Podcasts about Rizzoli

Welcome back interior designer Meg Braff to the podcast! Meg first joined the show in 2017 to discuss her first book, The Decorated Home, and now she returns to celebrate her second book, Gracious Interiors, published by Rizzoli. Growing up in Mississippi, Meg watched her mother and grandmother host beautiful, thoughtful parties, and she has carried that effortless Southern hospitality into her design firm. She sits down with Caroline, Taryn, and Liz to discuss how she optimizes floor plans for hosting, why every guest room needs wallpaper, and her favorite tricks for making formal antiques feel approachable. Design for Entertaining: Meg begins every project by analyzing the floor plan to maximize how a family lives and hosts. She looks for ways to provide multiple dining options, like a small setup for six indoors or a long table for thirty outdoors, and uses elements like pergolas and outdoor fireplaces to extend the entertaining season. The "Dress Rehearsal" Trick: A great host makes entertaining look effortless so guests never feel like an inconvenience. Meg recommends setting your table the day before to ensure you have the right counts for flatware and vases, and turning on your playlist an hour early. This allows you to be fully dressed and enjoying a cocktail right before the doorbell rings. Thoughtful Guest Rooms: Wallpapering a guest room is an easy way to make visitors feel expected and special. Elevate the stay by clearing out the medicine cabinet, stocking it with nice toiletries, and leaving out a water carafe, a small plate of fruit, and a note with the Wi-Fi password. Demystifying Wallpaper: Meg—who launched her own expansive fabric and wallpaper line 18 years ago—loves bold patterns, but notes that even a simple grasscloth adds necessary warmth, depth, and texture to a room lacking architectural details. She also encourages hanging artwork directly over wallpaper, provided the pieces relate to each other in scale. Mixing Antiques & Textures: To keep formal antiques from feeling stodgy or unapproachable, Meg mixes in mid-century pieces, like brass and glass coffee tables. She also uses woven materials, like French rattan chairs, bamboo altar tables, or jute rugs, to visually lighten a room and make it feel younger. Go-To Accessories: Meg frequently layers her rooms with vintage brass, nautilus shells, colored or clear glass hurricanes for romantic lighting, and robust collections of books to make spaces feel truly lived-in. Also Mentioned: Follow Meg on Instagram: @megbraffdesigns Visit her shop in West Palm Beach on Georgia Avenue Books by Meg Braff: Gracious Interiors and The Decorated Home Please send in your decorating dilemmas to podcast@ballarddesigns.net so we can help you with your space! Don't forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs! While the team takes a short summer break, they are re-sharing a handful of their all-time favorite podcast episodes. Today, Caroline, Taryn, and Liz sit down with American interior designer David Jimenez to discuss his path to living in Paris and his Rizzoli book, Parisian by Design: Interiors by David Jimenez. David shares the secrets behind effortless Parisian style, the art of layering, and how to create deeply personal spaces filled with joy and memories. Quick Decorating Takeaways: Embrace Antiques for Continuity: The French are known for holding onto the pieces they buy and passing them down through their families. Bringing familiar, story-filled antiques into a new home offers a comforting and reassuring atmosphere. Curate a "Salon Style" Gallery Wall: To replicate the gallery walls seen in the Louvre Museum, start hanging artwork on thin metal rods right under your room's ceiling molding. Mix Finishes Fearlessly: Do not feel constrained by strict design rules regarding matching wood or metal finishes. Mixing dark and light woods, or nickel and brass, brings energy and vital contrast to a room. Leverage Large-Scale Pieces: Create dramatic "highs and lows" in your spaces by mixing oversized items with smaller ones. A large piece of art or a tall secretary desk provides visual surprise and hierarchy. Utilize Decorative Screens: Room dividers can introduce subtle layers of texture and color, or serve a highly practical purpose like masking an unattractive view outside a window without blocking the natural sunlight. Anchor with Black: Black serves as an excellent underlying punctuation mark in a room. Using black lampshades is a reliable way to add contrast and prevent a space from feeling too monotonous. What You'll Hear on This Episode: 00:00 An introduction to the summer "best of" series and a warm welcome to guest David Jimenez. 04:52 David's career journey, starting as a Gap salesperson and leading to his relocation to reinvent a historic French brand. 08:37 The beauty of investing in antiques and the reassurance of bringing familiar furniture into new spaces. 13:55 How to casually layer your decor over the course of a relaxing afternoon. 16:27 Tips for constructing a Louvre-inspired gallery wall with high placements and metal rods. 20:20 Why breaking traditional design rules about wood and metal finishes breathes life into a room. 23:02 Using scale and oversized pieces to create necessary visual drama. 25:37 Practical and aesthetic applications for decorative folding screens. 29:02 The inspiration behind David's favored 7cm-wide black and white striped curtains from the Marché Saint-Pierre. 32:25 Why black lampshades and pops of dual-tone colors help ground a space. 34:29 How observing master designers like Madeleine Castaing can influence your own design choices. 37:23 Exploring the second half of David's book, featuring an insider's guide to Parisian artisans and shopping destinations. 41:01 The crucial etiquette for shopping at French flea markets, starting with a polite greeting. 44:07 Finding bold color inspiration within historic French museums and former homes. 51:29 Details on where to purchase Parisian by Design and where to follow David's work online. Also Mentioned: Book: Parisian by Design: Interiors by David Jimenez Marché Saint-Pierre (Paris fabric market) David Jimenez's website: davidjimenezstudio.com David's Instagram: @davidjimenezstudio Send your decorating dilemmas to podcast@ballarddesigns.net Parisian by Design: Interiors by David Jimenez For a closer look at the stunning interiors discussed in today's episode, this visual overview highlights the elegant photography and practical styling advice found inside David Jimenez's book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

di Matteo B. Bianchi | Scegliere i libri da portarsi in vacanza è una faccenda troppo seria per improvvisare, e quindi, come ogni anno, torna lo speciale estate di Copertina. Oltre alle consuete letture di Matteo B. Bianchi, per voi anche i consigli di lettura di Stefania Auci, Alcide Pierantozzi, Francesca Giannone, Stefano Fresi, Nadia Terranova, Fabio Genovesi e Javier Castillo. In regalo anche 3 poesie di Marco Rossari lette dall'autore.  LIBRI CONSIGLIATI IN QUESTA PUNTATA:  GIORNI FUTURI di Gabriella dal Lago, Einaudi  LA VITA GIOVANE di Mattia Insolia, Mondadori  HO PAURA TORERO di Pedro Lemebel, Feltrinelli Gramma   TRE NOMI di Florence Knapp, Garzanti   TUTTE LE MATTINE DI SYBIL di Virginia Evans, Rizzoli  L'AMORE È UNA MALATTI SESSUALMENTE TRASMISSIBILE di Marco Rossari, Rizzoli LA SAGGEZZA DEL CONVENTO di Ana Garriga e Carmen Urbita, Mondadori THE HISTORY OF SOUND di Ben Shattuck, Neri Pozza  JOHN + PAUL. UNA STORIA D'AMORE IN MUSICA di Ian Leslie, Utet  IO, LIZA di Liza Minnelli, Rizzoli CARTILAGINE di Giulio Iovine, Accento LA NEBBIA DI RIO di Sarvish Waheed, Accento LA MIA AUTOBIOGRAFIA DI CARSON McCULLERS di Jenn Shapland, Enciclopediadelledonne.it L'UOMO ELEFANTE di Frederick Treves, Adelphi LA REGINA DELLA PALUDE di Anna North, Astoria PAURA di Dario Argento, Einaudi VIA COL VENTO di Margaret Mitchell, nella nuova edizione Neri Pozza LE NOSTRE ANIME DI NOTTE di Kent Haruf, NN DONNAREGINA di Teresa Ciabatti, Mondadori IL SIGNORINO di Natsume Sōseki, Neri Pozza LA CATASTROFICA VISITA ALLO ZOO di Joël Dicker, La nave di Teseo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planting design is an essential skill in garden design writ large, for the health and beauty of a site– functionally, environmentally, and psychologically. Andrew Fisher Tomlin is widely acknowledged as leading the development of a distinct professional career path in planting design through his own work and as a Director of Environmental Design at the London College of Garden Design in London and Melbourne, where he has mentored some of the most exciting new designers coming out of the UK and Australia over the past 20 years.  His work bridges design, education, and industry, and he is especially known for his planting design skills and experience on outstanding landscapes over his 30-year career. A synthesis of his understanding and teaching about planting design to date, Andrew's new book, “The Modern Professional Planting Designer,” was published by Rizzoli, New York, in September of 2025. In March of this year, Andrew received the Royal Horticultural Society's highest honour, the RHS Elizabeth Medal of Honour, an award conferred on "those of any nationality who have significantly impacted the advancement of the science, art, or practice of horticulture for the benefit of all generations and the environment.” Andrew joins Cultivating Place this week to share more. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you for listening over the years, and we hope you'll continue to support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow and engage in even more conversations like these. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Franco Faggiani"Escartons"Le libere Comunità delle Alpi OccitanePaolo Fusta Editorewww.fustaeditore.itAlevé Libre FestivalCasteldelfino, Valle Varaita (Cuneo)Domenica 9 agosto 2026Presentazione del libro di Franco Faggiani "Escarton"Per quasi quattro secoli, tra le montagne alte e severe delle Alpi Occidentali, le genti di Briançon, Queyras, Oulx, Pragelato e Casteldelfino costruirono qualcosa di straordinario: una federazione di comunità alpine unite dalla lingua, dal lavoro, dagli scambi e da un legame profondissimo con il territorio che, ancora oggi, è una lezione di mutuo aiuto, di libertà e di visione di un confine come luogo di incontro e non di divisione.Mentre intorno a loro scoppiavano guerre e guerriglie, pestilenze, cambiamenti di alleanze e di confini, ci sono state nella storia delle comunità che sono rimaste abbarbicate sulle alte montagne e isolate nelle valli delle Alpi Occidentali, così sfuggevoli e in luoghi così impervi che spesso per i funzionari di stato era difficile perfino andare a riscuotere le gabelle. E qui, in transumanza d'estate, a scaldarsi con il calore degli animali nelle stalle d'inverno, queste genti vivevano un'esistenza che seguiva innanzitutto le imposizioni della natura, una natura ferrea e aspra, e poi le regole proprie di una società fondata sul mutuo aiuto e sulla solidarietà, un modello di autogoverno ancora capace di stupirci per la sua modernità. Il libro, corredato da schizzi d'autore, ripercorre la storia dei territori del Queyras, di Briançon, Oulx, Pragelato e Casteldelfino, riuniti in una federazione per quasi quattro secoli. Lo fa con il rigore della ricerca, ma scova anche tracce, suggestioni, voci e memorie e riesce a ricreare l'atmosfera di quelle montagne severe, delle valli piene di neve e rocce, a seguire quei sentieri che non esistono più e che univano tra loro comunità legate da una stessa lingua, la lingua d'oc, dal lavoro, dai mercati, dagli scambi, dai maestri che andavano per un periodo in un paese, un periodo in un altro, dai musici. Un pezzo di storia alpina fondamentale raccontato da una voce autorevole e da un occhio meravigliato dall'infinita bellezza paesaggistica e storica di questo territorio, adesso diviso tra Italia e Francia.Franco Faggiani, milanese di adozione, è giornalista, fotografo e scrittore. Ha affrontato viaggi e reportage in diverse parti del mondo per poi dedicarsi alla realizzazione di guide, saggi, racconti, testi di libri fotografici e alla direzione di riviste di viaggi e di sport. Ha scritto per Rizzoli, IdeaMontagna, Mulatero, Electa Junior, Terre di Mezzo, Aboca, Mondadori, CAI Edizioni, Touring Club e Fazi. Con quest'ultimo editore ha pubblicato sette romanzi, che hanno ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti. Solo con L'inventario delle nuvole, ambientato in Piemonte, in Valle Maira, e pubblicato nel 2013, ha vinto otto premi letterari, uno dei quali in Francia, costituendo un piccolo caso editoriale. I suoi romanzi sono tradotti in sette Paesi. Per CAI Edizioni ha scritto nel 2025 Il maestro itinerante, un lungo racconto ambientato nella Repubblica degli Escartons. Per l'editore Fazi, ha pubblicato "La luce del primo mattino".Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Piera Ficili"Scenari Festival"www.scenarifestival.itFestival di Cultura e TerritorioNei piccoli centri la cultura non deve essere un'eccezione.
 Scenari nasce per portare senso, dialogo e bellezza dove spesso mancano spazi e occasioni. Un festival che unisce persone, idee, parole e futuro. Uno spazio aperto, dove chi partecipa è anche protagonista.
 Incontri, dibattiti, autori, intellettuali. Cultura come strumento di coesione, identità e promozione del territorio.Dal 25 giugno al 26 luglio, per cinque weekend consecutivi, gli scorci più suggestivi della città diventeranno il palcoscenico di incontri pubblici e interessanti dibattiti a carattere letterario e culturale, mirando unire la narrazione alla bellezza dei luoghi modicani. Nei piccoli centri la cultura non deve essere un'eccezione.La manifestazione è organizzata dal Mondadori Bookstore di Modica e dalla Fondazione Teatro Garibaldi, insieme a Babel Agency.Torna Scenari il festival letterario della città di Modica (Ragusa), giunto quest'anno alla sua V edizione. La manifestazione è organizzata dalle librerie Mondadori BookStore con la Fondazione Garibaldi, Babel Agency sotto la direzione artistica di Piera Ficili.Da giovedì 25 giugno a domenica 26 luglio, per cinque fine settimana consecutivi, le piazze più affascinanti della città, insieme a palazzi storici, vicoli e angoli particolarmente suggestivi, ospiteranno incontri aperti al pubblico e momenti di confronto dedicati alla letteratura e alla cultura. Anche quest'anno, Scenari coinvolgerà i luoghi più suggestivi di Modica, città patrimonio Unesco: l'atrio di Palazzo San Domenico, le scalinate di San Pietro e San Giorgio, chiese riconosciute da 24 anni patrimonio dell'Umanità, il sagrato della Madonna delle Grazie e  la bellissima scalinata di San Giovanni, la cui croce è il punto più alto della città.Il primo weekend prosegue poi venerdì 26 giugno con Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, ospite dell' incontro “Dalla pagina allo schermo” dedicato al suo percorso artistico tra cinema, teatro e scrittura, mentre sabato 27 giugno salirà sul palco Sigfrido Ranucci con “Diario di un trapezista", spettacolo teatrale che attraversa il dietro le quinte del giornalismo d'inchiesta attraverso racconti personali, pressioni, rischi e grandi inchieste che hanno segnato la sua carriera alla guida di “Report”.La settimana successiva si aprirà venerdì 3 luglio con Serena Bortone, che presenterà “Le dirimpettaie” (Rizzoli), il suo nuovo romanzo corale ambientato tra gli anni Sessanta e il nuovo millennio. Sabato 4 luglio sarà invece la volta di  Vincenzo Schettini, il professore e divulgatore noto per “La fisica che ci piace”, che presenterà “La vita che ci piace. Come la fisica può spiegarci la vita” (Mondadori Electa), un viaggio profondo e accessibile insieme che trasforma la fisica in uno strumento per comprendere meglio sé stessi e il mondo che ci circonda. Domenica 5 luglio arriverà Alessia Gazzola, amata autrice della serie de “L'Allieva”, che presenterà “Il giardino avvelenato” (Longanesi) il nuovo capitolo delle indagini di Miss Bee. Ambientato nella Londra del 1925, il romanzo segue la giovane Beatrice Bernabò alle prese con un mistero che si intreccia a passioni, segreti e irrisolti del passato. Venerdì 10 luglio sarà ospite Csaba dalla Zorza, che presenterà “Io sono Adele” (Marsilio), un romanzo intimo e delicato che racconta la storia di una donna che, a sessant'anni, lascia Milano per trasferirsi in Provenza e ricominciare da sé stessa. Sabato 11 luglio torna “Scenari Talk” con Paolo Gentiloni e Paolo Magri, protagonisti di un dialogo dedicato ai nuovi equilibri internazionali, all'Europa e alle grandi trasformazioni geopolitiche del presente. Domenica 12 luglio salirà sul palco Enzo Iacchetti, che presenterà “25 minuti di felicità". Senza mai perdere la malinconia” (Bompiani), un'autobiografia ironica e sincera che ripercorre la sua vita tra musica, cabaret, televisione e ricordi personali.Il festival proseguirà venerdì 17 luglio con Davide Banzato, sacerdote, scrittore e volto televisivo, che presenterà “Il coraggio di scegliere” (Piemme) e “Come una stella nel cielo” (ElectaKids), due libri dedicati ai temi della spiritualità, della crescita personale e della ricerca della felicità. Sabato 18 luglio sarà ospite Romina Power, che presenterà “Pensieri profondamente semplici. L'abbecedario della mia vita” (Rizzoli), un libro intimo e originale in cui sceglie la forma del lemmario personale per raccontarsi attraverso parole, ricordi e riflessioni. Domenica 19 luglio arriverà Stefano Mancuso con la lectio "L'intelligenza delle piante" dedicata al suo ultimo libro “Il Cantico della Terra” (Laterza), una riflessione che intreccia scienza, ecologia e poesia a partire dal “Cantico delle creature” di San Francesco, invitando a ripensare il rapporto tra esseri umani e natura.Venerdì 24 luglio sarà la volta di Mario Calabresi, che presenterà il suo ultimo libro “Alzarsi all'alba” (Mondadori), un racconto dedicato alle persone che scelgono di cambiare, ripartire e rimettersi in gioco. Sabato 25 luglio il festival accoglierà Franco Arminio con una lectio a partire dal suo ultimo libro “L'incredibile non si può dire a tutti” (Rizzoli). A chiudere il festival, domenica 26 luglio alla Scalinata di San Giorgio andrà in scena il concerto di Dimartino, realizzato in collaborazione con RIAD: uno dei cantautori più raffinati della scena italiana contemporanea, capace di unire introspezione, ironia e sensibilità letteraria.Accanto al programma principale torna anche “Scenari al Tramonto”, la rassegna di incontri ospitata al Belvedere Pizzo di Modica e al Belvedere dell'Itria, per quattro giovedì sempre alle ore 19.00. Il calendario vedrà protagonisti Lorenza Spampinato il 2 luglio, Iaia Forte il 9 luglio, Franco Currò il 16 luglio e l'incontro con Carlo Cottarelli e Paolo Magri il 23 luglio.Tutti gli incontri, salvo note specifiche, si svolgeranno alle 21:00, con ingresso libero fino a esaurimento posti.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Patrizia Angelozzi"Vasto d'Autore Festival"www.vastodautorefestival.itLa bellezza delle parole, l'incanto dei luoghi, le suggestioni dell'atmosfera che la città di Vasto sa offrire, tra le spiagge e i tesori di un centro storico che nelle calde serate di luglio diventa palcoscenico con il Vasto d'autore Festival.Il tema della V edizione, in programma dal 2 al 5 luglio 2026, e fino a settembre con altre date extra, è “Dentro”, un invito ad approfondire per comprendere ciò che ci circonda rispetto all'umanità.“Dentro è un luogo troppo spesso invisibile, dove nascono domande, fragilità e desideri. Un invito a guardare oltre la superficie, a entrare nelle storie e nelle emozioni che abitano ogni persona. La letteratura diventa così uno spazio di ascolto, capace di avvicinarci all'umanità che ci circonda e di renderci consapevoli, empatici e veri” ha dichiarato Patrizia Angelozzi, direttrice artistica del Vasto d'autore Festival.Il Festival anche quest'anno si apre alla città con nuove proposte di incontro di grande spessore, coinvolgendo tutti: dai più piccoli con gli spazi aperti al gioco delle parole, ai lettori più maturi con i laboratori di scrittura (aperti già dai 16 anni) e gli aperitivi letterari, per poi immergersi nell'atmosfera intima degli incontri d'autore serali”.La rassegna, in occasione del Maggio dei Libri, ha già portato a Vasto diverse anteprime, ospiti d'eccezione come il giornalista e conduttore di Report, Sigfrido Ranucci, protagonista di undoppio appuntamento il 5 maggio scorso, con i libri “Navigare senza paura” (ed. Ape Junior per Salani Editore) e “Il ritorno della casta” (ed. Bompiani); il 28 maggio il giornalista e politico Claudio Fava con il romanzo “Non ti fidare” (ed. Fandango) e, subito dopo, il noto psichiatra Leonardo Mendolicchio, direttore del Dipartimento Interregionale per la ricerca e la cura dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare e autore del libro “Diventerai uomo” (ed. Mondadori); il 30 maggio, infine, il giornalista e conduttore televisivo Antonello Piroso, autore del libro “Papà” (ed. PIEMME).Da giovedì 2 a domenica 5 luglio 2026, il Festival entrerà nel vivo con i principali appuntamenti, tutte le sere a partire dalle 21.00, presso i Giardini di Palazzo D'Avalos, dove numerosi scrittori e personalità del mondo della letteratura, della scienza e dell'economia, si alterneranno nel corso di quattro serate tematiche.Si inizierà giovedì 2 luglio con la “Serata Letteratura” e il Premio Cantina Tollo. Tra gli ospiti attesi ci sarà la giornalista e conduttrice televisiva Monica Maggioni che parlerà de L'avversario leale (ed. De Agostini) libro che mostra alle generazioni più giovani come ascoltare, riflettere e cercare un punto d'incontro sia l'unica strada davvero possibile. Monica Maggioni converserà con la giornalista del TG2 Carola Carulli. Alla stessa serata parteciperanno la presidente della Fondazione Molise Cultura Antonella Presutti autrice de La nebbia sale dalla terra (ed. Arkadia) e l'imprenditore e filantropo, fondatore del Dynamo Camp Enzo Manes e autoredi Nessuno basta a se stesso (ed. PIEMME). Insieme daranno vita a una doppia presentazione arricchita da un monologo curato da Maria Elena Fresu; toccherà poi alla scrittrice e regista Wanda Marasco autrice del libro Di spalle a questo mondo (ed. Neri Pozza) vincitore del Premio Campiello 2025. Wanda Marasco sarà intervistata dalla giornalista Giulia Ciarapica.Venerdì 3 luglio immersi nei dei giardini settecenteschi di Palazzo D'Avalos, andrà in scena la serata dedicata ai “Libri Pop” con la partecipazione dei protagonisti del backstage del mondo del cinema e dello spettacolo, di quanti sono protagonisti e scoprono i talenti di oggi e di domani.Dal backstage del piccolo e grande schermo alle serate del Festival, Monica Savaresi produttrice e manager di volti noti italiani e autrice di Bellagio (ed. SEM) converserà con Giulia Ciarapica mentre Carola Carulli converserà prima con Daniele Orazi, fondatore e proprietario dell'agenzia cinematografica DO Agency e autore di Ostiawood (ed. Solferino), e poi con l'attrice Elda Alvigini, nota al grande pubblico come storica interprete nella fiction televisiva de I Cesaroni e autrice di Inutilmentefiga (Santelli Editore) La serata di sabato 4 luglio del Vasto d'autore sarà dedicata alla “Scienza e divulgazione”. Sarà ancora la giornalista Carola Carulli a parlare con la scrittrice Michela Marzano di Qualcosa che brilla (ed. Rizzoli) un libro che illumina con sincerità disarmante il disagio di una generazione a cui il mondo sembra aver rubato tutto.Completerà la serata la cerimonia di premiazione della seconda edizione del Premio Metamer, rivolto agli studenti delle scuole secondarie della città e nato allo scopo di stimolare riflessioni profonde su temi generazionali e di attualità. Il premio è presieduto da un giovane talento della letteratura, molto amato dal pubblico del VDA, presente alla serata di premiazione: Matteo Porru, scrittore e giornalista 25enne, già Campiello Giovani e Grand Prix du Livre, ideatore e conduttore del nuovo format Rai Play “Under 25 – Giovani talenti”, dedicato ai ragazzi e alle ragazze “pronti a spiccare il volo”. La sua ultima opera è Il dolore crea l'inverno (ed. Garzanti).Domenica 5 luglio, nella serata conclusiva dedicata al tema “Filosofia e narrazioni”, il pubblico avrà modo di ascoltare gli scrittori Giuseppe de Alteriis dottorando in neuroscienze computazionali al King's College London e autore di Non dormire e sogna(ed. Bompiani) in dialogo con la neuropsichiatra Paola Battista; la scrittrice pluripremiata Best Seller Roberta Recchia autrice del pluripremiato Io che ti ho voluto così bene (ed. Rizzoli) che si relazionerà con la giornalista Giulia Ciarapica, la stessa che dialogherà con Erica Cassano sul romanzo Duramadre (ed. Garzanti), e Giorgio Calcara, critico d'arte, poeta e artista, curatore della retrospettiva su Franco Battiato al Museo MAXXI di Roma, autore di Battiato svelato (ed. RaiLibri). Calcara converserà con il direttore di RAI Libri Adriano Monti Buzzetti Colella. L'omaggio musicale sarà affidato a Giovanni Caccamo.I Giardini di Palazzo D'Avalos aprono anche ai bambini con ” FIGURIAMOCI! piccolo festival dell'albo illustrato” a cura di Luana Ciffolilli. Dal 3 al 5 luglio dalle 19 alle 20 in partnership con l'editore Topipittori. Un cartellone dedicato a un pubblico di fascia 4/10 anni, che prevede la presentazione di albi illustrati con autori in presenza, letture ad alta voce e laboratori dedicati all'albo di divulgazione scientifica.In contemporanea avrà luogo l'aperitivo letterario presso i locali partner del festival (vedi programma).Nel cartellone di eventi anche due laboratori di scrittura ed editoria presso la Biblioteca Mattioli di Vasto in programma il 3 e 4 luglio dalle 18.30 alle 19.30 (per max 15 persone dai 16 anni in su).Il primo laboratorio, curato dalla scrittrice e critica letteraria Giulia Ciarapica, si terrà venerdì 3 luglio su “L'arte della scrittura – dall'idea alla pagina”: un corso dedicato a chi desidera trasformare intuizioni, immagini e storie in parole vive e necessarie.Il secondo laboratorio, sabato 4 luglio, si terrà sul tema “Leggere inedito: come (e perché) inviare un dattiloscritto a un agente letterario”. Il corso tenuto da Roberto Di Pietro, agente letterario dell'Agenzia letteraria Edelweiss di Roma, si propone di mostrare, attraverso esempi pratici, il funzionamento dell'iter di lettura e valutazione di un testo inedito.Tre appuntamenti extra chiuderanno il grande anno del Vasto d'autore Festival presso l'Arena Ennio Morricone. Il 20 luglio, infatti, sarà in scena Walter Veltroni con lo spettacolo “Le emozioni che abbiamo vissuto”. Sul palco la prima parte di un progetto che arriverà sino agli anni Duemila e che racconta degli anni Sessanta. Quando tutto sembrava possibile: da Gagarin a Giovanni XXIII, dall'atmosfera di Sapore di sale alle bombe di Piazza Fontana sino allo scioglimento dei Beatles. Il 22 luglio ospite d'eccezione sarà il giornalista e direttore del Fatto Quotidiano Marco Travaglio con la Lectio Magistralis “Stragi del 1992: cosa vogliono farci dimenticare” un'analisi che non considera gli attentati del 1992 un capitolo chiuso della storia giudiziaria, ma un evento con legami ancora attuali con la classe dirigente italiana. Il 6 settembre, il giornalista Gianni Riotta converserà con il magistrato Bruno Giangiacomo sul libro Generose anime di eroi (ed. Mondadori).La V edizione del Vasto d'autore Festival è dedicata a Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, figura centrale dell'editoria e della cultura italiana del Novecento, nel centenario della sua nascita. Fu il primo a pubblicare in Italia Il dottor Živago di Boris Pasternak e contribuì a portare nel nostro Paese opere dirompenti per contenuto e stile, come Il tamburo di latta di Günter Grass.Vasto d'autore Festival è realizzato da Angelozzi Comunicazione Ets, con la partecipazione e collaborazione del Comune di Vasto – Assessorato alla Cultura e Assessorato al Turismo, e con il patrocinio della Provincia di Chieti e della Regione Abruzzo.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations, featuring insights worth revisiting. This week on The Data Stack Show, AI entrepreneur Alberto Rizzoli shares his journey from early computer vision breakthroughs to leading the automation of back-office workflows at V7. The discussion explores the shift from bespoke model training to configurable AI solutions, the impact of automation on business roles, and emerging best practices for integrating AI into enterprises. Listeners will gain insight into how AI infrastructure is moving from labs to everyday businesses, which roles are most vulnerable or secure amid automation, and why future-proofing your career means focusing on creativity, first principles, and continuous improvement. Don't miss it! Highlights from this week's conversation include: Setting the Stage: AI's Hype and Today's Innovations (1:16) Alberto's Non-Tech Passions: Physics & UX (4:04) The Paradigm Shift: Machines that Adapt (6:22) Scaling AI: From Niche Apps to Mainstream Use (8:23) Large Models vs. Bespoke Solutions—Power Law in AI (11:07) Evolving Roles: From Engineer to End User (14:14) Simple vs. Complex AI Implementations (18:14) When to Scale from Simple AI to Production-Grade (22:40) Capturing Tacit Knowledge: Crowdsourcing vs. Centralization (27:22) The Challenge of Unstructured Process Documentation (30:08) Practical Impact: AI-Enabled Enterprise Leverage (33:29) ROI: Time Saved & Compound Effects in the Enterprise (38:08) Redefining Information Movers vs. Information Creators (44:14) Roles at Risk and the Case for Creativity (45:30) Alberto's Favorite New Tech & Future of User Experience (46:00) Spreadsheets, Business Logic, and AI's Next Leap (48:41) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, customer data infrastructure that enables you to deliver real-time customer event data everywhere it's needed to power smarter decisions and better customer experiences. Each week, we'll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data. RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Stefano Meloccaro"Di chi parliamo quando parliamo di tennis"Rizzoli Editorewww.rizzolilibri.itQuesto libro non è un'enciclopedia e meno che mai una classifica di importanza. È piuttosto un quaderno di appunti in ordine sparso: un centinaio di soggetti, forse qualcuno in più, senza i quali la storia di questo sport sarebbe stata diversa. Dentro ci sono campioni e campionesse di ogni epoca, selezionati a insindacabile giudizio dell'autore, trovatosi di fronte a scelte talvolta dolorose. Ci sono anche tennisti e tenniste che non hanno vinto abbastanza e che pure hanno lasciato un segno indelebile. Ci sono gli inventori che hanno cambiato la forma e la sostanza di racchette e palle, da Pierre Babolat a John Boyd Dunlop; ci sono scribi e cronisti che hanno trasformato il racconto in letteratura, come l'indimenticabile coppia Clerici-Tommasi; ci sono artisti – Lewis Carroll, Elton John, David Foster Wallace – e personaggi storici – come Luigi X – che di solito firmano o popolano un altro genere di opere; ci sono i mentori, gli allenatori, i manager, i genitori che hanno costruito carriere e a volte le hanno complicate. Insomma, in “Di chi parliamo quando parliamo di tennis” Stefano Meloccaro, volto storico di Sky Sport e inviato sui campi dei più importanti tornei del circuito, compone una ricca e variegata galleria di persone e fatti che sarebbe meglio conoscere, magari per fare una gran bella figura al bar, o sostenere una conversazione tra commensali che ne sanno davvero. Non è necessario leggere il libro dall'inizio alla fine, anzi, è raccomandato lasciarsi sorprendere dagli accostamenti, perdersi nel racconto delle tante traiettorie umane. Del resto, come scrive l'autore nella sua nota introduttiva, «il tennis stesso si guarda così: si entra, si esce, si torna indietro, si resta incollati a un insignificante quindici pari come se fosse il punto decisivo di una finale».Stefano Meloccaro, in teoria è ancora un giornalista sportivo, su SkySport racconta le gesta di Sinner e compagnia, ma in radio si tramuta in un giocherellone contraltare di Benny. Poliedrico e vagamente tuttologo, ha pure scritto quattro libri, sempre roba di palle gialle che rimbalzano.Divulgatore di sport e buonumore, già partner di Fiorello in Edicola Fiore, Meloccaro non si rassegna. Continua a fare l'eterno giovanotto, ma la sessantina è ormai doppiata. Stefano dà sempre l'impressione di non prendersi troppo sul serio, ma poi finisce per fare tutto (più o meno) come si deve.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Camilla Baresani"Desiderio à la carte: perché usciamo a cena"Seminare Idee Festival, Pratowww.seminareideefestival.itSeminare Idee, FestivalPrato Museo del TessutoSabato 6 giugno 2026, ore 16:45Camilla BaresaniDesiderio à la carte: perché usciamo a cenaIl desiderio di uscire da casa per mangiare, per stare con conosciuti e sconosciuti in un luogo dove, a pagamento, si consuma un pasto, unito al desiderio di provare piatti che non sappiamo o non possiamo preparare nella nostra cucina è parte integrante della vita dell'uomo contemporaneo. È un'esperienza gastronomica, estetica e soprattutto sociale: vedere e farsi vedere, rendere felici le persone che invitiamo, assaggiare un cibo ma anche una porzione di mondo, moltiplicare le nostre esperienze e le cose che potremo raccontare. Quando è iniziato questo desiderio di uscire a mangiare per svago, più che per bisogno? Come è diventato un desiderio di massa? Se mangiare fuori casa è stata, da sempre, una necessità per i viandanti, per i soldati, per i pellegrini, i truffatori, le prostitute, quando è iniziata la storia della ristorazione come forma di intrattenimento? E come è evoluta? Tutto inizia nel XIX secolo con la nascita della borghesia. Con l'aiuto della letteratura, della pittura, di cinema, fotografia e giornalismo Camilla Baresani racconta l'epopea dei locali che servono cibo, delle persone che li frequentano, dei cuochi divenuti protagonisti dello star system. Camilla Baresani laureata in lettere moderne all'Università di Milano è scrittrice e giornalista. Ha esordito nel 2000 con il romanzo Il plagio (Mondadori). Ha pubblicato romanzi con Mondadori, Bompiani, Feltrinelli e La nave di Teseo, tra cui L'imperfezione dell'amore, Un'estate fa, Il sale rosa dell'Himalaya e Gelosia. Ha collaborato con Il Sole 24 Ore e Vanity Fair, poi con Corriere della Sera, e Il Foglio. Ha lavorato in radio e per la Rai, e insegna scrittura creativa. Dal 2016 è presidente del Centro Teatrale Bresciano. Nel 2019 ha ricevuto l'onorificenza di Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.Camilla Baresani"Jasmine vuole tutto"Non nominare il nome di Dio invanoRizzoli Editorewww.rizzolilibri.itJasmine ha vent'anni, una bellezza folgorante e una disperata fame di riscatto. Cresciuta in un quartiere grigio e sotto i rigidi dettami di una madre opprimente, sogna una vita lussuosa, adeguata a quella delle clienti del centro estetico in cui lavora. La sua occasione prende le sembianze di Sergio Lenzi, quarantenne affascinante e marito di Simona, una facoltosa habitué del salone. L'uomo la seduce e la trasforma nella sua amante: la installa in un bilocale sul lago, la riempie di lingerie di seta, di borse griffate, di promesse. Ma il prezzo per entrare in questo paradiso artificiale è altissimo. Jasmine deve licenziarsi, allontanarsi dalla madre e non rivelare a nessuno l'identità del suo benefattore. Quest'ultima regola di Sergio è spietata, come il comandamento biblico: “Non nominare il nome di Dio invano”, e ora il signore e padrone assoluto è soltanto lui. Jasmine non immagina però di essere diventata la pedina vulnerabile di un gioco al massacro tra feroci manipolatori. Chi mente davvero? E chi pagherà il prezzo più alto? Camilla Baresani declina il secondo comandamento con un romanzo psicologico affilato come un bisturi, che scardina il mito della ricchezza facile e ci trascina nelle pieghe più ciniche e tossiche del desiderio.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Episodio numero 157 Insieme a Stefano Meloccaro, giornalista che da più di 20 anni racconta il tennis su Sky Sport, in questa puntata riviviamo la storia del tennis attraverso il racconto dei giocatori, delle giocatrici, dei giornalisti e delle giornaliste che ne hanno cambiato il corso. Da Sinner a Borg, dalla coppia Tommasi-Clerici a Lea Pericoli, passando per il Re Luigi X e Billie Jean King, raccontiamo cosa ha reso questi personaggi così importanti e quale sia il loro lascito su questo sport. Il punto di partenza della chiacchierata è il nuovo libro di Stefano Meloccaro, che si intitola: "Di chi parliamo quando parliamo di Tennis, 100 personaggi senza i quali la storia sarebbe stata diversa" (Rizzoli, 2026). E poi le altre storie: la finale di Champions League e quella NBA; il Giro d'Italia e i nuovi campioni del rugby italiano; il Mondiale 2026 che è alle porte e i problemi che continuano a crescere, mentre Trump organizza match di UFC alla Casa Bianca; il ritorno di Serena Williams e tanto altro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Segui Linee anche su Instagram e TikTok! Questo è il sito ufficiale Questo il canale Youtube Il LINK per iscriverti alla newsletter è QUESTO  QUI il link al questionario per aiutare Linee a migliorare  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In viaggio con giochi da risolvere alla scoperta della lingua italiana.

Corrado De Rosa"Totò Schillaci. Non ero previsto"66thand2ndwww.66thand2nd.com«Succede tutto insieme. De Napoli lancia. Giannini tocca di tacco. Vialli accarezza. Ancora Giannini che corre, la prende, la alza. Arriva Vialli e tira senza pensarci. È un tiro preciso, al volo, potente. Goycochea la respinge. Etrusco rimbalza e torna nel cuore dell'area, nel centro del mondo. Schillaci è lì. Colpisce e poi niente, solo silenzio. Napoli trattiene il fiato. L'Italia pure. Per un millesimo di secondo, ventotto milioni di italiani si domandano: possiamo permettercelo un gol così?».Totò Schillaci non era previsto. Non doveva nemmeno esserci ai Mondiali del 1990, eppure, per una breve stagione, è diventato il volto dell'Italia: gli occhi dilatati, la gioia di chi non sa bene cosa stia succedendo ma intuisce che non potrà succedere mai più.Corrado De Rosa parte da lì, da una fotografia scattata allo stadio San Paolo di Napoli dopo il suo gol nella semifinale contro l'Argentina, per raccontare non solo la storia di un uomo e di un giocatore, ma quella di una nazione intera che si specchia nei propri eroi e li consuma in fretta. Schillaci viene da una casa popolare di Palermo: è il Sud che ce la fa, il ragazzo senza pedigree che riesce a entrare, a suon di gol, nel salotto buono del calcio internazionale. Anche se, passata quella stagione leggendaria, la stessa Italia che lo aveva messo sull'altare lo nasconde sotto il tappeto. Alla fine del libro, trent'anni dopo, ritroviamo Schillaci in una clinica oncologica di Palermo. La città è bloccata per l'arresto di Matteo Messina Denaro. Al microfono di un giornalista, Totò dice: «Alle otto e un quarto sembrava il manicomio». È il suo modo di chiudere il cerchio, con l'ironia e la lucidità di chi ha capito tutto, troppo tardi ma piuttosto bene.Corrado De Rosa, psichiatra, è autore di numerosi saggi sulla follia come strumento di manipolazione dei processi, tra cui La mente nera (Sperling & Kupfer, 2014) e Italian Psycho (minimum fax, 2021). Nel 2018 è uscito per Rizzoli il suo romanzo L'uomo che dorme. Nel 2022, per Giulio Perrone Editore, ha scritto A Salerno. Psicologia insolita di una città sospesa. Nel 2023 ha pubblicato con minimum fax Quando eravamo felici, un libro sul rapporto fra calcio, cultura e società.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Elisabetta Frau, Sante Bandirali"l'ordine del mondo"Luigi Malerbauovonero edizioniwww.uovonero.comTesto di Luigi Malerba, Illustrato da Elisabetta Frau. Il testo di un grande autore rinasce in forma di albo illustrato grazie al tratto fresco e divertente di una talentuosa illustratrice, per ricordarci ancora una volta che, forse, un pochino di disordine si può anche sopportare...Marione non riesce proprio a sopportare il disordine del mondo. E come dargli torto, del resto.Ma Marione non è tipo da lasciar correre: di giorno riordina gli scaffali del supermercato dove lavora, le lettere del vocabolario, le idee degli amici...di notte, non ancora soddisfatto, sogna di sistemare per bene gli edifici, le città e persino gli elementi chimici!Qualcuno riuscirà mai a placare la sua furia catalogatrice?Elisabetta Frau, nata e cresciuta a Cagliari, ha maturato esperienze professionali e formative nella penisola (Master di illustrazione Ars in Fabula) e all'estero, ma ha deciso di tornare in Sardegna.Vanta oltre dieci anni di esperienza nell'ambito della direzione creativa e della gestione dei progetti.Ha contribuito alla crescita di una piccola agenzia pubblicitaria che si è evoluta nel reparto di design dell'esperienza di una multinazionale.L'ordine del mondo, nato dal racconto di un maestro della letteratura italiana come Luigi Malerba, è il suo primo albo illustrato.Sante Bandirali è editore di uovonero, traduttore e autore. Come traduttore ha vinto il Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 2020 con il romanzo Una per i Murphy di Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Sue traduzioni hanno vinto il Premio Andersen, il Premio Letteratura Ragazzi della Cassa di Risparmio di Cento, il Premio Orbil, il Premio Asti d'Appello Junior, il Premio Microeditoria di Qualità, il Premio 12 Apostoli / Mont Blanc e ottenuto altri riconoscimenti.Per uovonero è autore degli albi Il signor Erik (illustrato da Francesca Corso), L'uovo nero (illustrato da Alicia Baladan) e Per mano (illustrato da Gloria Tundo). Luigi Malerba (Pietramogolana 1927 - Roma 2008), pseudonimo di Luigi Bonardi, è stato uno dei maggiori e più tradotti scrittori italiani del secondo Novecento e ha fatto parte della neoavanguardia sperimentalista del Gruppo 63.Oltre alle opere di narrativa, romanzi e racconti, ha scritto testi per il cinema e la televisione e numerosi libri per ragazzi. Laureato in giurisprudenza a Roma, lavora come giornalista e collabora alla scrittura di alcune sceneggiature cinematografiche e televisive. A Parma, negli anni Cinquanta, dirige la rivista cinematografica «Sequenze».Le pietre volanti è uno dei suoi romanzi di maggior successo, per il quale vince il Premio Viareggio e il Premio Feronia nel 1992.Dopo la sua morte, dal 2010 si è cominciato il Premio Luigi Malerba di narrativa e cinema, a sua memoria, dedicato a opere inedite e sceneggiature di giovani con meno di 28 anni. Ha vinto numerosi premi letterari, tra i quali il Prix Médicis per il miglior autore straniero, il Mondello, il Grinzane Cavour e il Viareggio.E' rimasto celebre il suo scontro con Claudio Magris al Premio Strega che gli impedì la conquista del prestigioso alloro.Tra le sue opere ricordiamo: La scoperta dell'alfabeto (Bompiani 1963), Il serpente (Bompiani 1966), Salto mortale (Bompiani 1968), Il protagonista (Bompiani 1973), Le rose imperiali (Bompiani 1974), Il pataffio (Bompiani 1978), Diario di un sognatore (Einaudi 1981), Il pianeta azzurro (Garzanti 1986), Testa d'argento (Mondadori 1988), Il fuoco greco (Mondadori 1991), Le pietre volanti (Rizzoli 1992), Il viaggiatore sedentario (Rizzoli 1993), Storiette e storiette tascabili (Einaudi 1994), Le galline pensierose (Einaudi 1980, Mondadori 1994). Per Mondadori sono usciti i suoi libri più recenti: Le maschere (1995), Che vergogna scrivere (1996), Itaca per sempre (1997), La superficie di Eliane (1999), Il circolo di Granada (Mondadori 2002), Ti saluto filosofia (2004).Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Frida Kahlo's short life came to a tragic and painful end. She painted until her dying day and her legend has grown ever since. Joining us again for the conclusion of this series, our friend Amy!Sources:Herrera, Hayden, and Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo. New York, N.Y., Rizzoli, 1992.‌Kahlo, Frida. The Letters of Frida Kahlo. Chronicle Books (CA), 1995.

Brianna Capozzi is a photographer from New York. Her great new book, Womanizer, is out now on Rizzoli. We chat about tube-based foods, blanket DM responses, spicy tuna ice cream cones, the Greek frozen yogurt wars, Oreo cookies and how they pertain to breastfeeding, being able to play any sport, her mother's love of TJ Maxx and the like, being in the market for an orthopedic shoe, Addison Rae's core strength, New Jersey tanning salons, Dua Lipa in the blonde wig, how nobody can pose like Pamela, and how having a kid brought her family together. instagram.com/briannalcapozzi twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part 2, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera begin their tempestuous relationship and Frida paints some of her most iconic works. Joining us again is our special guest, Amy!Sources:Herrera, Hayden, and Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo. New York, N.Y., Rizzoli, 1992.‌Kahlo, Frida. The Letters of Frida Kahlo. Chronicle Books (CA), 1995.

In Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today (Rizzoli, 2023), Lukas Novotny calls attention not just to the icons-- the Empire State, Chrysler, or Seagram, but also to overlooked fine new buildings in the outer boroughs. Here too, in dozens of illustrated sidebars, we glimpse the evolution of city buses, cabs, ferry boats, tugs and airplanes. A delight for tourist or scholar! But we are also left to wonder--did the incessant demand to maximize square footage in new building result in “modern” once iconic, becoming tedious ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today (Rizzoli, 2023), Lukas Novotny calls attention not just to the icons-- the Empire State, Chrysler, or Seagram, but also to overlooked fine new buildings in the outer boroughs. Here too, in dozens of illustrated sidebars, we glimpse the evolution of city buses, cabs, ferry boats, tugs and airplanes. A delight for tourist or scholar! But we are also left to wonder--did the incessant demand to maximize square footage in new building result in “modern” once iconic, becoming tedious ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture

In Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today (Rizzoli, 2023), Lukas Novotny calls attention not just to the icons-- the Empire State, Chrysler, or Seagram, but also to overlooked fine new buildings in the outer boroughs. Here too, in dozens of illustrated sidebars, we glimpse the evolution of city buses, cabs, ferry boats, tugs and airplanes. A delight for tourist or scholar! But we are also left to wonder--did the incessant demand to maximize square footage in new building result in “modern” once iconic, becoming tedious ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frida Kahlo is now the most famous painter that Mexico has ever produced and has since become a legend in the art world for painting some of the most recognizable, beautiful, and often disturbing images in the art lexicon. This episode will examine her early life and the catastrophic event that would influence her entire life and art going forward.Special guest, artist Amy Ashton! Look for her work at @straycatseattle on instagram and on Etsy!Sources:Herrera, Hayden, and Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo. New York, N.Y., Rizzoli, 1992.‌Kahlo, Frida. The Letters of Frida Kahlo. Chronicle Books (CA), 1995.‌

Le conseguenze della sconfitta di Viktor Orbán e un profilo del nuovo presidente dell'Ungheria, Petere Magyar. La domanda "di chi sono i nostri giorni?" tratta dal film di Paolo Sorrentino e la grazia concessa a Nicole Minetti. E l'ultimo libro di Marianna Aprile, edito per Rizzoli, dal titolo "La promessa". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiara Carminati, Pia Valentinis"Cose che fanno poesia"Rizzoli Editorewww.rizzolilibri.itQuello che abbiamo davanti agli occhi tutti i giorni non è solo utile, è anche poetico. E alla ricerca di quella poesia Chiara Carminati e Pia Valentinis si immergono insieme in un mondo di oggetti del quotidiano: grucce, occhiali, ombrelli, orsacchiotti, martelli, guinzagli, fazzoletti, forbici… Le cose prendono la parola per mostrarci le loro frustrazioni e i loro desideri, i loro momenti di gloria e le loro disavventure, i loro moti di ribellione. E forse anche per dirci che, quando le diamo per scontate e non riconosciamo la loro magia, ci perdiamo qualcosa.Chiara Carminati è nata e vive a Udine. Scrive e traduce poesie, albi illustrati, racconti, romanzi. I suoi libri hanno ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti tra cui, nel 2016, il Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi (Fuori Fuoco, Bompiani). Nel 2012 ha ricevuto il Premio Andersen come Miglior autrice. Per Rizzoli ha pubblicato, tra gli altri, Lemmi lento lento, Rime chiaro scure (con Bruno Tognolini), e Raccontare il mare.Pia Valentinis ha vinto il Premio Andersen come Miglior illustratrice nel 2002, e il Premio Gianni Rodari nel 2024. Con Raccontare gli alberi, illustrato assieme a Mauro Evangelista, ha ottenuto nel 2012 il Super Premio Andersen. Per Rizzoli ha illustrato diversi libri tra cui Rime chiaro scure, di Chiara Carminati e Bruno Tognolini, e Ogni goccia balla il tango, di Pierluigi Cappello.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

L'apertura di giornata con le notizie e le voci dei protagonisti, tutto in meno di 30 minuti.Il presidente ucraino Zelensky ha annunciato di aver invitato nella capitale ucraina gli emissari statunitensi incaricati dei negoziati, nel tentativo di riavviare il dialogo con Mosca sul conflitto in Ucraina, interrotto dopo lo scoppio della guerra in Medio Oriente. Di questo e di come sta andando la situazione sul campo ne parliamo con Ugo Poletti, direttore del giornale online The Odessa Journal e autore del libro Nel cuore di Odessa edito da Rizzoli.

Nicole Kelner shares how a Substack post about finding quiet in NYC became a Rizzoli book deal called Quietest Places in New York City. You will learn more about the book and the ideas in it, in this episode. You will also learn about Nicole built a habit-tracking app called Free Time recently too. She is taking action on her ideas and you can too!

Enrico GirardiDirettore Artistico del Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto"Ricordando Michelangelo Zurletti"Michelangelo Zurletti, nato a Saluzzo, dopo aver conseguito la laurea in lettere presso l'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" si diplomò in pianoforte presso il Conservatorio Luisa D'Annunzio di Pescara.Successivamente iniziò l'attività di critico musicale collaborando, nel tempo, con il quotidiano La Repubblica e il mensile Amadeus tra gli altri.Insegnò storia della musica in diversi conservatori italiani tra cui quelli di Perugia, Pesaro e Roma, e critica musicale all'Università degli Studi di Macerata.Svolse più volte la funzione di direttore artistico in diverse istituzioni musicali, in particolare alla Sagra Malatestiana di Rimini, al Teatro Vittorio Emanuele di Messina e al Teatro lirico sperimentale di Spoleto.Scrisse diversi saggi, di cui uno sul compositore Alfredo Catalani per l'editore EDT di Torino, La direzione d'orchestra, grandi direttori di ieri e di oggi per Ricordi, e diverse altre monografie su compositori contemporanei quali Luigi Dallapiccola, Luigi Nono e Goffredo Petrassi.È morto nella notte del 30 marzo 2026, all'età di 89 anni.Michelangelo Zurletti, figura centrale nella storia recente del Teatro lirico sperimentale "A. Belli" di Spoleto. Per anni è stato alla guida dello Sperimentale contribuendo in modo decisivo alla sua identità artistica, alla crescita dei giovani cantanti e al rinnovamento del repertorio. ‘'Michelangelo è stato un uomo retto, colto, elegante e appassionato. E con le sue idee ha dato forma alla nostra istituzione- così il direttore artistico Enrico Girardi- Personalmente perdo anche un collega e un amico, con cui ho avuto l'onore per lungo tempo di condividere idee, iniziative, progetti". “La scomparsa di Michelangelo Zurletti rappresenta una perdita profonda per la città di Spoleto e per il mondo della cultura musicale” le parole del sindaco di Spoleto, Andrea Sisti.Enrico Girardi (Milano, 1964) è un musicologo, critico musicale e direttore artistico italiano. Si è laureato con lode in Lettere moderne (tesi sul teatro musicale di Giacomo Manzoni) e ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in musicologia all'Università Cattolica di Milano, dove è docente di Storia della musica e discipline musicologiche (sedi di Milano e Brescia) dal 2000. Dal 2001 è critico musicale del Corriere della Sera (dopo aver collaborato con altre testate, Rai Radio3 e il canale Classica, per cui ha realizzato ritratti di oltre trenta compositori italiani). Ha pubblicato numerosi saggi sulla musica moderna e contemporanea (Feltrinelli, Rizzoli, Marsilio, ecc.) e ha curato volumi di Barenboim e Chailly. Nel gennaio 2021 è stato nominato condirettore artistico del Teatro Lirico Sperimentale “Adriano Belli” di Spoleto e ne è attualmente il Direttore Artistico. Ha fatto parte di giurie di importanti concorsi internazionali (tra cui il “Belli” di Spoleto, Paganini, Busoni) e collabora regolarmente con le maggiori istituzioni liriche e sinfoniche italiane ed europee come autore di testi e conferenziere.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Join us as Ocean House owner and award-winning author Deborah Goodrich Royce moderates a conversation with her Lifestyle Design Panel featuring Genevieve Wheeler Brown, Amanda Reynal, Christopher Spitzmiller, & Ashley Whittaker. About the Panel: Genevieve Wheeler Brown - Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts. Genevieve began her career with Christie's in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie's Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie's Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie's Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003. While at Christie's, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg' by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft' Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow'. A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector's Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Genevieve currently advises several organizations including Dumbarton House, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for The Winter Show as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon. Amanda Reynal - With 30 years in interior design, Amanda Reynal is known for creating joyful spaces that pair a confident use of color with eye catching detail. In 2001, she founded Amanda Reynal Interiors, known for her well-traveled aesthetic and astute knowledge of antiques, art and the global design market. Her work adheres to historical aesthetic, using traditional forms with a fresh and updated sensibility. Her style is influenced by her upbringing in the Northeast and time in Palm Beach. Christopher Spitzmiller - CHRISTOPHER'S ICONIC CERAMIC LAMP DESIGNS draw inspiration from classical forms and traditional gemlike glazes. He began his career in 1996 in Washington, D.C. then moved to New York City in the fall of 1999 where he continues to create his one of-a-kind lamps with a crew of skilled artisans. The lamps are of timeless appeal and luxurious quality. Beautiful classic lamps are drenched in bold, vibrant, rich glazes. As of late Christopher has expanded his designs to tableware and other ceramic accessories. In 2015 he began a partnership with Visual Comfort and Circa Lighting allowing his designs to reach a broader audience. Christopher's work is often featured in celebrated publications such as Architectural Digest, Town & Country, Elle Décor, Veranda, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has had the honor of making lamps for four different White House Administrations, the Blair House and many other distinguished American homes. When not in the Studio, Christopher can be found at his farm in Millbrook, NY gardening, beekeeping, making jam, cooking for friends, or tending to his flock of heritage breed chickens. All captured in his book ‘A Year at Clove Brook Farm,' published by Rizzoli. He also enjoys the pleasure of giving back to the community by serving on the boards of the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and The Garden Conservancy.  Ashley Whittaker - Described as the “neo-traditionalist,” Ashley Whittaker reveals her fresh and modern perspective on traditional design and architecture in all of her work. The New York City decorator offers distinctly classic taste and chic sophistication to residential decoration and interior design. Characterized by tailored rooms that incorporate charming detail and engaging play on color and pattern, Whittaker's signature style is immediately evident. A Florida native, Ashley received her bachelor degree from St. Lawrence University. She has worked as a special events director at both Ralph Lauren in New York and the finance firm Forstmann Little & Co. Ashley credits her training in the design industry to legendary decorator Markham Roberts where she worked before starting out on her own.   For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com    

On this episode of On the Rocks, movies, TV, stage...we got you, with multiple, and we mean multiple, Emmy award nominee and SAG winning actor, the lovely, the vibrant Sharon Lawrence stopped by to chat about her career spanning over 30 years from Beverly Hills 90210 and Cheers to NYPD Blue, Ladies Man, Desperate Housewives, Drop Dead Diva, Rizzoli and Isles, the GLAAD nominated Christmas House films and the list goes on and on. We chat about it all, including independent films, philanthropy, allyship, and SAG...with co-host model and musician Steven Dehler and your host with the sassy most, Alexander Rodriguez. Raise a glass, it's On the Rocks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buon Martedi, questa è “RESPIRO”, rubrica quotidiana del podcast “Il Mondo Invisibile” dedicata ad artisti, creativi, e non solo. Adesso fermiamo tutto e pensiamo per qualche minuto a noi stessi e alla nostra anima creativa.Oggi parliamo di come si comportano le idee.Andiamo a cercare respiro nel libro di Elisabeth Gilbert: “Big Magic”, Rizzoli ed.Se ti piace questo podcast, parlane con qualcuno che a cui possa piacere. Ti auguro una buona giornata.A presto! Alessandro#ilmondoinvisibilepodcast #respiropodcast #arte #creatività #ispirazione #podcastitaliani #respiro 

Una crisis sensorial y un berrinche pueden parecer similares a simple vista, sobre todo en niños, pero tienen causas y características diferentes. Saber diferenciarlos es clave para dar una respuesta adecuada. Precisamente para saber diferenciarlos, identificar cuáles son los diferentes tipos de crisis sensoriales y muchos detalles más, nos acompaña el Dr. Antonio Rizzoli Córdoba quien ya ha estado con nosotros en previamente en Pediatras en Línea. El Dr. Antonio Rizzoli estudió la licenciatura en Médico Cirujano en la Universidad La Salle, la licenciatura en Psicología, especialidad en Pediatría y Neurología Pediátrica, Maestría y Doctorado en Ciencias en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) obteniendo mención honorífica en todas sus etapas formativas. Egresado del programa Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership por la Escuela de Medicina de Harvard. Actualmente se desempeña como Jefe del Servicio de Pediatría del Desarrollo y la Conducta, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, del cual es fundador; coordinador de los Programas de Atención Primaria, Discapacidad y Desarrollo Infantil 2025-2027, Asociación Internacional de Pediatría. Ha dictado más de 300 conferencias nacionales e internacionales y ha sido profesor invitado de la Facultad de Enfermería de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Cuenta con más de 30 publicaciones indexadas como autor principal, además de ser tutor de tesis más de 50 alumnos de posgrado y dos alumnos egresados de maestría en ciencias médicas. Instagram: @‌arizzolic Facebook: Dr. Antonio Rizzoli ¿Tienes algún comentario sobre este episodio o sugerencias de temas para un futuro podcast?  Escríbenos a pediatrasenlinea@childrenscolorado.org.

British photographer Martin Parr knew how to observe and highlight aspects of culture and contemporary life in both humorous and refreshingly honest ways. On this episode, Dan speaks with the legend about how he got his start, stories behind some of his more storied projects and books, why he started his own foundation in Bristol, his latest book from Rizzoli that gives an overview of his incredible career, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Un'altra serata no in Champions League per le italiane: male l'Atalanta col Borussia Dortmund, malissimo la Juventus che finisce di nuovo in 10 e prende 5 gol dal Galatasaray. Ne parliamo con Filippo Maria Ricci.Che piacere avere in studio con noi a Radio 24 Achille Polonara che ci presenta il suo libro "Il mio secondo tempo. Una storia di basket, una storia di vita" (Rizzoli).

Interior designer and architect Benjamin Johnston brings a deeply human approach to creating refined, timeless spaces that defy categorization and trends. With formal training in architecture including a master's degree and experience working on mega-scale developments in Tokyo for Cesar Pelli, Benjamin made the deliberate choice to reverse scale and work at the intimate level of interiors. His path wasn't linear—he spent years taking on diverse projects from graphic design to furniture to small remodels, slowly building his craft and learning from each challenge. That foundation of hands-on problem-solving, combined with rigorous architectural training in critical thinking and design history, informs his work today leading a 23-person firm with projects spanning continents and cultures.Benjamin's design DNA is encapsulated in three words: classic, curated, and cool. Classic refers not just to aesthetic but to timeless principles of balance, symmetry (or deliberate asymmetry), and mixing time periods and cultures to defy trends. Curated means every piece is selected with intention and purpose, telling a specific story rather than just filling space. Cool comes from his clients—Benjamin sees his role as editor rather than author, pulling out their personalities, collections, and meaningful objects to create spaces that reflect their unique stories. He loves breaking rules, particularly around scale and proportion, such as installing oversized lighting fixtures that defy textbook formulas but create memorable, dramatic moments. His approach to theatricality in design—thinking about stars, supporting casts, and choruses within a room—stems from childhood experiences watching Houston Ballet productions and classic films.Recent years have brought new dimensions to Benjamin's practice: his debut book "Refined Interiors" with Rizzoli, product collaborations focused on customizable, American-made pieces that solve problems rather than replicate existing offerings, and upcoming lighting and tile collections. He's passionate about creating opportunities for his team of young designers to work on significant projects early in their careers, encouraging them to embrace failure as learning and think without fear. Benjamin's mission—create beauty, spread positivity, and enable others to do the same—extends from his client relationships to manufacturing partnerships supporting craftspeople in workrooms across the country. As he looks ahead, he remains excited by curve balls like a current boutique hotel project and committed to the belief that as long as we inhabit physical spaces, thoughtful, human-centered design will remain essential.

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Mark Strand, ACE, who is nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Drama Series for his work on HBO's The Pitt.In addition to The Pitt, Mark's work includes Shameless, Animal Kingdom, Rizzoli and Isles, Longmire, Nip/Tuck, and others.Our discussion includes  how the show was not supposed to have any music, how geography matters to the editing, and the value of subverting audience expectations when cutting.If you want to read along with this interview and see exclusive images, like the floor plan for The Pitt and timeline screenshots of Mark's nominated episode and the pilot, visit BorisFX's blog site.BorisFX.com/blog/aotc

Avec : Fabrice Rizzoli, spécialiste de la grande criminalité et cofondateur de Crim'HALT. - Tous les matins à 7h40, l'invité qui fait l'actualité. Un acteur incontournable, un expert renseigné... 10 minutes d'interview sans concession avec Apolline de Malherbe et les témoignages des auditeurs de RMC au 3216.

Episode 514: I will discuss Rizzoli Bookstores and read a 1960's menu from The Driftwood Steakhouse Restaurant in Chicago.

Episode 514: I will discuss Rizzoli Bookstores and read a 1960's menu from The Driftwood Steakhouse Restaurant in Chicago.

La situazione della frana di Niscemi rimane preoccupante, mentre monta la polemica politica rispetto alle responsabilità di quanto avvenuto. Per capire di più sentiamo prima Nino Amadore, corrispondente da Palermo de Il Sole 24 Ore, e poi Giovanna Pappalardo, Professoressa ordinaria di Geologia applicata all'Università di Catania e referente dell'Associazione Italiana di geologia applicata e ambientale. Svelate le materie della maturità 2026. Le scopriamo con Valentina Petri, professoressa di lettere all'Istituto Professionale Lombardi di Vercelli, blogger e autrice di "Portami il Diario", che è anche il titolo del suo primo romanzo, a cui sono seguiti "Vai al posto" e "Non ti sento" per Rizzoli. Come ogni venerdì, il Reportage della redazione di Radio 24. Questa settimana "Milano-Cortina 2026: la metropoli alla prova dei giochi", di Marialuisa Pezzali. Infine, il meteo del fine settimana con Antonio Sanò, de IlMeteo.it.

Caitlin Vincent is an award-winning librettist, trained vocalist, opera company director and arts commentator. Her librettos have won all three of America's top opera prizes, her vocal work is featured on the Grammy Award-nominated album 40@40, and her latest book, OPERA WARS, is out now. In today's episode, Caitlin and Annmarie discuss the riotous world of opera and the battle for its future. Episode Sponsors: Rizzoli Bookstore – For over 60 years, Rizzoli has been recognized as one of America's premier independent booksellers. Known for its curated selection of illustrated books on architecture, interior design, fashion, photography, cookery, and the fine and decorative arts, as well as literature and foreign language titles, Rizzoli remains a literary landmark of New York City and a destination for distinguished authors and book lovers from around the world. Stop by our Broadway location, or shop online at rizzolibookstore.com. Politics and Prose – DC's premier independent bookstore and cultural hub. At Politics and Prose, we're devoted to cultivating community and strengthening the common good through books, programs, and a respectful exchange of ideas. And we're committed to exceptional customer service and to the values of independence, inclusion, and diversity. Stop by one of our Washington, DC locations or shop online at politics-prose.com. Title Mentioned in This Episode  Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future   Follow Caitlin Vincent: Facebook: @Caitlin.Vincent Instagram: @CaitlinCVincent LinkedIn: @CaitlinVincent Photo Credit: Ruth Schwarzenholz Photography **Writing Workshops:  If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below.  For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here.  For anyone interested in an online Saturday late morning writing circle, you can sign up here. And if you'd like to travel with your writing practice, Annmarie is leading a writing workshop in Paris this June. Reservations open soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Whats My Frame I'm joined by Actor, Producer, Writer & Photographer, Brent Bailey. In today's episode Brent shares his creative process along with how he keeps a healthy mindset and perspective on the ever changing business. We dive into his successful theatrical and commercial careers; including those iconic Target spots. We chat about his approach to photography and the mission behind Artist Footprint. Now let's get to the conversion! @brentmbailey⁠⁠ARTIST FOOTPRINT⁠⁠@artistfootprint⁠Full Bio:Born in Tucson, Arizona, Brent Bailey spent his childhood in Texas and Arizona, graduating from high school in Scottsdale. After attending college and earning his Master's in Business, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.Brent has been on your TV constantly whether you realized it or not. He has done roughly 150 commercials which include being the Spokesperson for Hertz, Clorox and Shell. Brent starred as famed JFK speechwriter Ted Sorensen opposite Oscar® nominees Woody Harrelson and Richard Jenkins, in Rob Reiners 'LBJ.' Brent wrote, EP'd and starred in 'Holiday Dating Guide' with Maria Menounos on Lifetime. Additional feature film credits include 'Think Like A Man', 'Cape Cod Christmas', 'Girlfriends of Christmas Past', '1-800-Hot-Nite' and 'Craft Me A Romance.' He also worked alongside Anne Hathaway in the new hit movie 'Idea of You' directed by Michael Showalter on Amazon Prime.Television audiences will recognize Brent from numerous diverse and compelling roles on hit shows like 'Lincoln Lawyer', 'Walker', 'N.C.I.S', 'Lucifer', 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D', 'Criminal Minds', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Young & Hungry' and many others. Notably, he also starred in the wildly popular web series 'Emma Approved' winner of the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award® for "Outstanding Interactive Program."

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In this week's episode, we begin part one of a 2-part series describing the life and times of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous Romantic poet of the early 19th century who went to Greece in hopes of fighting for independence against the Ottomans, and immediately died. But, who was this man? And is describing something as "Byronic" a good thing? Spoiler: uh-oh. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bostridge, Mark. “On the Trail of the Real Lord Byron.” The Independent, November 4, 2002. https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/on-the-trail-of-the-real-lord-byron-126324.html. Brand, Emily. The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England. Paperback edition. John Murray, 2021. Brewer, David. The Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nation. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2001. http://archive.org/details/greekwarofindepe0000brew. Burton, Danielle. “Lord Byron and His Pet Bear.” Derbyshire Record Office, October 22, 2024. https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/lord-byron-and-his-pet-bear/. Byron, George Gordon, Ernest Hartley Coleridge, and Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle. The Words of Lord Byron. London : J. Murray; New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1898. http://archive.org/details/worksoflordbyron11byro. Byron, William Byron. The trial of William Lord Byron, Baron Byron of Rochdale, for the murder of William Chaworth, Esq; before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, ... On Tuesday the 16th, and Wednesday the 17th of April, 1765: on the last of which days the said William Lord Byron was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter. ... 1765. 1765. http://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-trial-of-william-lor_byron-william-byron-ba_1765. “Edward Blaquiere, British Officer, Founding Member of the Philhellenic Committee of London.” Εταιρεία Για Τον Ελληνισμό Και Τον Φιλελληνισμό, October 27, 2020. https://www.eefshp.org/en/edward-blaquiere-british-officer-founding-member-of-the-philhellenic-committee-of-london/. Jones, Thomas. “On Top of Everything.” Review of Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame, by Benita Eisler. London Review of Books, September 16, 1999. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v21/n18/thomas-jones/on-top-of-everything. Kunst Museum Winterthur. “Bildtext: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer.” Accessed December 9, 2025. https://www.kmw.ch/ausstellungen/friedrich/digital/wanderer/. Marchand, Leslie A. Byron: A Portrait. The University of Chicago Press, 1979. MacCarthy, Fiona. Byron: Life and Legend. London: John Murray, 2014. Patanè, Vincenzo, James Schwarten, and John Francis Phillimore. The Sour Fruit: Lord Byron, Love & Sex. John Cabot university press Copublished by the Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. Rizzoli, G. B. “Byron's Unacknowledged Armenian Grammar and a New Poem.” Keats-Shelley Journal 64 (2015): 43–71.

La Russia non indietreggia di un passo. I colloqui tra Witkoff e il presidente Putin pare non abbiano portato a particolari svolte sul conflitto, nonostante il segretario di Stato Marco Rubio abbia parlato di "alcuni progressi". Nel frattempo, Putin avrebbe velatamente minacciato l'Europa dicendo che, se la Russia dovesse subire un attacco da parte sua, non esiterebbe a rispondere ben più duramente rispetto a quanto sta avvenendo in Ucraina. Ne parliamo con Paolo Magri, presidente del comitato scientifico di Ispi, e con Anna Zafesova, giornalista e autrice di "Russia. L'impero che non sa morire" (Rizzoli).

Nicole Paggi is an actress whose career has spanned drama, sitcoms, and daytime television. Nicole began her journey just outside Austin, Texas, later training in both Los Angeles and New York while earning her degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Texas State University. She broke out early with roles on the Fox drama Pasadena, followed by her turn as Sydney Shanowski on the ABC comedy Hope & Faith, and later as Sara Crawford on the UPN sitcom One on One. Her career includes memorable appearances on shows such as CSI, Rizzoli & Isles, 90210, 9-1-1, and a recent stint stepping into the role of Maxie Jones on General Hospital. In this episode, Nicole talks openly about navigating the unpredictable world of acting—how rejection has shaped her, how stepping away to focus on family shifted her perspective, and why life experience ultimately makes you a stronger, more grounded performer. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245 Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey Like it to Know It: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecaseySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this action-packed SaaS Fuel episode, host Jeff Mains welcomes AI entrepreneur Alberto Rizzoli, co-founder and CEO of V7. They dive into the transformative power of AI in automating repetitive and complex knowledge work, discuss the accelerating pace of AI innovation, and unpack how both large enterprises and smaller teams can prioritize, implement, and benefit from next-generation “agentic” AI. Alberto Rizzoli candidly shares insights on the future of SaaS, practical applications in B2B, go-to-market challenges, the evolving demands on leadership and hiring, and what it takes to stand out in a world where technology is no longer a lasting moat.Key Takeaways00:00 AI Revolution: Transforming Technology04:00 AI Reducing Administrative Costs06:21 "Measuring AI's Impact on Knowledge"09:41 "AI as Workforce Revolution"15:53 "Startups Compete on Quality"18:27 "Tech Giants Dominate AI Future"22:27 "AI Implementation Leadership Needed"25:55 "Evaluating AI Tools Effectively"29:31 AI Adoption Requires Trust31:46 "Shift in GTM Strategies"35:48 "AI Automation Careers in Demand"37:20 "V7Labs: AI Workflow Automation"Tweetable QuotesViral Topic: The Real Value of AI in Knowledge Work: "Even if you had the money to ask a lawyer and that were not an issue, you would still first ask ChatGPT because you get an instantaneous answer and there is no friction towards that." — Alberto RizzoliAI & the Future of Work: "Keeping a human away from their family and children for five hours to do some work that AI can do in five minutes by consuming a lot less relative energy will actually be kind of the best of both worlds." — Alberto RizzoliQuote: "There is still an enormous amount of unrealized value from AI. There is still close to no AI usage at the world's largest companies." — Alberto RizzoliAI's Impact on Infrastructure Investment: "We've never seen so much investment in power generation since World War II. So it really is a paradigm shift that's happening." — Alberto RizzoliBalancing Creativity and Responsibility: "the creative side is something that we enjoy, but there's so many things that are jobs that things that we have to do, things that always." — Jeff Mains Viral Simplicity in User Interfaces: "instead of having to figure out, you know, how the watch was built, we're just asking what time it is." — Jeff Mains The Cycle of Innovation and Investment: It almost becomes self fulfilling because there's so much money pouring into it. And that drives innovation, which brings more money, which drives more innovation. And I think it does become self fulfilling to some degree. — Jeff Mains SaaS Leadership LessonsPrioritize Deep Automation: Leaders should focus AI efforts on well-documented, high-frequency processes, not just shiny new initiatives.Embrace the Player-Coach Model: Middle management is evolving. Future leaders need to be hands-on contributors who coach, not just oversee.Build for Scalability: The best AI tools get you 80% of the way—allocating resources to push to 100% is critical for lasting impact.Hire for Tech Fluency: Hiring should emphasize technical problem-solvers across all departments, especially those who can identify and implement automation.Champion Change Management: Assign a dedicated AI implementation owner to drive adoption—this role will multiply team productivity.Invest in Quality, Not Hype: In a fast-copying landscape, the long-term winners are those who create the best user...

Helen Schulman is an acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, short story writer and New York Times Bestselling author. In my 40th episode, we talk about the concept of "sympathetic happiness", as she shares her impactful encounter with the Dalai Lama many years back.  She was visiting Portland, Oregon for the first time, exploring the city, when she basically stumbled over His Holiness: he was giving a free public audience in Pioneer Square, Helen had never heard him speak before so she stuck around. His topic was "sympathetic happiness". The idea being that if you can join in the happiness of others, your own happiness will multiply. His deceptively simple and profound theories really struck her - she had been teaching grad school for quite awhile by then, and realised that if she could be really happy for her students' successes, if their joy became her joy her life would become fuller and richer and well, happier. She always felt happy for them, but now she could focus on also being happy through them. It was a small good thing that happened to her that day, but it has really affected the rest of her life and her work as an educator.Once Helen understood this concept, it made it easier and more compelling for her to build programs that she thought would help her students reach their dreams, and also, pragmatically, help them find agents and editors, and outside work.Helen also talks about her new book "Fools for Love" that was just published in July during this recording, and she had a book launch at Rizzoli's in New York City. It's a collection of short stories, that she edited and interconnected so that they relate to each other. She also shares how she learned how to waltz from her grandmother, and how she relearned it with her husband last year in a dance class in a beautiful castle in the South of Germany (she wrote a piece about this for the Condé Nast Traveller).HELEN SCHULMAN is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. A collection of stories, Fools for Love, has been published by Knopf in July 2025. Prior to publication, the title story was published in The Atlantic. Her newest novel, Lucky Dogs, was one of Oprah Daily's top ten novels of 2023. She is also the author of the novels Come With Me (San Francisco Chronicle ten best books of 2019) This Beautiful Life (a New York Times and International Best Seller), A Day At The Beach, P.S., (made into a motion picture starring Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Paul Rudd and Marcia Gay Harden, for which Professor Schulman has a screenwriting credit), The Revisionist and Out Of Time (Barnes and Noble Discovery), and the short story collection Not A Free Show. She co-edited the anthology Wanting A Child with Jill Bialosky. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in such places as Vanity Fair, Time, Vogue, GQ, The New York Times Book Review, A Public Space and The Paris Review. She is the Fiction Chair at The Writing Program at The New School where she is a tenured Professor of Writing. She is also the Executive Director of WriteOnNYC.com. A 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, Professor Schulman has been a NYFA Fellow, Sundance Fellow, Aspen Words Fellow, a Tennessee Williams Fellow (Columbia University) and the recipient of a Pushcart Prize.####On another note: I am so proud and excited to announce that SHIFT HAPPENS' Season 5 is supported by London based jewellery brand Tilly Sveaas. Its founder, Tilly Sveaas creates gorgeous, timeless pieces that have been featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, The Times, The New York Times etc. … Her jewellery is for women of all ages. Guess who is wearing it too: noone less then Taylor Swift. Go to www.tillysveaas.co.uk and use my code SHIFTHAPPENS to get 15% off. To learn more about my guest Helen Schulman, please visit her Wikipedia page.To learn more about SHIFT HAPPENS, click here To learn more about Claudia's business Curated Conversations and her Salons in New York, Zurich and Berlin, click hereYou can also connect with Claudia on Instagram @shifthappens.podcast and LinkedIn at ClaudiaMahlerNYCThis podcast is created, produced and hosted by Claudia Mahler.

If you have a friend who loves interior design, then you've likely seen a coffee table book by a certain photographer in their personal collection. On this episode, Dan meets a beloved photographer known for his keen eye and unparalleled access: Francois Halard. The pairs speak about how he got his start in the world of magazines, including his many years at various Condé Nast, the success of his eponymous first three books with Rizzoli, and his latest, “Francois Halard: Art & Flowers” that moves his art from the photographic documentation of spaces to unique works of fine art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pamela Hanson is a photographer currently living in New York. Her newest book, "The 90s," is out now on Rizzoli. We chat with her about Italian driving conduct, Chris went to a Prada party, TJ's hotel vibe, Pamela's archivist, lighting philosophies, showing up at the magazine's offices, and asking them if they need any pics, French advertising practices, the influencers shouldn't be backstage, social media jealousy, where she "long lunches," Christy Turlington's neck, her love affair with water skiing, one time she worked out at a hotel with a couple of celebs, and Chris' upcoming trip to Lanserhof. instagram.com/pamela_hanson twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess here! A while back, Sarina and KJ talked about how much they enjoyed Tess Gerritsen's novel, The Spy Coast, and Sarina reassured KJ she'd enjoy book two of the series even more. I had never read a Tess Gerritsen novel, and while I'd heard her name before and vaguely understood she wrote thrillers, I was starting from square one when I downloaded the audio version of The Spy Coast. Now, I'm not an international spy thriller kind of gal. In the abstract, I understand the allure of books like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy or Six Days of the Condor. Spies! Intrigue! International [almost exclusively men] of mystery! But they have never really floated my proverbial boat. That said, I loved Tess Gerritsen's spies and the world they inhabit. There's a sense of place - nay, a downright LOVE of place - and a retiring, rural New England domesticity that spoke to this retiring, rural New England reader. Book two, The Summer Guests, is even more rooted in Maine, on its history and the social dynamics of its natives and its summer people. Once I tore through those first two books, I went back to Gerritsen's first book, The Surgeon, one of Time Magazine's top 100 thriller/mystery books of all time and the first in the Rizzoli & Isles series, consequently made into a long-running television series. Gerritsen has a fascinating career trajectory, lots to talk about regarding pantsing and plotting, where the ideas come from, and lots of other geeky details about the writing life. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Find Tess at Tessgerritsen.com, or on Bluesky, @TessGerritsen Transcript below!EPISODE 462 - TRANSCRIPTJennie NashHey everyone, it's Jennie Nash, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, the company I started more than 10 years ago to lead the emerging book coaching industry. In October, we'll be enrolling a new cohort of certification students who will be going through programs in either fiction, nonfiction, or memoir, and learning the editorial, emotional, and entrepreneurial skills that you need to be a successful book coach. If you've been curious about book coaching and thinking that it might be something you want to do for your next career move, I'd love to teach you more about it, you can go to bookcoaches.com/waitlist to check out the free training I have—that's bookcoaches.com/waitlist. The training is all about how to make money, meaning, and joy out of serving writers. Fall is always a great time to start something new. So if you're feeling called to do this, go check out our training and see if this might be right for you. We'd love to have you join us.Multiple SpeakersIs it recording? Now it's recording, yay. Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone. I don't remember what I'm supposed to be doing. All right, let's start over. Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers. Okay, now—one, two, three.Jess LaheyHey, this is Jess Lahey, and this is the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast. This is the podcast about writing all the things—short things, long things, poetry, prose, narrative nonfiction, fiction, creative nonfiction, queries, proposals. This is the podcast about writing all the things. More than anything else, this is the podcast about the writing life and about getting the work done. I am Jess Lahey. I'm the author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation. And you can find my journalism at The Atlantic and The Washington Post, and my bi-weekly (formerly bi-weekly) column at The New York Times, The Parent-Teacher Conference, ran for about three years I am joined today by Sarina Bowen, who has written 50-odd books. She has written lots and lots of romance, and her most recent addition to the world of publishing has been her thrillers, Dying to Meet You and The Five Year Lie. And she has a book coming out this fall called Thrown for a Loop. The reason I am recording this intro on my own—which, as you may know if you've been listening, is highly unusual for us—is because I know myself. And I know when I'm really excited to talk to someone on the podcast; I'm going to flub the intro. I'm going to forget something. I'm going to forget to introduce them altogether. So today, I'm doing that first, so I don't mess it up. A while ago on the podcast, you may have heard Sarina and KJ read some books by an author named Tess Gerritsen. I had heard of Tess Gerritsen, but I had never read any of her books. I just hadn't yet. I haven't read Nora Roberts yet. I haven't read—there are lots of authors I haven't read yet. And sometimes you don't even know where to start. So when Sarina and KJ recommended Tess Gerritsen's new series set in Maine—the first one being The Spy Coast and the second one being The Summer Guests—I figured I had a good place to start. And you know, as a New Englander, I love a good book about New England, and that was the start of my interest in Tess Gerritsen's work. I have gone back to the beginning and started with her book The Surgeon, which was her first book in the series that became the Rizzoli and Isles Series, as well as a television show. Tess Gerritsen has a—she's written through 33 books at this point. And as I now know, she has also directed a documentary called Magnificent Beast about pigs, which I listened to this morning while I was vacuuming the house. I loved it. She also—she has a lot to say about genre, about publishing, about second careers, about a writing place, and about process. So let's just jump right into it. I am so excited to introduce to you today, Tess Gerritsen. So from the perspective of what our listeners love—this podcast, the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast —is super geek. People who love the nuts and bolts and the dorky details of the writing life. Sarina has a past life in finance, and so she tends to be, like, our “no, but let's talk about the numbers” kind of person. I'm just the research super dork, which is why I spent my morning watching your documentary about pigs.Tess GerritsenOh my god! (Laughing)Jess LaheyMagnificent Beast. I—I've joked in the past that if I could, I would probably just research things in—in, you know, maybe there'll be a book out there, maybe there won't, but I would research things and—and just learn as much as I could. And so I loved—loved—your Magnificent Beast documentary. I thought it was fantastic. But one of the reasons that we wanted to talk to you, just from the very beginning, is that we feel like you do some pretty incredible world-building and relationship-building with your places and your characters. And so I just—I would love to start there, mainly with the idea of starting with the real nuts and bolts stuff, which is, like, what does an average writing day look like for you? And how do you, sort of—how do you set that up? What does it look like, if you have an average writing day? Maybe you don't.Tess GerritsenWell, it's hard to describe an average writing day, because every day is—there are days when you sit at your desk and you just, you know, pull your hair. And there are days when you get distracted by the news. And there are many days when I just do not want to write. But when I'm writing, the good days are when my characters are alive and talking to me. And it's—it's—you talked about world-building and character-building. That is really key to me. What are they saying to me? Can I hear their voices? And it sounds a little—a little crazy, because I am hearing voices. But it's those voices that really make characters come alive.Jess LaheyI—You have said in other interviews that you are very much—sorry to those of you who hate the terms—that you are very much a pantser. And you are sitting on this interview with a consummate plotter. Sarina is our consummate plotter. So could you talk a little bit about how those character—how those voices—influence, you know, the pantsing of the—of the book, and—and how that works for you?Tess GerritsenWell, I mean, it is weird that I am a pantser. And it's funny—I think that people who are plotters tend to be people who are in finance or in law, because they're used to having their ducks lined up, you know. They—they want everything set up ahead of time, and it makes them feel comfortable. And I think a large part of becoming a pantser is learning to be comfortable with unpredictability. Learning to just let things happen, and know you're going to take wrong turns, know you're going to end up in blind alleys—and yet just keep on forging ahead and change direction. So I suppose that what helps me become a pantser, as I said, is hearing a character's voice. If, for instance, when I wrote The Spy Coast, the first thing I heard about that book was Maggie Bird's voice. And she just said, “I'm not the woman I used to be.” And that's an opening there, right? Because you want to find out, Maggie, who did you used to be? And why do you sound so sad? So a lot of it was just—just getting into her head and letting her talk about what a day-to-day life is, which is, you know, raising chickens and collecting eggs and becoming—and being—a farmer. And then she does something surprising in that very first chapter. There's a fox that's killing her chickens, so she grabs her rifle and kills it with one shot. And that opens up another thing, like—how are you, a 62-year-old woman, able to take out a rifle and kill a fox with one shot? So it's—it's those things. It's those revelations of character. When they come out and they tell you something, or they show you they—they have a skill that you weren't aware of, you want to dig deeper and find out, you know, where did they get that skill?Sarina BowenAnd that is a really fun way to show it. I mean, you're talking today with two people who have also kept chickens.Multiple Speakers(All laughing)Jess LaheyAnd had foxes take their chickens, actually.Sarina BowenOh yes, because the two go together.Tess GerritsenYes.Sarina BowenBut yes, I admit I have never shot a fox, and maybe wouldn't.Jess LaheyI have yelled very loudly at a fox, and he actually—I have to say—really mad respect for the fox, because he took one look at me—he did drop the chicken that I was yelling at him for grabbing—and then he went across the street, around the neighbor's house, around the back of the other neighbor's house, and came at the exact same chicken from the other side of the house, where I couldn't see him out the window.Tess GerritsenOh, they are so smart. They are so smart.Jess LaheySo smart. Sarina, it sounded like you had something— you had something you wanted to add, and I interrupted you when we were talking about pantsing and we were talking about world-building and characters speaking to you.Sarina BowenWell, I just had thought that it was a lovely moment to explain why I was so excited to read this book after I heard Tess speak at Thriller Fest 2024, in a packed room where there was nowhere to sit except on the floor. You told the audience a little bit of a story from your real life that—that made you want to write that book. And I wonder if you could tell us what that was, because for me—I mean, we were only five minutes into your talk, and I'm like, oh, I'm—I'm going to download that tonight.Tess GerritsenWell, yes, it was. A lot of my books come from ideas that I've been stewing over for years. I have a folder called the ideas folder. It's an actual physical manila folder. And if I see something in an article or a newspaper or a magazine, I'll just rip it out and stick it in there, and it sometimes takes a long time before I know how to turn this into a book. So the idea for The Spy Coast is a little bit of obscure knowledge that I learned 35 years ago, when I first moved to Maine. My husband is a medical doctor. He opened up a practice, and when he would bring in new patients, he would always get an occupational history. And he used to get this answer—this very strange answer—from his new patients. They would say, “I used to work for the government, but I can't talk about it.” And after he heard that three times, he thought, what town did we land in? And who are these people? And we later found out that on our very short street, on one side of us was a retired OSS person, and on the other side was retired CIA. A realtor told us that our town was full of CIA retirees. So, I mean, of course you want to ask, why did they get here? What are they doing here? What are their lives like? I knew there was a book in there, but I didn't know what that book was. I needed 35 years to come up with the idea. And what I really needed to do was become old and—and realize that as you get older, especially women, we become invisible. People don't pay attention to us. We are over the hill. You know, everybody looks at the young, pretty chicks, but once you start getting gray hair, you fade into the background. And with that experience myself; I began to think more and more about what it's like to be retired. What is it like to be retired from a job that was maybe dangerous, or exciting, or something that you really risked your life to—to achieve? So that was—that was the beginning of The Spy Coast. What happens to CIA retirees—especially women—who are now invisible? But that makes them the best spies of all.Jess LaheyYeah, and we have—we did this really cool thing, this really fun thing for us on the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast. It's like a supporter-only thing, where we call First Pages, where very brave authors—very brave writers—submit their first page to us, and we talk about it and decide whether or not we'd want to turn the page. And you have an incredible skill on your first pages. You're very, very good at first pages. And I was thinking about The Summer Guests, that you had this wonderful line that I'm going to read now:Purity, Maine, 1972. On the last day of his life, Purity police officer Randy Pelletier ordered a blueberry muffin and a cup of coffee at the Marigold Café,Which immediately reminded me of my very, very favorite line from all of literature—my very favorite first line—which is Irving's first line from A Prayer for Owen Meany, in which he ruins the story for you right there in the first line:I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God.There is this incredible power to first lines. And I'm sort of wondering where—how first lines happen for you. Do they happen first? Do they happen last? Do they happen along the way?Tess GerritsenFirst lines usually happen last. I—it's—I will write the whole book, and I'll think, something's missing in that first chapter. How do I open this up? And, you know, there are things that make lines immediately hypnotic, and one of those things is an inherent contradiction—something that makes you think, wait, okay, you start off this way, but then all of a sudden, the meaning of that line switches. So, yeah, it starts off with, you know, this guy's going to die. But on that last day of his life, he does something very ordinary. He just orders coffee at the local café. So I think it's that contradiction that makes us want to read more. It's also a way to end chapters. I think that—that if you leave your reader with a sense of unease—something is about to go wrong, but they don't know what it is yet—or leave them with an unanswered question, or leave them with, as I said, a contradiction—that is what's page-turning. I think that a lot of thriller writers in particular mistake action for—for being—for being interesting. A car chase on the page is really very boring. But what's interesting is something that—you could feel that tension building, but you don't know why.Sarina BowenI have joked sometimes that when I get stuck on a plot, sometimes I will talk at my husband and—and say, “you know, I'm stuck here.” And he always says, “And then a giant squid attacked.” And it—of course I don't write books that take place where this is possible, so—but it never fails to remind me that, like, external action can sometimes be just, you know, totally pointless. And that if you're stuck, it's because one of your dominoes isn't leaning, you know, in the right spot. So...Tess GerritsenYeah, it's—it's not as much fun seeing that domino fall as seeing it go slowly tilting over. You know, I really learned this when I was watching a James Bond movie. And it starts off—you know, the usual James Bonds have their cold open to those action and chasing and death-defying acts. I found that—I find that really, in that movie anyway—I was like, Ho hum. Can we get to the story? And I found the time when I was leaning forward in my theater seat, watching every moment, was really a very quiet conversation aboard a train between him and this woman who was going to become his lover. That was fascinating to me. So I think that that transfers to book writing as well. Action is boring.Jess LaheyYou and Sarina do something that I feel, as a writer; I would probably not be very good at, which is creating that unease. I—Sarina in particular does this thing... I've read every one of Sarina's books, as a good friend is supposed to do. And I text her, and I say, Why don't they just talk about it and just deal? Get it out in the open! And she's like, you know, we just got to make these people uncomfortable. And you both have this incredible talent for helping—keeping the reader, uh, along with you, simply because there is this sense of unease. We're slightly off-kilter the whole time. And yet in me, as a people pleaser, that makes me very uncomfortable. I want people to be happy with each other. So how do you—if you get to a place where you feel like maybe things aren't off-kilter enough, or things aren't off-balance enough—how do you introduce a little bit of unease into your—into your story?Tess GerritsenWell, I think it comes down to very small points of conflict—little bits of tension. Like, we call it micro-tension. And I think those occur in everyday life all the time. For instance, you know, things that happen that really don't have any big consequence, but are still irritating. We will stew about those for—for a while. And, you know, I used to write romance as well, so I understand entirely what Sarina is doing, because romance is really about courtship and conflict. And it's the conflict that makes us keep reading. We just—we know this is the courtship. So there's always that sense of it's not quite there, because once the characters are happy, the story is over, right?Sarina BowenYeah.Multiple Speakers(All laughing)Sarina BowenAlso, writing the ends of romance novels is the least interesting part. Like, what...? Once the conflict is resolved, like, I cannot wait to get out of there.Tess GerritsenRight, exactly. You know, I—I pay attention to my feelings when I'm reading a book, and I've noticed that the books that I remember are not the books with happy endings, because happiness is so fleeting. You know, you can be happy one second, and then something terrible will happen. You'll be unhappy. What lasts for us is sadness, or the sense of bittersweet. So when I read a book that ends with a bittersweet ending—such as, you know, Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove—I ended up crying at the end of that book, and I have never forgotten that ending. Now, if everybody had been happy and there had been nobody to drag all those miles at the end, I would have forgotten that book very quickly. So I think—I try—I always try to leave the end of the book either bittersweet—I mean, you want to resolve all the major plot points—but also leave that sense of unease, because people remember that. And it also helps you, if you have a sequel.Sarina BowenThat's so interesting you've just brought up a couple of really interesting points, because there is a thriller—I actually write suspense now—and one of the books that so captured my attention about five years ago was killing it on the charts. And I thought it was actually a terrible book, but it nailed the bittersweet ending. Like, the premise was solid, and then the bittersweet ending was perfect, and the everything between the first chapter and the last chapter was a hot mess, but—but—um, that ending really stuck with me. And I remember carrying it around with me, like, Wow, they really nailed that ending. You know, and—and maybe that has, like, legs in terms of, like, talking about it. And, you know, if it—if—if it's irritating enough, like, the tension is still there—enough to, like, make people talk about it—it could actually affect the performance of that book. But also, um, one thing that I really love about this series—you have—what is the series title for the...?Tess GerritsenMartini—The Martini Club.Sarina BowenThe Martini Club, right? So The Martini Club is two books now. I inhaled the first one last summer, and I inhaled the second one this summer. And The Martini Club refers to this group of friends—these retired spies. And of course, there are two completely different mysteries in book one and book two. And I noticed a couple of things about the difference between those mysteries that was really fun. So in the first case—or in one of the two cases, let's see—in one of them, the thing that happens in their town is actually, like, related to them. And in the other one, it's kind of not. So to me, that felt like a boundary expansion of your world and your system. But also, I just love the way you leaned into the relationship of these people and their town in such a way. And how did you know to do that? Like, how—what does your toolbox say about how to get that expansiveness in your character set? Like, you know, to—to find all the limits of it?Tess GerritsenThat—you know, so much is like—it's like asking a pole-vaulter how they do it. They just—they have just—I guess its muscle memory. You don't really know how you're doing it, but what I did know was—with age, and because I love these characters so much—it really became about them and about what is going to deepen their friendship? What kind of a challenge is going to make them lean into each other—lean on each other? That's really what I was writing about, I think, was this circle of friends, and—and what you will do, how much you will sacrifice, to make sure your friends are safe. No, you're right—the second book is much more of a classic mystery. Yeah—a girl disappears. I mean, there was—there were—there were CIA undertones in that, because that becomes an important part of the book. But I think that what people are—when people say they love this book—they really talk about the characters and that friendship. And we all want friends like this, where we can go and—and—and have martinis together, and then if we—one of us needs to—we'll go help them bury a body.Multiple Speakers(All laughing)Tess GerritsenThat's—they all have shovels, and they're willing to do it. That's the kind of friendship—friends—we want.Jess LaheyWell, and that's funny you mention that—I had an entire question—it wasn't even a question, it was a statement—in here about friendships and being grateful to you for the reminder about the importance of relationships. And this entire podcast was born out of the fact that we were talking writing all the time, and we just wanted an official way to sit down once a week and actually talk about the work. And your work is suffused with just these incredible relationships—whether that's the Rizzoli and Isles—you know, in your first—in the one of your other series—and I'm just—I'm very grateful for that, because we—especially—I think I re—I really crave books about female relationships, especially about older female relationships. And I have been loving your books, and I've—like, as I may have mentioned to you in my initial email—I had—I'm so sorry—never read your books before. And I admitted in the introduction that there are lots of very, very famous authors whose books I have never read. And it's always so exciting to me to dive into someone's series and realize, oh, this person really touches on themes that mean a lot to me, and I can already tell that I'm going to be enjoying a lot of their books to come forward. So thank you for all of the great descriptions of relationships and how we do rely on each other for various aspects of just how we get through all of this stuff.Tess GerritsenYeah—get through life. But you know what's funny about it is that it didn't start that way. For instance, let's go back to Rizzoli and Isles. The very first time they both appear in a book is in The Apprentice. And they don't start off being friends. They start off being—they're so different. As the TV producer once said, “you've really written about Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock.” That's okay—they are—in the books. They are not natural friends. But like real-life friendships, sometimes—just kind of develop slowly, and—and they have their ups and downs. So there are times when—when Jane and Maura are barely speaking to each other because of conflicts they have. But by the time book twelve comes around—or maybe book seven comes around—you know that they would risk their lives for each other. So I think that if you're writing a series like Rizzoli and Isles, or like The Martini Club, it really helps to develop the friendship on the fly and see how they react to certain stresses. The next book, which I just turned in, called The Shadow Friends—it even put—pushes them even further, and it really—it really strains a marriage, because it's—it's more about Ingrid, and an old lover comes back into her life. She used to—they were both spies—and he is, like, hot, hot, hot—Antonio Banderas kind of guy. And here's Ingrid, married to Lloyd, you know, who's just a sweet analyst who cooks dinner for her every night. And I—when I was coming up with that story, I thought, I want to write a book about their marriage. So it wasn't—the plot wasn't about, oh, you know, international assassinations, even though that does occur in the book. It's really about the story of a marriage.Jess LaheyAnd it gives you, it gives you added unease. You know, if you have your two characters not speaking to each other, and you know your readers love those characters and crave those characters to be getting along at some point, then that's just another reason that we're following along. I was just thinking about, uh, Michael Connelly, uh, book the other day, because I really, really like the series he did with Renée Ballard and her relationship with the Bosch character, and how that series is totally about crime, but yet it's also very much about the relationship. And I think I follow—I continue to read those because of the relationship between those two human beings, and less so because of the murder mystery sort of stuff.Tess GerritsenI think it really becomes important if you're dealing also with Hollywood television series. I still remember what the producer first said when he called me up about Rizzoli and Isles. He said, "I love your girls, and I think they belong on TV.” He didn't say, I love your plots. He didn't say, I love your mysteries, you know, all your intricate ups and downs. It was really about the girls. So if you hope to sell to a television series, really, it's about characters again.Jess LaheyAbsolutely.Sarina BowenI was going to ask about longevity, because you have so many books, and you're so obviously still invigorated by the process, or there wouldn't be a book three that you just turned in. So how have you been able to avoid just being sick to death of—of writing suspense novel after suspense novel?Tess GerritsenI refused. That's what it is. You know, I—I don't—I guess I could say that I have a little bit of ADHD when it comes to—to the books I write. I cannot—after 13 books of Rizzoli and Isles, I just had a different idea. And it takes—it takes a certain amount of backbone to say no to your publisher, to your editor, to people who are going, well, when's the next one in this series coming out? And to be able to say, I need a break. I need to do something completely different. So over—how many years I've been a writer—almost 40 now—I've written science fiction and historicals and a ghost story and romantic suspense and spy novels and medical thrillers and crime novels. I've been all over the place, but each one of those books that took me out of what I was expected to do was so invigorating. It was a book that I needed to write. As an example, I wrote a book called Playing with Fire. Nobody wanted that book. Nobody expected that book. It was a historical about World War II, and about music—about the power of music—and having to do with the death camps. I remember my publisher going, "What are you doing?" And, you know, it's—it's true—they're—they—they are marketers, and they understood that that book would not sell as well, and it didn't. But it still remains one of my favorite books. And when you want to write a book, you need to write that book. That's all—even—even if nobody wants it.Jess LaheyI actually was—I'm so pleased that this came up, because that was actually going to be my question, because both you and Sarina have done this—done, you know, 90 degrees—whether it's out of, you know, one genre into another—and that, to me, requires an enormous amount of courage. Because you know you have people expecting things from you. And you in particular, Tess, have people saying, "No, I want the next one. I love this relationship. I want the next one." And—and dealing—you're not just dealing with the disappointment of whether it's an agent or an editor, but the disappointment of fans. And that's a pressure as well. So when I used to do journalism, I remember a question I asked of another journalist was, "How do you continue to write without fear of the comment section?" And essentially, for us, that's our—you know, those are our readers. So how do you find that thing within yourself to say, no, this really is the thing that I need to be writing now?Tess GerritsenWell, that is a really—it's a really tough decision to buck the trend or buck what everybody's expecting, because there's a thing in publishing called the death spiral. And if your book does not sell well, they will print fewer copies for the next one. And then that won't sell well. So you start—your career starts to go down the drain. And that is a danger every time you step out of your tried and true series and do something out of—you know, completely out of the ordinary. I think the reason I did it was that I really didn't give a damn. It was—it was like, Okay, maybe this will kill my career, but I've got to write this book. And it was always with the idea that if my publisher did not want that, I would just self-publish. I would just, you know, find another way to get it out there. And I—I was warned, rightly so, that your sales will not be good for this book, and that will—it will hurt the next contract. And I understood that. But it was the only way I could keep my career going. Once you get bored, and you're—you're trapped in a drawer, I think it shows up in your writing.Jess LaheyI had this very conversation with my agent. The—my first book did well. And so then, you know, the expectation is, I'll write like part two of that, or I'll write something for that exact same audience again. And when I told my agent—I said, "You know, this book on substance use prevention and kids—I—it's—I have to write it. And I'm going to write it even, you know, if I have to go out there and sell it out of the trunk of my car." And she said, "Okay, then I guess we're doing this." And yes...Tess Gerritsen(Laughing) They had their best wishes at heart.Jess LaheyAnd honestly, I love—I loved my book that did well. But The Addiction Inoculation is the book I'm most proud of. And, you know, that's—yeah, that's been very important to me.Tess GerritsenI often hear from writers that the book that sold the fewest copies was one that was—were their favorites. Those are the ones that they took a risk on, that they—I mean, they put their heart and soul into it. And maybe those hurt their careers, but those are the ones that we end up being proud of.Jess LaheyI like to remind Sarina of that, because I do remember we text each other constantly. We have a little group, the three of us, a little group text all day long. And there was—I remember when she first wrote a male-male romance, she was scared. She was really scared that this was going to be too different for her readers. And it ended up being, I think, my favorite book that she's ever written, and also a very important book for her in terms of her career development and growth, and what she loves about the work that she does. And so I like to remind her every once in a while, remember when you said that really scared you and you weren't sure how your readers were going to handle it?Sarina BowenRight? Well, I also did that in the middle of a series, and I went looking for confirmation that that is a thing that people did sometimes, and it was not findable. You know, that was...Jess LaheyWhat? Change things up in terms of—change things up in the middle of a series?Sarina BowenIn the middle of a series. And anyway, that book still sells.Tess GerritsenThat is a great act of courage, but it's also an act of confidence in yourself as a writer. There are ways to do it. I think some writers will just adopt a different pen name for something that's way out there.Jess LaheyIt's funny you should say... it's funny you should say that.Sarina BowenWell, no, and I never have done that, but, um—but anyway, yeah, that's hard. I, uh...Jess LaheyYeah.Sarina BowenIt's hard to know. Sometimes...Jess LaheyWe entertain it all the time. We do talk about that as an option all the time. Shouldn't we just pick up and do something completely different? One of the things that I also—I mentioned at the top of the podcast about, you know, you went off—not only have you done lots of different things in terms of your writing—but you went off and you did an entire documentary about pigs. I have—I have to ask you where on earth that came from and why. And it is a total delight, as I mentioned, and I have already recommended it to two people that I know also love the topic. But, you know, to go off—and especially when you usually, as some of us have experienced—our agents saying, so when am I going to see more pages? or when am I going to see the next book? And you say, I'm really sorry, but I have to go off and film this documentary about pigs.Tess GerritsenYes. Well, you know, I was an anthropology major in college, and I've always been interested in the pig taboo. You know, back then, everybody just assumed it was because, yeah, it was disease or they're dirty animals—that's why they're forbidden food. It never quite convinced me, because I'm Chinese-American. Asia—you know, Asia loves pork. Why aren't they worried about all that? So I was in Istanbul for a book tour once, and I remember I really wanted bacon, and, you know, I couldn't get bacon. And then I thought, okay, I really need to find out why pork is forbidden. This is a—this is a cultural and historical mystery that never made sense to me. The explanations just never made sense to me. It cannot be trichinosis. So I told my son that—my son is—he does—he's a filmmaker as well. And he just said, "Well, let's do it. Let's—we will pose it as a mystery," because it is a mystery. So it took us probably two years to go and—you know, we interviewed anthropologists and pet pig owners and archaeologists, actually, just to find out, what do they say? What is the answer to this? And to us, the answer really just came down to this cultural desire for every—every tribe—to define us versus them. You know, they eat pigs. They're not us, so therefore they're the enemy. And it was fascinating because we—we ended up finding out more about pigs than I was expecting, and also finding out that people who have pet pigs can sometimes be a little unusual.Jess LaheyAnd the people who purchase the clothes for the pigs are also crazy.Tess GerritsenYes. Sew outfits for their pigs and sleep with their pigs. And there was—there was one woman who had—she slept on the second floor of her house, so she had an elevator for her pig who couldn't make it up the stairs, and, you know, ramps to get up onto the bed because they've gotten so fat—they've been overfed. But it was—for me, at the heart of it was a mystery.Jess LaheyAs a nonfiction author whose whole entire reason for being is, "I don't know—let's find out," I think that's just the most delightful thing. And I loved your framing as, "I don't know, we have this question, let's go out there and just ask people about it and find the experts." And that's—oh, I could just live on that stuff. So...Tess GerritsenSo could I. You know, research is so enticing. It's enticing. It is—it can get you into trouble because you never write your book. Some of us just love to do the research.Jess LaheySarina actually has taken skating lessons, done glass blowing—what else have you done? Yoga classes and all—all kinds of things in the pursuit of knowledge for her characters. And I think that's a delight.Sarina BowenYes. If you can sign up for a class as part of your research, like, that is just the best day. Like, you know, oh, I must take these ice skating lessons twice a day for five months, because—yeah—or twice a week, but still.Tess GerritsenYou must be a good ice skater then.Sarina BowenI'm getting better.Tess GerritsenSo you never gave them up, I see.Jess LaheyWell, it's fun because she usually writes about hockey, but she has a figure skater coming up in this book that's coming out this fall. And she's like, "Well, I guess I'm just going to have to learn how to figure skate."Tess GerritsenYeah.Sarina BowenI also—one time I went to see Rebecca Skloot speak about her big nonfiction The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.Tess GerritsenOh, okay.Sarina BowenAnd she said that all her best ideas had come from moments in her life when she went, "Wait, what?!"Tess GerritsenYes. Yep.Sarina BowenIncluding for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Like, she learned about the cells in high school—she was in high school biology class—and the teacher said, like, "This woman died in the '60s, but we're still using her cells," and she said, "Wait, what?!" And that's—that's what you made me think of with the pigs. Like, I think...Jess LaheyWell, and also your folder of ideas. I mean, I immediately texted Sarina after listening to a podcast where I heard an ad, and the ad made me go, "Oh that could be creepy." And then I'm like, "Okay, this is—this is a plot. This is going in the folder somewhere." And so you have to just think about how those things could unfold over time. And I love the idea of—and even in journalism—there are articles that I've written where I said, this just isn't their time. And then, like, five years later, I'll hear something out there, and I'm like, okay, finally, it's the time for this thing. And there's a reason you put that article in your idea—in your paper—manila folder of ideas.Tess GerritsenWell, I think writers are—we have to be curious. We have to be engaged in what's going on around us, because the ideas are everywhere. And I have this—I like to say I have a formula. It's called "two plus two equals five." And what that means is, sometimes you'll have a—you'll have a piece of information that, you know, there's a book here, but you haven't figured out what to do with it. And you wait for another piece of information from some completely different source, and you put them together, and they end up being like nuclear fusion—bigger than the…Sarina BowenYes!Jess LaheyYes!Tess GerritsenSome of the parts.Sarina BowenMost every book I've ever written works like that. Like, I have one idea that I drag around for, like, five years, and then I have this other idea, and one day I'm like, oh, those two things go together.Tess GerritsenYep.Jess LaheyYeah, absolutely. I think Stephen King mentioned that about Carrie. I think it was like, telekinesis, and that usually starts about the time of menstruation, and it was like, boom, there was Carrie. You know, those two things came together. I love that so much. So you mentioned that you have just handed in your next book, and we don't—we do not, as a rule, ask about what's next for an author, because I find that to be an incredibly intimidating and horrifying question to be asked. But I would love to hear; you know, is this—is this series one that you hope to continue working on? The main series, mainly because we have quite fallen in love with your little town in Maine—in Purity, Maine. Fantastic name for your town, by the way. It's really lovely. It creates such a nice dichotomy for these people who have seen and heard things during their careers that maybe are quite dark, and then they retire to a place called Purity. Is this a place where we can hopefully spend a little bit of time?Tess GerritsenWell, I am thinking about book number four now. I have an idea. You know, it always starts with—it starts with an idea and doodling around and trying to figure out what—you know, you start with this horrible situation, and then you have to explain it. So that's where I am now. I have this horrible situation, I have to explain it. So, yeah, I'm thinking about book four. I don't know how—you never know how long a series is going to go. It's a little tough because I have my characters who are internationally based—I mean, they've been around the world—but then I can't leave behind my local cop who is also a part of this group as well. So I have to keep an eye out on Maine being the center of most of the action.Sarina BowenRight, because how many international plots can you give Purity, Maine?Tess GerritsenThat's right, exactly. Well, luckily…Jess LaheyLook, Murder, She Wrote—how many things happened to that woman in that small town?Tess GerritsenExactly, exactly. Well, luckily, because I have so many CIA retirees up here, the international world comes to us. Like the next book, The Shadow Friends, is about a global security conference where one of the speakers gets murdered. And it turns out we have a global security conference right here in our town that was started by CIA 40 years ago. So I'm just—I'm just piggybacking on reality here. And—not that the spies up here think that's very amusing.Sarina BowenThat is fantastic, because, you know, the essential problem of writing a suspense novel is that you have to ground it in a reality that everyone is super familiar with, and you have to bring in this explosive bit of action that is unlikely to happen near any of us. And those two things have to fit together correctly. So by, um, by putting your retired spies in this tiny town, you have sort of, like, gifted yourself with that, you know, precise problem solver.Tess GerritsenYeah, reminding us.Sarina BowenYeah.Tess GerritsenBut there's only so far I can take that. I'm not sure what the limits... I think book four is going to take them all overseas, because my local cop, Jo, she's never been out of the country—except for Canada—and it's time for her dad to drag her over to Italy and say, "Your dead mom wanted to come to Italy, so I'm taking you." And, of course, things go wrong in Italy for Jo.Jess LaheyOf course, of course. Well, we're going to keep just banging on about how much we love these books. I think we've already mentioned it in three podcast episodes so far in our “What have you been reading lately that you've really loved?” So we're—we're big fans. And thank you so much for sitting down to talk with us and to—you know, one of the whole points of our podcast is to flatten the learning curve for other authors, so we hope that that's done a little bit of that for our listeners. And again, thank you so much. Where can people find you and your work if they want to learn a little bit more about Tess Gerritsen—her work?Tess GerritsenYou can go to TessGerritsen.com, and I try to post as much information there as I can. But I'm also at Bluesky, @TessGerritsen, and what is now called “X”—a legacy person on X—@TessGerritsen, yes.Jess LaheyThank you so, so much again. 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