yorker essay, "Unlikely Obsession" about her fetish for spanking. Now in the news again for her controversial New York Times op-ed critical of #metoo, Merkin talks about Phillip Roth, suicidal ideation, and whether her pal Woody Allen should be considered a sex offender. 

Megan Abbott returns to the Damn Library for her new book Give Me Your Hand, and Christopher cooks up a color changing cocktail to celebrate. The guys get into Megan's dual jobs as novelist and tv writer, her thriller philosophy, and how writing people who are smart rather than brawny is a challenge. They also talk Lisa Halliday's Asymmetry, its relation to Phillip Roth, and some of their own desert island discs. And lots more! contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob and Ryan finally have a disagreement. Join in for an episode on Phillip Roth's alternate history of the WW2 era in America.

Journalists Samantha Simmonds and Lauren Libbert come together in this topical podcast to discuss issues facing mid-life women today: the highs, the lows, the challenges and the rewards. . . This episode we're talking to BBC Breakfast presenter and author of Dare To Tri @LouiseMinchin about Her Grown Up Life and we're also discussing how to deal with conflicting parenting styles with parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton, author of the Amazon UK bestselling Calmer, Happier, Easier Parenting books. In our Grown Up News Review we're discussing midlife sex, Kylie turning 50 and the wonders of age-gap friendships. Our book picks this episode are: The Immortals by C.S. Lister and The Dying Animal by Phillip Roth. Our TV picks are Fauda on Netflix and Patrick Melrose on Sky Atlantic. To get in touch tweet us @itsagrownuplife or email us at itsagrownuplife08@gmail.com.

David talks with New Orleans-based author Nathaniel Rich about his latest novel, KING ZENO, Phillip Roth's legacy, and more. Originally aired on May 31st 2018.

In search of some nostalgic holiday cheer, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell climb in the way back machine and time travel to 1997 with critic and editor Oscar Villalon and novelist Curtis Sittenfeld. Oscar rounds up the books that won prizes twenty years ago, the books that remain relevant, and explains why these books aren't always the same. Curtis talks to us about Monica Lewinsky, Esquire, The Prairie Wife, Sex and the City and the very literary politics of 1997. PLUS an *exclusive* preview of her novel-in-progress about a Hillary Rodham who never becomes a Clinton. Readings (Fiction): Underworld by Don DeLillo; You Think It, I'll Say It, by Curtis Sittenfeld; The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy; American Pastoral by Phillip Roth; Paradise by Toni Morrison; Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser; The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald; The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White; Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling. Readings (Nonfiction): Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt; The Commissar Vanishes: the Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia by David King; The Rape of Nanking: the Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang; The Women by Hilton Als; Sex and the City by Candice Bushnell. In the Stacks will be back in two weeks. Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Krauss is an award-winning, best-selling author, was on the New Yorker's list of "20 Under 40" and her latest novel Forest Dark, about the personal transformation of two seemingly disparate individuals, has been called "elegant, provocative and mesmerizing."  The History of Love author who Roxanne calls "provocatively philosophical, fiercely intelligent and poetic," came straight to Just the Right Book on the day of her debut to talk about her new book, which has been called "a brilliant novel" by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Phillip Roth.  Make sure to stay tuned after the interview with Nicole for a special installment of What's On the Front Table with Lissa Muscatine, one of the owners of the renowned Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. Muscatine, a former speechwriter for Hillary Clinton also tells Roxanne about her recent interview with Clinton when the former Secretary of State kicked off her fifteen-city tour at Politics and Prose to promote her new book, What Happened. And only for Just the Right Book Podcast listeners, we are giving away a copy of Nicole's new book, Forest Dark. Visit our Facebook page at Facebook.com/bookpodcast and check out the post at the top with details on how to enter to win! Click here to watch Lissa Muscatine's interview with Hillary Clinton Books in this episode: Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss The History of Love by Nicole Krauss The Aleph-Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why by Sady Doyle What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre Glass Houses by Louise Penny  Al Franken, Giant of the State by Al Franken Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director Ewan McGregor discusses his new film, American Pastoral, with Mike Mills. Based on the 1997 novel by Phillip Roth, the film centers on Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful businessman who lives an idyllic life with his wife and daughter. When a stunning act of violence is blamed on Swede's missing daughter, he must confront the consequences of her political activism as he searches for her.

Mel Gibson's directed another movie - is all forgiven? Neil Rosen, Bill McCuddy," Bill Bregoli and guest Mike Sargent look at "Hacksaw Ridge" and you'll hear what Mel Gibson and star Andrew Garfield have to say about this true story of a WWII hero. We also look at director Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and the R-rated animated raunch fest "Sausage Party." Then there's "Indignation" starring Logan Lerman and based on a Phillip Roth novel. Lots of big names and lots to talk about!

Nathan and Scotty discuss American Pastoral, from actor-turned-director Ewan McGregor. This adaptation, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Phillip Roth novel, tells the story of one man’s struggle to hold his family together during the tumultuous political climate of the 1960s. Our hosts try and navigate the film’s message and its intent. Plus, Andydrogynous reviews Jack Reacher: Never Go Back on this week’s Crap Night. This episode is sponsored by Philz Coffee.

Multiple New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink stopped by The Writer Files to chat about his secrets for getting words onto the page.   Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By   Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! Mr. Pink is the author of five provocative titles on the subjects of business, work, and human behavior — including To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others — and has written for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Sunday Telegraph, Fast Company, and Wired. In addition to having one of the most viewed TED talks of all time — “The puzzle of motivation” — Dan recently hosted and co-executive produced the TV series “Crowd Control” for the National Geographic Channel. In this file Daniel Pink and I discuss: Why You Should Never Check Email Before You Write The Effectiveness of Word Count Quotas Why the Adage “Butt-in-Chair” Really Works How to Structure Your Writing Schedule to Beat “Resistance” The Author’s Exhaustive Reading Recommendations His Fantasy Chipotle Table Guests And Why You Need to Get Over Yourself and Get to Work Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes http://www.danpink.com/ Dan Pink’s TED talk: “The puzzle of motivation” Crowd Control on National Geographic Channel Daniel Pink on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter The Transcript How Bestselling Author Daniel Pink Writes Voiceover: This is Rainmaker.FM, the digital marketing podcast network. It’s built on the Rainmaker Platform, which empowers you to build your own digital marketing and sales platform. Start your free 14-day trial at RainmakerPlatform.com. Kelton Reid: These are The Writer Files, a tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of working writers, from online content creators to fictionists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and beyond. I’m your host Kelton Reid: writer, podcaster, and mediaphile. Each week, we’ll find out how great writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block. Multiple New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Pink stopped by The Writer Files to chat about his secrets for getting words onto the page. Mr. Pink is the author of five provocative titles on the subjects of business, work, and human behavior, including To Sell Is Human, The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. He’s also written for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Sunday Telegraph, Fast Company, and Wired. In addition to having one of the most viewed TED Talks of all time, The Puzzle of Motivation, Dan recently hosted and co-executive produced the TV series Crowd Control for the National Geographic Channel. In this File, Daniel and I discuss why you should never check email before you write, the effectiveness of word-count quotas, whether the adage ‘butt-in-chair” really works, how to structure your writing schedule to beat resistance, and why you need to get over yourself and get to work. If you enjoy The Writer Files podcast, please do me a favor and leave a rating or a review in iTunes to help other writers find us. Thanks for listening. Dan, thanks so much for agreeing to come on The Writer Files and update your file. Daniel Pink: I’m happy to be here. Actually, I thought that this was The Rockford Files. Kelton Reid: I think that’s been off the air. Daniel Pink: I thought it’d be so cool. I’m going to be on The Rockford Files. I thought that show was off the air. Kelton Reid: Now that you know that you’re not on The Rockford Files, would you like to update your writer file? Daniel Pink: Sure, why not. Kelton Reid: Absolutely. Let’s talk about you the author. For listeners who may not know you or your work, who are you, and what is your area of expertise as a writer? Daniel Pink: Who am I? I am Daniel Pink. I am a middle-aged white man who lives in Washington, D.C. For the last 18 years, I have been working for myself and mostly centered around writing books. The books tend to be about business, work, and human behavior. Kelton Reid: Where can we find your writing? Daniel Pink: You can find it at your local library, in your favorite online or offline bookstore. You can find it online at DanPink.com. Kelton Reid: What are you presently working on, Dan? Daniel Pink: I am working on anticipating your next question. No, I’m not. Actually, believe it or not, Kelton, I am in the throes of trying to write a few book proposals to see which is the next book I want to write. Kelton Reid: To see which one sticks? Daniel Pink: Yeah. Here’s the thing. Even though I’ve been doing this for a fairly long time, I still try to write fairly thorough proposals before I launch into a book. That’s less for the publisher than it is for me. It offers me a way to stress test the idea to see whether I’m interested in it, to see whether it holds up, to see whether I want to spend the next two years working on this kind of thing. That’s what I’m doing right now. I’m actually writing multiple proposals just to see which one or ones feel the best. Kelton Reid: Yeah, technically this is what nonfiction writers do to get the ball rolling there. Actually, listeners may not know that you are also a TV producer. Daniel Pink: Well, barely, yeah. Kelton Reid: TV producer is code for also writer. Were you writing your National Geographic show as well? Daniel Pink: A little bit of it. What I was doing more than anything else was actually helping conceive the segments, figure out the segments, lay them out. Also, the way that we did the show required a lot of on-the-fly decisions. For the handful of listeners who didn’t see every episode of the show, Crowd Control, I should point out that the show was a really great show on National Geographic. We did 12 episodes of a series where we took problems out there in the world, things like people speeding, people jaywalking, people parking in disabled spaces, kids peeing in pools. Then, using social science and some cool design technology, we would put a solution in place, turn on our cameras, and see what happened. A lot of the ‘producing’ was actually on the fly where we do the experiment and see how people reacted. You had to figure out, “Okay, what’s going on here? How are we going to cover this?” and so forth. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Thinking on your feet quite a bit. Daniel Pink: Yeah. Kelton Reid: Very cool. When you’re getting ready to launch into a bigger writing project, how much time would you say per day that you’re researching or reading about your topic? Why You Should Never Check Email Before You Write Daniel Pink: It really depends. My process, generally, for a nonfiction book, is to begin with a skeletal outline. It depends on how I’m doing the research. If it’s research that involves reading a lot of papers and so forth, that’s one thing. If it involves doing actual reporting where you’re going out interviewing people, watching stuff happening, that’s another story. In the reporting and research phase, I like to spend, where I can, most of the workday on it. Kelton Reid: Before you sit down to actually get clacking there, do you have any pre-game rituals or practices that get you in the mode? Daniel Pink: Pre-game rituals, no. What I will do many times is I’ll check my email just to make sure that there isn’t something urgent. That’s always a really bad idea. You just go down the rabbit hole of useless email. In terms of do I say any prayers, have rosary beads, or spin three times on my desk, I don’t do anything like that. I just open the door and put my butt in the chair. Kelton Reid: Very nice. Do you write every day when you’re working on something big? The Effectiveness of Word Count Quotas Daniel Pink: When I’m working on something big, I do. When I’m working on a book or it’s at that stage where I’ve done enough research, where I feel like I’ve more or less mastered a lot of the material and can move on to executing it, I actually think of it as bricklaying where I’ll come to my office, show up in my office at a certain time, like say 9:00. I’ll set myself a word count for the day. Let’s say 500 words. I will then turn off my phone, turn off my email, and then I will do nothing, truly nothing, until I hit my word count. If I hit my word count at 11:00 in the morning, hallelujah. If it’s 2:00 in the afternoon and I still haven’t hit my word count, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll cancel meetings and cancel phone calls in the afternoon if it takes me till. 8:00 in the evening, which it actually has unfortunately. I won’t do anything else. Kelton Reid: Got you. Is your most productive locale your office there that we’ve seen pictures of? Daniel Pink: Ah, yes, the beautiful Pink Ink world headquarters, which is a refurbished garage behind my house in Washington, D.C. That’s where the magic happens. Kelton Reid: Are you a writer who can listen to music while you write, or do you prefer silence? Daniel Pink: I can listen to music when I run or exercise. That’s it, or just listening to music for the sake of listening to music. I actually have the exact opposite view when I write. I have these little foam earplugs that I sometimes will put in just in case some imaginary sound is out there. I also even now have noise-canceling headphones that I will wear. I like silence. That way I can tune in more accurately to my own anguish. Kelton Reid: I like that. Are you someone who believes in writer’s block? Why the Adage ‘Butt-in-Chair’ Really Works Daniel Pink: No. I think writer’s block is a crock. I really do. I think that most writers agree with that. Writer’s block is for amateurs. Get your butt in the seat, and get to work. Kelton Reid: Let’s talk about your workflow. What hardware or typewriter are you using there in the garage? Daniel Pink: I’ve moved beyond typewriters, fortunately. Here’s what I’ve got in the setup. I’m looking at it right now. I have both a MacBook Air laptop and a 21-inch screen, maybe 25-inch screen iMac. I use my laptop, my Air for a lot of things. I actually will write books or even articles on the iMac. I don’t know why I do that. Because the screen is so big, I can put up a lot of stuff. The other thing that it does is it does fix me in place. Even though the files exist in Dropbox, I could do it anywhere. There’s something about that fixedness of coming to the same spot every single day, looking at the same screen every single day that helps me do stuff. Kelton Reid: What do you find in your workflow your most used software for writing and staying organized? Daniel Pink: For writing, I have made a dramatic leap into 1996 by using Word, although, as I said before, Dropbox is my co-pilot. I’ve become so reliant on putting everything in Dropbox. I have, though, being a modern guy, I’ve started to use Evernote a little bit. I can easily get by with Word and Dropbox. Kelton Reid: Your crucial outlining, that’s part of your organizational method. Do you have any other hacks, or are you a Post-it note guy at all? Daniel Pink: You know what I am? It’s interesting. It’s interesting to me because it’s about me. I’m not sure it’s interesting to anybody else. I use what I refer to as an — and this is a term of art — big-ass stickies, which are these giant Post-it notes. I prefer the graph paper versions of them. There’s something about graph paper that I love. It just makes me feel like I’m imposing some order on a world moving toward entropy or something. I don’t use whiteboard. I will use these big-ass stickies and put them all over my office. I like to write on stuff. I like to outline. I like to see it. I like to see stuff. I face a window, but if I turn my chair around, there’s a wall of cabinets. When I was writing this book, To Sell Is Human, I would have various outlines and things there. Sometimes, it sounds bizarre, but it actually works for me. Sometimes I will just turn my chair and look at the outlines, just look at them, and let it simmer a little bit. For me, seeing that stuff on the walls is really helpful. Kelton Reid: Do you have any best practices for beating procrastination? I know you’ve mentioned it. Are you someone who leans into the procrastination? How to Structure Your Writing Schedule to Beat ‘Resistance’ Daniel Pink: Yeah, I think that I and many people, most writers face what Steven Pressfield calls the ‘Resistance’ every single day. All of the forces of the universe are conspiring to make you stop writing. I think that what helps beat procrastination is as weird as it is, is a structure. When I go to sleep the night before, I know what I’m doing that next morning. I’m writing 500 words. I don’t want to get to the office, turn on my computer and say, “Huh, what should I do today? Should I type in ESPN.go.com and spend an hour there, or should I write 500 words? Hmmm, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll do the ESPN thing.” I don’t want to have that. I want to have the structure to say, “The choice is made for me. Here’s what you do.” That’s how I beat procrastination. Kelton Reid: Nice. Daniel Pink: Sometimes procrastination wins. Procrastination is a ferocious opponent. Kelton Reid: Well put. At the end of a long day, how do you unplug? Daniel Pink: I’m a pretty boring guy. I don’t really do all that much, Kelton. My wife and I have three kids. I actually spend a lot of time, compared to maybe some other people, I like to spend time with my family. I just like talking to them, hanging out with them. That’s one thing that I do. Especially when I’m writing, I try to run every day if I possibly can. When we’re done here today, I will go for a run, probably go faster because I’m so exhilarated by talking about myself. I like to eat good food and drink good wine. Because I’m on the verge of being an old man, I like to listen to baseball on the radio. Kelton Reid: Very nice. Daniel Pink: I basically just ensured that no one would ever want to hang out with me. Voiceover: Just a quick pause to mention that The Writer Files is brought to you by the Rainmaker Platform, the complete website solution for content marketers and online entrepreneurs. Find out more and take a free 14-day test drive at Rainmaker.FM/Platform. Kelton Reid: Let’s talk about creativity a little bit. I know in your work creativity is a big part of getting into … a lot of what you talk about involves storytelling and even though you talk about social behavior and psychology, can you define creativity in your own words? How Dan Defines Creativity, Sans a Muse Daniel Pink: Creativity is giving the world something it didn’t know it was missing. That’s my favorite definition. I think that the definition originally came from Paola Antonelli at the Museum of Modern Art. Kelton Reid: When do you personally feel the most creative? Daniel Pink: Aside from right now? Kelton Reid: Yes. Daniel Pink: Yeah, when do I feel the most creative? It’s weird. I actually sometimes feel the most creative when I’m in motion, whether I’m running or traveling somewhere. I get a lot of good ideas when I’m in motion. Kelton Reid: I’ve had many of guests actually mention that they get a lot of work done on the plane. Do you find that phenomenon as well? Daniel Pink: I can’t write on planes. I probably could if I had to. I don’t like writing on planes. It’s just not the right environment for me for whatever weird idiosyncrasies. I can focus pretty intently on planes. I can edit on planes. I’ll edit pages. This is just another just really exciting facet of my life. I will sometimes batch my email and spend an airplane ride answering 70 emails. Kelton Reid: Circling back to our friend who talks about Resistance, do you have a creative muse? Daniel Pink: No, come on. I’m a bricklayer who happens to use a computer. Do people really give you a serious answer to that? Kelton Reid: I don’t know. Daniel Pink: I’m serious. Come on, do people say, “Oh yes, my creative muse is named Daphne and she appears to me in the corner of my office every day at 8:00.” Kelton Reid: Sure. Daniel Pink: Come on. Kelton Reid: It probably should be redacted. Daniel Pink: No, I like it. It’s basically a test to see who’s full of it and who’s not. I think if the answer is yes, you should cease the interview. Kelton Reid: This interview’s over so, in your opinion, what makes a writer great? Daniel Pink: That’s an interesting question. What makes a writer great? I think it’s the ability to look at something that other people have looked at and see something entirely different, if that makes any sense. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Daniel Pink: I think that’s part of it. I also think it’s the ability to linger in somebody’s mind long after the encounter is over. I think that’s a mark of a really good writer. Kelton Reid: Do you have some favorite authors at the moment? Dan’s Exhaustive Reading Recommendations Daniel Pink: Gazillions of them. I think there’s so many, so many, so many good writers out there. I think that you can learn from lots of them. I would have to give you not an exhaustive, but just a gigantic, massive list. For instance, Michael Lewis, the guy’s unbelievably good. It’s irritating how good he is. He’s really just extraordinary. I would put Michael Lewis on the top of any list. Katherine Boo, who is a journalist, I think she’s extraordinary. I like the short story writer, novelist sometimes, Edgar Keret, Israeli guy, who writes these super short, iddy biddy short stories. I like the Japanese novelist Haruki Muraukami. I like Junot Diaz. I love Colson Whitehead, another novelist. In my world, I also like Malcolm Gladwell. Some people think it’s uncool, but I think he’s awesome. I like sheer business writers like Seth Godin and Tom Peters. My favorite novel in the last decade is a book called Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by a guy named Ben Fountain. I like Phillip Roth. I like Toni Morrison, those kind of legendary writers. I like George Pelecanos, a local guy who writes. I like Adam Kilgore, who’s a sports writer for The Washington Post. I used to love reading Gary Smith’s stuff in Sports Illustrated. I think that Derek Thompson at The Atlantic is one of the best young writers around. There’s so many, so many great people. There’s so many. Kelton Reid: You share a lot of great quotes in your work and in your speaking. Can you share maybe a best loved quote that floats to the top right now? Daniel Pink: That floats to the top. I like the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that says, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” I like that. Also, there’s a great Viktor Frankl quote. Viktor Frankl says, “Live as if you were already living for a second time and as if you had made the mistakes you are about to make now.” I think that’s incredibly good advice. Kelton Reid: Absolutely. Let’s do a couple of fun questions next. Daniel Pink: I thought the first ones were fun. Kelton Reid: Good. I shouldn’t preface it like that. Who is your favorite literary character? Daniel Pink: Favorite literary character, it’s going to be weird because he’s just so deranged. I would say Nathan Zuckerman from the Phillip Roth Zuckerman novels. Please do not, listeners, impute any psychological meaning to that. Kelton Reid: That’s right. Daniel Pink: I just love his level of derangement and his obsessiveness. Also, I like the fact that Roth was able to carry him through multiple books. Kelton Reid: If you could choose one author from any era for an all-expense paid dinner to your favorite spot, where would you go, and who would you take? Dan’s Fantasy Chipotle Table Guests Daniel Pink: Just one? Kelton Reid: I’m sorry. Well, in your case, you can bring two. Daniel Pink: Yeah, I’m going to break this rule a little bit. I actually have an answer to that. It doesn’t quite conform to the structure that you’re giving me. I say this in all seriousness. If it were somehow metaphysically possible, I would like to sit down with Mohammed, Buddha, and Jesus. I would make sure that I had my voice recorder, maybe even iPhone video to record the whole thing. I think it would be a great documentary. I think it would be an awesome book, too. The reason for that is that if you think about writers, thinkers, philosophers, whatever you want to call them, who had a long-reaching affect, those guys did. There are people out there who still care about Jesus, and still care about Mohammed, and still care about Buddha. We like to think, “Oh, Shakespeare had such a great influence.” Jesus has about 1,600 years on him. Kelton Reid: Interesting. Where would this meal take place? Daniel Pink: It’s got to be Chipotle. Can you imagine, just walk into Chipotle with Jesus, Mohammed, and Buddha? Those guys, I’d feel chagrined taking them to a fancy restaurant. It’d be antithetical to a lot of what they stand for. I think we’re going to Chipotle. Kelton Reid: I can only imagine the faces of the other diners at Chipotle. Hopefully I won’t make a political crack there. Do you have a writer’s fetish at all? Daniel Pink: What do you mean by a writer’s fetish? Kelton Reid: It could be metaphorical. It could be something physical. Daniel Pink: I get it now. Believe it or not, I use pencils. I really like using pencils for editing. I hate mechanical pencils. I think mechanical pencils are Satan’s creation. I like regular old pencils that I sharpen. I use those for almost everything that I do at my desk. Kelton Reid: Cool. Who or what has been your greatest teacher? Daniel Pink: My mistakes, no question. Kelton Reid: Can you offer any advice to fellow writers on how to keep the ink flowing and the cursor moving? Why You Need to Get Over Yourself and Get to Work Daniel Pink: There’s a theme to this. It’s the same thing, which is basically get to work. Get over yourself. Get to work. Sit in the chair, and start working. If the ink isn’t flowing or the cursor’s not moving, maybe take a walk or something like that, but otherwise, make it move. Again, it’s like the question about the muse. If you’re waiting for the muse to strike you, you’re going to be there for a long time. That cursor’s going to be blinking forever. Kelton Reid: I want listeners to remember that the muse question is really the disqualifier. Daniel Pink: It’s the disqualifier for this. Kelton Reid: Where can fellow scribes connect with you out there? Daniel Pink: Fellow scribes, you can connect with me on the website DanPink.com. I spend more time than should on Twitter where my handle is @DanielPink. Those are two good ways to reach me or find out what’s going on. I do an email newsletter. It’s an irregular and irreverent email newsletter that I do just to stay in touch with readers, that lists maybe some tips that I’ve learned over the years, or stuff that I’m reading that I like. Kelton Reid: I am signing up for that as we speak. Daniel Pink: Thank you. Kelton Reid: Thank you so much for coming on The Writer Files and updating your file. I’m a big fan. I look forward to seeing your latest and greatest. Hopefully, we’ll see your face some more on television as well. Daniel Pink: We’ll see. I appreciate it. These are fun questions. For the print version of what you do, I like reading other people’s answers, too. It’s really interesting. I’m surprised that some people take themselves more seriously than I think that they should. Other people give some really, really great insight into what it’s like. I also think that there would be some insight in somebody going through a lot of your interviews and finding the common themes. Kelton Reid: Absolutely. Daniel Pink: If someone were to go through the interviews and say, “What are the common themes among all the people you talk to?” I think that would be fascinating. Kelton Reid: Yeah, definitely. I will also remind the listeners that the transcripts from all of the shows are posted to the website, WriterFiles.FM, shortly after the interview goes live out there in the world. You can actually find all of the printed versions of these. They are edited as well, so they actually spell things correctly. Daniel Pink: Wow. Kelton Reid: Yes, I’m telling you. Thanks again, Dan. I really appreciate your time. Daniel Pink: All right, appreciate it. Thanks, Kelton. See you later. Kelton Reid: Cheers. Thank you for tuning in to The Writer Files. Get your butt back in the saddle. For more episodes of The Writer Files and all of the show notes, or to leave us a comment, or a question, simply drop by WriterFiles.FM. You can always chat with me on Twitter @KeltonReid. Cheers. See you out there.

James and Brian, although having never met before, instantly bond. They both, albeit at different times, played poker at the legendary Mayfair Club and relive some of those great stories.   As Brian says, "You'd leave early in the morning either with a gangsters roll in your pocket or knowing you'd just lost... but somehow as you'd walk out, four, four-thirty, five in the morning and get into a gypsy cab... something just felt right in the world..."   The Mayfair Club was Brian and his writing partner David Levien's inspiration for the hit movie Rounders starring Matt Damon.   Brian attributes a lot of his success to his ADHD. He's able to laser focus in things that fascinate him. When he came across the singer-songwriter Tracey Chapman, he was hooked. She had something very special and he "knew it." But "knowing it" and getting her to believe he knew it and that he could help her took years of hard work. She originally said no a hundred times in a row.   You've got to listen to Brian's story about Phillip Roth and the elevator... It's a classic.   They dive deep into the question of how can you turn off that voice inside you that tells you that you suck.   Put some kind of practice into your life; walk, exercise, meditate, whatever... as long as it works for you, do it.   This is a great interview... one of James' all-time best. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

James and Brian, although having never met before, instantly bond. They both, albeit at different times, played poker at the legendary Mayfair Club and relive some of those great stories. As Brian says, "You'd leave early in the morning either with a gangsters roll in your pocket or knowing you'd just lost… but somehow as you'd walk out, four, four-thirty, five in the morning and get into a gypsy cab... something just felt right in the world..." The Mayfair Club was Brian and his writing partner David Levien's inspiration for the hit movie Rounders starring Matt Damon. Brian attributes a lot of his success to his ADHD. He's able to laser focus in things that fascinate him. When he came across the singer-songwriter Tracey Chapman, he was hooked. She had something very special and he "knew it." But "knowing it" and getting her to believe he knew it and that he could help her took years of hard work. She originally said no a hundred times in a row. You’ve got to listen to Brian's story about Phillip Roth and the elevator... It's a classic. They dive deep into the question of how can you turn off that voice inside you that tells you that you suck. Put some kind of practice into your life; walk, exercise, meditate, whatever… as long as it works for you, do it. This is a great interview… one of James' all-time best. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.