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Bestselling fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of stories, Show Don't Tell. Sittenfeld discusses the title story, which depicts graduate students in creative writing competing for funding, and its connections to her time at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, when that practice was common. She also considers how President Trump's attacks on DEI reveal some people's true natures, and what it means to write about “the hypocrisy of being a person.” Finally, she explains why she thinks of time as a plot twist, and reflects on returning to the protagonist of her debut novel, Prep, Lee Fiora, who reappears in the new collection's final story, which features her thirtieth high school reunion. Sittenfeld reads from Show Don't Tell. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan. Selected Readings: Curtis Sittenfeld Show Don't Tell (2025) Romantic Comedy (2023) Rodham (2021) The Best American Short Stories 2020 (ed. with Heidi Pitlor) You Think It, I'll Say It (2019) Eligible (2016) Sisterland (2013) American Wife (2008) The Man of My Dreams (2006) Prep (2005) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the story collection Show Don't Tell, available from Random House. Sittenfeld's New York Times bestselling books have been translated into thirty languages and twice selected as Reese's Book Club picks. They include the novels Prep, American Wife, Eligible, Rodham, and Romantic Comedy, and the story collection You Think It, I'll Say It. Sittenfeld's stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Best American Short Stories, of which she was the 2020 guest editor. She lives with her family in Minneapolis. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Bluesky Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
During election season, voters hope to glimpse the true selves of presidential candidates. And sometimes, revealing details hide in plain sight. On this week's On the Media, one reporter sifts through political memoirs for truths about politicians and the people they lead. Plus, in vivid detail, a novelist imagines the private lives of former presidents.[01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with Carlos Lozada, New York Times Opinion columnist and a co-host of the weekly “Matter of Opinion” podcast. Lozada explains how he mines political memoirs for deeper understanding of our political figures by examining what they include and what they omit.[16:43] Brooke speaks with Vinson Cunningham, author of the novel Great Expectations. Cunningham, who is now a theater critic at The New Yorker, worked on the 2008 Obama campaign and later in the White House. Great Expectations is inspired by that time in his life and the difficult-to-read candidate for the presidency.[35:05] Brooke interviews novelist Curtis Sittenfeld about her exploration of the minds of political figures through fiction, first in American Wife (inspired by Laura Bush) and next in Rodham, which considers what Hilary Clinton's life would have looked like if she had never married Bill. They discuss the questions that led Sittenfeld to write those novels and why fiction based on real people makes readers so uncomfortable — especially the sex scenes.This show originally aired on our May 3, 2024 program, How to Read a President, with Carlos Lozada, Vinson Cunningham, and Curtis Sittenfeld.Further reading:The Washington Book by Carlos LozadaGreat Expectations by Vinson CunninghamAmerican Wife and Rodham by Curtis SittenfeldCurtis Sittenfeld: ‘People misunderstood the sex scenes in Rodham' On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
Sittenfeld is soooo good. Her latest delivers a fascinating, intimate look at life as a comedy writer on the world's foremost live, nighttime, sketch comedy show--all while promising that she'll work within the conventions of ROMANTIC comedy. Or will she?? Listen to Kimberly extol Sittenfeld's structure, the use of all five senses, the deft character development, excellent sex writing and, of course, the use of HUMOR. Get the most out of this novel whether you've finished it or want to see how to best approach the work. (NO SPOILERS!)
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In bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld's much-loved new novel, she explores—with her typically keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page—the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love,while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age. Sittenfeld sits down with SVWC Literary Director John Burnham Schwartz—a former professor of hers at the Iowa Writers' Workshop—to discuss what makes Romantic Comedy a romantic comedy, her approach to genre and craft in previous novels such as American Wife, Rodham, and Eligible, and other stories from her literary journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. v. Sittenfeld, argued before Judges John K. Bush, John B. Nalbandian, Eric E. Murphy in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 9, 2024 Statement of the Issues, from the Appellant's Opening Brief: 1. Whether objectively ambiguous evidence can prove an “explicit” quid pro quo, and whether the concededly ambiguous evidence here sufficed to do so. 2. Whether the Government constructively amended the indictment by relying on a “bribe” different from the one specified in the indictment's “to wit” clause. Introduction to the case, from the Appellant's Opening Brief: Politicians cannot sell their official powers—not for bags of cash, not for Rolexes or luxury travel, and not even for campaign contributions. But identifying a campaign contribution as a bribe is uniquely fraught, because such contributions are always based on expectations of what the candidate will do in office. Candidates, likewise, know their policies, promises, and pledges will affect their ability to raise funds. All that is not only lawful; it is constitutionally protected. The result is an incredibly fine line: Donating or soliciting based on policy commitments is First Amendment activity, while donating or soliciting in exchange for policy commitments threatens a prison sentence. Articulating that distinction is hard enough; distinguishing the two in practice is even harder. That, in turn, casts a pall of prosecution over our entire political system and deprives officials and citizens alike of fair notice about what conduct is criminal. Enter the Supreme Court. In McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991), the Court addressed that problem by holding that the Government must hurdle a distinctly high evidentiary bar when it premises a bribery charge on a campaign donation …. [I]n the context of campaign contributions, the Government must show the quid pro quo was “explicit”— an unambiguous corrupt bargain. Anything less, the Court warned, would leave every campaign donation the fodder of a bribery charge, and every official at the mercy of a lay jury asked to infer corruption from money in politics…. Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld was a rising star on Cincinnati's City Council, and favorite to become the next mayor…. The Government engineered a sting to see if he would accept a campaign donation in exchange for supporting a local development project…. Yet despite that choreography, Sittenfeld never bit…. The jury acquitted Sittenfeld on most counts, but (inconsistently) convicted on two. Even the district court acknowledged the Government's evidence was at most “ambiguous,” and could be easily seen as ordinary politics. But the court reasoned that the jury was free to string together some vague phrases and pull an “explicit” exchange out of a hat. Every other court to address this issue, however, has required clear and unambiguous proof of corruption; none has upheld a conviction on a record so thin and ambivalent. Indeed, if this evidence suffices, McCormick has no meaning; prosecutors would be free to conjure a bribery charge against every politician, ushering in a First Amendment Ice Age. The Government's failure to satisfy McCormick is the most fundamental legal error. But at minimum this Court should order a new trial, because the Government constructively amended the indictment…. Under this Court's precedent, that shift compels a new trial. Resources: CourtListener case page for U.S. v. Sittenfeld Institute for Free Speech amicus brief in support of defendant-appellant. The Institute for Free Speech promotes and defends the political speech rights to freely speak, assemble, publish, and petition the government guaranteed by the First Amendment. If you're enjoying the Free Speech Arguments podcast, please subscribe and leave a review on your preferred podcast platform. To support the Institute's mission or inquire about legal assistance, please visit our website: www.ifs.org
When politicians publish their autobiographies, often they reveal more than intended. On this week's On the Media, find out how one reporter sifts through political memoirs for truths about politicians and the people they lead. Plus, in vivid detail, a novelist imagines the private lives of former presidents.[01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with Carlos Lozada, New York Times Opinion columnist and a co-host of the weekly “Matter of Opinion” podcast. Lozada explains how he mines political memoirs for deeper understanding of our political figures by examining what they include and what they omit.[16:59] Brooke speaks with Vinson Cunningham, author of the new novel Great Expectations. Cunningham, who is now a theater critic at The New Yorker, worked on the 2008 Obama campaign and later in the White House. Great Expectations is inspired by that time in his life, and the difficult-to-read candidate for the presidency.[35:19] Brooke interviews novelist Curtis Sittenfeld about her exploration of the minds of political figures through fiction, first in American Wife (inspired by Laura Bush) and next in Rodham, which considers what Hilary Clinton's life would have looked like if she had never married Bill. They discuss the questions that led Sittenfeld to write those novels and why fiction based on real people makes readers so uncomfortable — especially the sex scenes.Further reading:The Washington Book by Carlos LozadaGreat Expectations by Vinson CunninghamAmerican Wife and Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new minor league soccer team coming to the region, Rhinegeist's new CEO, an update on Xavier University's plans to bring football back, the more than 200 letters written about P.G. Sittenfeld ahead of his sentencing on corruption charges and a wave of philanthropy benefitting local museums.Interview starts at (20:43). John Faherty was a journalist for 25 years – he spearheaded the Storytellers series for the Enquirer most recently – but now as the executive director for downtown's Mercantile Library, he says he's in the last job he will ever have. The Mercantile is in the midst of doubling in size, taking over the 12th floor of the building it has called home for 183 years. Faherty talks about his career in journalism, the library's expansion and how it secured a 10,000-year lease, brokered by the father of an American president.Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Host Andy Brownfield and special guest host Chris Wetterich talk about the decision to keep the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, P.G. Sittenfeld's sentence for his two corruption convictions, a new hotel tax bringing Hamilton County among the most expensive in the nation, the more than 30 restaurants that have closed this year and a BBQ place beloved by President Biden that's expanding.Interview starts at (25:07). Regina Russo is no stranger to having all eyes on her. She began her career in the broadcast radio world before becoming a TV news reporter and anchor. Now she runs her own communications and coaching firm. When she heard that host Andy Brownfield was terrified of public speaking – before a group of college students, no less – she offered to come on the podcast to talk him down.Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the potential sentence former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld faces when he is sentenced on Oct. 10, as well as Grippo's buying another chip company, the Margaritaville Hotel moving forward, the Bengals' valuation going way up and an opera written by Sir Paul McCartney making its world premier in Cincinnati.Interview starts at (23:53). Sean Parker is an entrepreneur at heart – he started his first business at age 13 – but he also has experience at some of the largest companies on the planet, like Nike and P&G. He brings that to his new role at Main Street Ventures, a group dedicated to boosting businesses at a stage where most sources of capital won't typically touch. And he's taking a good hard look at the types of businesses MSV funds and how.Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
We're back with Lara Avery to discuss books similar to The Year of Second Chances. Listen to find out what books are currently on Lara's nightstand. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.
For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) book club podcast! Luce and Bel discuss alllllll their thoughts and all your HILARIOUS answers to our book club prompts in our first-ever book club podcast, and Bel even interviewed the author, Curtis bloody Sittenfeld!!!!If you want to join our book club and have access to the full podcast, our group chats, and weekly prompts we've got a 10% off discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts Andy and Tom talk about what an application for historic tax credits reveal about plans to redevelop Carew Tower, a new boutique hotel opening in a historic OTR building, the breakdown of a $1 billion deal to take a Cincinnati company public, P.G. Sittenfeld's sentencing date and a new food hall coming to Newport on the Levee.Interview starts at (19:37). Tianay Amat has addressed Cincinnati's workforce problem from both sides. She was an educator for two decades, serving most recently as interim superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools, and now as the CEO of Cincinnati Works, which helps to break cycles of poverty by helping un- and under-employed Cincinnatians get the job and soft skills they need to serve in areas of need. She talks about what she is hearing from employers about what they need, and what Cincinnati Works is doing to address that.Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new novel, Romantic Comedy, which begins behind the scenes at a television show similar to Saturday Night Live, where a female comedy writer is gobsmacked that her schlubby straight male co-workers keep dating famous women seemingly out of their league. Sittenfeld discusses dating up, women in the workplace, and the similarities between SNL and the Iowa Writers Workshop. Sittenfeld and Ganeshananthan crack up while reading from Romantic Comedy, and Sittenfeld discusses the surprising turn in her heroine's love life, the complications of writing sex scenes, and how she dealt with the pressure to be funny when describing comedians. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Ryan Reed and Anne Kniggendorf. Curtis Sittenfeld Romantic Comedy Rodham Eligible American Wife “Gender Studies,” from The New Yorker Others: Live from New York by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller Bossypants by Tina Fey Pete Davidson on Marc Maron's WTF Podcast Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen David Spade on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend Podcast How to Write a Sketch for SNL from the Working it Out Podcast Saturday Night: Documentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“I can even still have my festively neurotic characters, but they can be working their way toward a happy ending, instead of working their way towards crushing disappointment.” Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy is a playful, smart and fizzy look at love and pop culture through the eyes of a charming and relatable late-night TV writer. Sittenfeld joins us to talk about how a good novel feels like eavesdropping, what makes a character likable, surprising literary influences and more with Poured Over host Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng Featured Books (TBR Topoff): The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore XOXO by Axie Oh
Bestselling Minneapolis writer Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel “Romantic Comedy” is just that. A couple falls in love, then fall out, then … well, you will have to read it for yourself. However “Romantic Comedy” is about much, much, more. Here's a partial list: women, men, dating, aging, social media, the media in general, TV, communication, non-communication and of course, the pandemic. It's funny, but moving too. It's the story of Sally, a veteran writer on a familiar-sounding weekend late-night comedy show. “I wonder if maybe that show was ‘Saturday Night Live'? Which, which is it lightly inspired ‘Romantic Comedy.,'” Sittenfeld admitted during a recent visit to the MPR News studios. She was born two months before SNL's 1975 debut. “So it's been a feature of my entire life,” she said. Pandemic obsession She watched as a kid, then drifted away as life got busy with her career and family. She moved from St. Louis to Minneapolis in 2018. When COVID-19 hit, she says watching old SNL episodes became her family's pandemic hobby before morphing into an obsession. And she noticed something: how, over the years, several male cast members had ended up dating and then marrying female guest hosts. But never the other way around. She mused someone should write a screenplay turning the situation on its head. She thought it should be about a TV show where a writer creates a skit about a “sort of plain female writer and a smoking hot male celebrity, and then, you know, a guest who should come on the show, and she should maybe have chemistry or sparks with him.” Sittenfeld said. “And then a few months passed and I thought, ‘Oh, wait, maybe someone should write not a screenplay, but a novel and the someone should be me,'” she laughed. “So, and then I did.” Curative rage She had been struggling with another novel, but “Romantic Comedy” flowed really easily. It turns out all that SNL watching was actually vital research. Listen to Curtis Sittenfeld reading the opening of her novel "Romantic Comedy" by The first chapter describes her protagonist Sally opening her phone early one morning. It's blowing up with news about her office mate and fellow writer Danny. She thinks he's a dweeb although she loves him like a brother. He's splashed across the gossip pages, linked romantically to a film star who recently hosted their show. This enrages Sally. “But I also knew as I lay in bed glaring at the screen of my phone. Danny and Annabel's debut as a couple had occurred the night before in the form of making out at the club where Annabel's 24th Birthday had been held, that I would write about my fury, just as I always did, I turned my feelings into comedy. And that was how I cure myself.” So Sally writes the sketch about the woman writer and the hot male host. That same week Noah, a handsome sensitive singer-songwriter, turns up to guest host the show. Not only does he want to do the skit, he also seems interested in her. What could possibly go wrong? Well, everything of course. This is a romantic comedy. Puzzle of writing But it is also a Curtis Sittenfeld book where she dives deep into the human condition. During the part where they fall out, she tells their story through emails they exchange during the pandemic. It poses, she says, a romantic puzzle as they try to work out what the other person is actually saying. “If the entire section is in email, the reader is in the same position as the characters, where all the information that the characters have, the reader also has. So the reader can also be evaluating like, ‘I think that comment was kind of flirtatious,' or like, ‘I think he said that and she didn't pick up on it,' or ‘I think she was putting a feeler out there,'” Sittenfeld said. “Is this platonic buddies who are like bored during the shutdown? Or is this some potentially romantic connection?” Different kinds of writing Sittenfeld says ultimately “Romantic Comedy” explores several different kinds of writing: comedy sketches, pop songs, romantic emails. “The characters actually have this discussion, where they kind of are saying is, is your writing self, you know, like a truer self than your speaking self?” she said. “Or is it maybe a more artificial kind of composed self? Or is it just like a different self? I thought that it was just a way for them to kind of get to see a different side of each other during this shutdown, this sort of isolated vulnerable time.” Related stories In her 'deeply researched memoir,' writer Emily Strasser explores the history of nuclear weapons 'Brotherless Night' explores a young Sri Lankan Tamil woman's life, love and idealism set against civil war The Thread Books on MPR Curtis Sittenfeld will launch “Romantic Comedy” Monday at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis with a conversation with fellow author Julie Schumacher. Stittenfeld's been delighted with how the local literary community has welcomed her. “I was one time at a bar at a sort of writers' happy hour. And thought like, I'm in the presence of more writers than I met in 11 years in St. Louis. And like, they are writers in St. Louis. There are writers everywhere. But there are a ton here. And it's people doing all sorts of things,” she said. And ready to help too. She says writer and performer Dessa gave her plot feedback, as did comedian Bryan Miller. It seems to have worked. Some early readers have asked her if she's ever written for Saturday Night Live. She describes that as an unintentionally high compliment.
Curtis Sittenfeld has made a name for herself as one of America's most exciting writers and her novels Prep, American Wife and Rodham have been hailed as modern classics. Her latest novel, Romantic Comedy, follows a scriptwriter who has given up on romance with Sittenfeld's trademark warmth and intelligence. In this episode, she speaks to Esme Bright about the pitfalls and pleasures of romantic comedies, celebrity obsession in the US, why everyone wants to be the main character on TikTok, and what separates cheese from romance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nationwide strikes and protests erupted in Israel as outrage grew over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's courts. Many saw the move as a threat to Israel's democracy. And on Monday, Netanyahu announced he would put the plan on pause.Read more:For months, Israelis have rallied against the country's right-wing government as it tries to force a drastic overhaul of the Supreme Court. But protests intensified when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, after Gallant criticized Netanyahu's judiciary reform.The country was at a standstill as Israeli universities, workers' unions, hospitals, malls and Israel's national air carrier, El Al, announced a general strike and the international airport terminated outgoing flights indefinitely.And it seems the protests had an effect. On Monday, after a long day of protests, Netanyahu announced a delay to the judicial reform proposal. The Washington Post's Steve Hendrix in Jerusalem walks us through what happened, what this means for Israel and what might come. Join Post Reports LIVE on April 13th! Martine Powers will host a live conversation in D.C. with best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld at Sixth and I, in partnership with Politics & Prose. Sittenfeld is the author of books like “Eligible” and “American Wife.” Her latest novel is “Romantic Comedy,” about a late-night comedy writer's search for love. Listeners can purchase tickets here, and if you can't make it to D.C., you can always join via a livestream.
As the U.S. continues to grow racially and ethnically diverse, that shift is reflected in how our names are changing. Still, culture wars persist. And that can mean Americans are forced to consider what makes us American, and what makes a name American. Read more:Two years ago this week, a 21-year-old gunman in Atlanta massacred eight people in three spas. Six of those victims were women of Asian descent. It prompted a wave of reporting about racist attacks and violence, and for Marian Chia-Ming Liu, it began a deeply introspective journey – one that prompted thousands of Washington Post readers to reach out with stories about their own experiences with their names.Marian talks with Elahe Izadi about what she discovered on her name journey, and what other people from across the country have shared with her along the way. Join Post Reports LIVE on April 13th! Martine Powers will host a live conversation in D.C. with best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld at Sixth and I, in partnership with Politics & Prose. Sittenfeld is the author of books like “Eligible” and “American Wife.” Her latest novel is “Romantic Comedy,” about a late-night comedy writer's search for love. Listeners can purchase tickets here, and if you can't make it to D.C., you can always join via a livestream.
Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld joins V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell as a special guest co-host to discuss Ganeshananthan's newly released novel, Brotherless Night. Sittenfeld and Terrell ask Ganeshananthan about growing up in the Washington, D.C. metro area and how she came to write a book about a Tamil family living in Jaffna, Sri Lanka during the 1980s, the earliest years of the Sri Lankan civil war. Ganeshananthan reads an excerpt and talks about working on the novel for almost 20 years with help from many readers; how Terrell's notes helped her with characterization; and how a comment from Sittenfeld altered the first line of the book and part of the plot. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected Readings: V.V. Ganeshananthan Brotherless Night Love Marriage “On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora,” Literary Hub Curtis Sittenfeld Romantic Comedy Rodham You Think It, I'll Say It Eligible Others: Emergency '58 Elizabeth McCracken Rebecca Shapiro Caitlin McKenna, editor ‘Terrorist' — to Whom? V.V. Ganeshananthan's novel ‘Brotherless Night' reveals the moral nuances of violence, ever belied by black-and-white terminology. | by Omar El Akkad, The New York Times A young woman's family is torn apart during the lengthy Sri Lankan civil war in this propulsive masterpiece by a Minnesota writer. |by May-lee Chai, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hosts Andy Brownfield and Rob Daumeyer are joined by Cincinnati Business Courier Managing Editor Tom Demeropolis to break down some of the largest stories of 2022, including Kroger's proposed merger with the Albertsons Cos., the rebound of downtown Cincinnati from Covid-19, big changes in downtown real estate icons like Carew Tower and the Terrace Plaza, the corruption trial of P.G. Sittenfeld and the hell of a year the Cincinnati Bengals have been having.Above the Fold will take a brief hiatus at the beginning of the year and then return in mid-January. Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Andy and Rob talk about the future of a critical building that was at the crux of former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld's corruption conviction, as well as the Super Friends combination of Graeter's Braxton and Dewey's Pizza in a new NKY spot and a $100 million project near UC.Interview starts at (18:51). Joel Willis began his career in IT at GE Aviation, selected for its prestigious Information Technology Leadership Program. Meanwhile though, he was moonlighting writing comedy on Twitter as the Glad Stork. That led to a career shift into humor as the editor in chief for social media brand The Dad. Now, Willis has launched his own social media platform devoted to the largest form of entertainment on the planet: gaming.Above the Fold is a podcast by the Cincinnati Business Courier.
We wind down our discussion of Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld with the question of how much sidestepping of the facts should be permissible in alternate history fiction. Also, is this book a push back against the importance of likability in politics, or simply an embrace of it? And did Sittenfeld take notes while watching romcoms? For this series, we will review and discuss Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Oct 21 - Nov 4, Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld Nov 11 - Dec 2, and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Dec 9 - Dec 23. You can join our Reddit discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show notes, credits and extended discussions for every episode. You can support us by rating/liking/sharing our podcast! Subscribe to us here: Apple | Stitcher | Spotify | Google | Youtube We are also on Twitter and Facebook @CanonicalPod. Follow us to get updates on upcoming episodes!
A surprising pick from Eyad is this week's read and review. Sittenfeld's Rodham, an alternate history what-if about Hilary Clinton, spurs discussion of the ethics of Real Person Fiction, what it means to be a "book club book", and our reaction to the first couple of the US during our formative years doing the nasty repeatedly and explicitly on the page. Fun stuff! For this series we will review and discuss Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Oct 21 - Nov 4, Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld Nov 11 - Dec 2, and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Dec 9 - Dec 23. You can join our Reddit discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show notes, credits and extended discussions for every episode. You can support us by rating/liking/sharing our podcast! Subscribe to us here: Apple | Stitcher | Spotify | Google | Youtube We are also on Twitter and Facebook @CanonicalPod. Follow us to get updates on upcoming episodes!
Guest Tiernan Sittenfeld had glimpses in high school of not only the grandeur of America's landscapes but also the degradation that was happening within them when she saw clear cuts up close. She was drawn to understand how we can best conserve these lands and the communities linked to them and took advantage of the first opportunity to earn an Environmental Studies certificate in college and take an international study program in Kenya. Those experiences, and a term spent working on a state senate race, made her see the overlap between conservation and politics.She began her career as an organizer leading student communities and expanded into more general audiences, exercising her public speaking skills and community building skills along the way. When she needed to decide whether to pursue a law degree, she realized she'd found a place where she could grow all sorts of skills and tackle bigger and bigger challenges.In this episode, find out from Tiernan how organizing and connecting with others can sometimes help you find your own voice…on Roads Taken with Leslie Jennings Rowley. About This Episode's GuestTiernan Sittenfeld currently serves as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the League of Conservation Voters where she has worked for the past 17 years, tirelessly advocating for sound environmental laws and policies to help protect our planet and the communities that are most impacted by climate and environmental change. She lives in Washington DC with her husband and two sons, where she has been named by the National Journal as one of the top 50 people changing the game in Washington. Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.comFor another story about making a career fighting for better environmental policy, listen to our episode with Kira Lawrence. Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings RowleyMusic: Brian BurrowsEmail the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com
On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.
On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.
If it's a high-profile national trial, chances are Cincinnati-based veteran courts and crime reporter Angenette Levy is there. The Law & Crime network host and correspondent has been on the ground in Wisconsin for the Kyle Rittenhouse, in Virginia for Johnny Depp-Amber Heard and in Minnesota for Derek Chauvin trials in the past year. And a big reason why Levy's been there: Courts in those states allow cameras in the court room. Levy, the former Local 12 reporter and anchor, is outspoken about the need for federal courts to begin following most state courts and allow cameras in the courtroom. "It's time," Levy told The Enquirer's "That's So Cincinnati" podcast. "With the technology, we have to evolve and give people a peek into the system." Here in Cincinnati, the issue of cameras in the courtroom came up amid the recent federal public corruption trial of former city councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Federal court policy prohibits cameras and all electronic devices in the courtroom for federal trials, something that has frustrated the public and journalists, particularly on high-profile cases. Levy recalled a recent discussion she had with a federal court source. "This person said they think it hinders justice and people start performing because they believe they're on a stage and they're playing to the cameras. And maybe a little bit of that is true," Levy said. "But I believe in transparency. Courts should be accessible to everyone. Why are we not getting a peek inside? I think it's silly. People are going to perform whether there's a camera there or not. Court is kind of a theater." Law & Crime is a digital network that serves a similar purpose as Court TV. Law & Crime live streams high-profile cases on its website and social media platforms. Levy has been with the network since late 2020, and Law & Crime often sends her across the U.S. to provide live reports from trials. The network often sends Levy across the nation to provide live reports from the courtroom. Levy was in Florida this week reporting on the trial of the Parkland school shooter. Levy cohosts Law & Crime's "Sidebar" daily podcast. She also hosts the local radio show "Simply Medicine" at 2 p.m. on Saturday on 55KRC.
What is next for the former Cincinnati City Councilmember convicted in his public corruption trial?
What is next for the former Cincinnati City Councilmember convicted in his public corruption trial?
You think you were surprised at everything you heard in the P.G. Sittenfeld trial? So was the guy who oversaw the public corruption investigation into the former Cincinnati city councilman and other Ohio politicians. And David DeVillers was part of a team of prosecutors who helped convict Saddam Hussein on war crimes and genocide. "The biggest thing coming into becoming the U.S. Attorney ... it wasn't the murders and the terrorism and the cartels, it was the corruption that was the biggest surprise for me," DeVillers, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, told "That's So Cincinnati" podcast. DeVillers left the U.S. Attorney's office in February 2021 with the change in the White House. But the Columbus resident kept close tabs on the Sittenfeld trial, which ended last week with the Democrat being convicted of bribery and attempted extortion. DeVillers declined to answer specific questions about the investigation because it overlaps with cases that have not yet come to trial – and he's no longer in office. DeVillers, who in 2020 said Cincinnati City Hall had a "culture of corruption," declined to discuss why the investigation that ultimately led to Sittenfeld's arrest happened. But DeVillers, originally hired as an assistant federal prosecutor during President George W. Bush's administration, talked about the big picture when it comes to the federal government cracking down on corrupt politicians. "That's one of the FBI's highest priorities," DeVillers said. These days, DeVillers is a partner in the Columbus office of national law firm Barnes & Thornburg. He's working as a technical adviser for the producers of the popular Showtime show "Billions," a drama about power and politics. DeVillers also is an adjunct instructor at Ohio State's Moritz College of Law.
Willie discusses Mayor Purevall's trip to DC, the results of the Sittenfeld trial, and the latest in sports.
Rocky and Kathrine dig into the P.G. Sittenfeld verdict, Amazon Prime Day, Elvis Presley, the upcoming 2022 Bengals Season, and more. Take a listen!
Willie discusses Mayor Purevall's trip to DC, the results of the Sittenfeld trial, and the latest in sports.
Rocky and Kathrine dig into the P.G. Sittenfeld verdict, Amazon Prime Day, Elvis Presley, the upcoming 2022 Bengals Season, and more. Take a listen!
On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.
Sloanie discusses the issue of inmates escaping from the Hamilton County Justice Center, the latest in the Sittenfeld trial, and what is the truth behind the CTE epidemic in pro athletes.
Eddie and Rocky discuss the latest in the Sittenfeld trial, the lack of workers in the job market, and the future of NCAA sports.
Eddie and Rocky discuss the latest in the Sittenfeld trial, the lack of workers in the job market, and the future of NCAA sports.
On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.
Trial attorney Steve Goodin, a former Cincinnati City Councilman, joins "That's So Cincinnati" podcast to provide legal analysis on the public corruption trial of former Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Goodin, of Downtown-based Graydon Law, has been in the courtroom to watch most of the proceedings since the trial began June 21. Asked after the prosecution rested its case on Wednesday what he thought the outcome might be, Goodin said: “I have thought from the beginning that there was a pretty strong likelihood of him being convicted. I still feel that way after having heard the evidence. It isn't just some subjective thing. When I look at some of the cases around the country that are most like this case … the (former Gov. Rod) Blagovich trial in Illinois and the (former Gov. Bob) McConnell trial of Virginia – both of which involved what we call these subtle quid pro quos – the jury found them both guilty. "Juries tend not to like this kind of behavior. There's something about these fact patterns that to the average person really speak to everything they don't like about politics. ... "I think there's a strong likelihood he will be convicted on some of the charges, maybe not all. That's a sad day for the city. That's a sad day for him."Sittenfeld faces two counts each of attempted extortion, bribery and honest services wire fraud. Closing arguments could begin on Tuesday.
Join Colin Mayfield, Kelly Rippin and Fletcher Keel as they discuss the storms that rolled through Greater Cincinnati Wednesday night, preview the third day of the P.G. Sittenfeld federal trial, the passage of an anti-CRT resolution in a Cincinnati school district and more.NEED MORE than just a dose? Watch the NOWCAST of our latest WLWT News 5 show here: https://www.wlwt.com/nowcastFOLLOW:Colin Mayfield: @WLWTColin (Twitter), Colin Mayfield WLWT (Facebook)Kelly Rippin: @KellyRippin (Twitter), Kelly Rippin (Facebook), @kellyrippinnews (Instagram)WLWT: @WLWT (Twitter) WLWT (Facebook), @wlwt5 (Instagram)GET IT ALL: Breaking news, weather and local stories on WLWT.com
As Sittenfeld stands trial on public corruption charges, Cincinnati Edition examines what could happen during the court proceedings and the political implications for Greater Cincinnati.
In "Prep," author Curtis Sittenfeld writes a coming-of-age novel that follows the life of 14-year-old Lee Fiora, an intelligent girl who finds herself at a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts far away from her family home in South Bend, Indiana. This discussion took place on a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.
On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.
The field for this year's Cincinnati mayoral race is set and neither Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld or Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman are in it.
This is our chat about the New York Times Bestselling book, Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld - a novel that re-imagines the life Hilary Clinton could have had if she had not married Bill Clinton and let his political career take precedence over hers. This book captured our attention because Curtis Sittenfeld is one of our all-time favourite authors. From page one the characterised Hillary is intelligent, independent and ambitious. It's 300 pages of politics, relationships and powerful women - Sittenfeld did her research too so it really is grounded in reality, with, well quite a bit of poetic license once the real events end.
First Amendment attorney Jack Greiner, who represents Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer, joins as special guest.
Our panel discusses entrepreneur opportunities in Northern Kentucky, racial inequality in local vaccinations, Cincinnati teacher getting their first vaccinations and more. Next, WCPO 9 I-Team reporter Paula Christian joins the Hear Cincinnati podcast to explain why prosecutors call P.G. Sittenfeld's political action committee a slush fund, but his attorney says it's legal. Panel Links: MORTAR Covington aims to replicate OTR entrepreneurship program's success in Northern Kentucky As Hamilton County's homeless shelters keep people warm this winter, they worry worst is yet to come Racial inequality shaped the pandemic — and now it's shaping vaccination campaigns, too Wilmington man who attended Jan. 6 Capitol riot faces 25 years for alleged online threat Rob Portman says 'partisan gridlock' helped him decide not to seek reelection to Senate in 2022 GOP’s Rep. Jim Jordan won’t seek Portman’s US Senate seat 'We just want our kids back': Cincinnati teachers get first vaccine doses ahead of return to school Featured Links: P.G. Sittenfeld's PAC at center of corruption case: 'secret slush fund' or legal account? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cincinnati City Councilman Greg Landsman answers tough questions about his role in the Gang of Five texting scandal, embattled Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld and the state of affairs at City Hall. You won't want to miss this episode.
Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld was the third member of council arrested on federal corruption charges this year, but one local law professor believes that this particular case may be an example of prosecutorial overreach.
Cincinnati City Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld says he is not guilty of federal bribery charges. Sittenfeld is the third council member to be arrested by federal agents this year.
Our panel talks about the Black economy in Cincinnati, employment opportunities at an upcoming job fair, and new Covid-19 restrictions. Next, reporter Jasmine Minor joins the podcast to discuss her series, "The Game," where local Black athletes spoke about trauma that racism leaves behind. Finally, I-Team reporter Paula Christian explains the charges and arrest of P.G Sittenfeld, the third Cincinnati City Council Member arrest for corruption this year. Notable Links: Is Cincinnati 'not the place' for Black success? Kroger, Cintas, Cincinnati Bell and more are part of this huge career fair -- sign up now NKY libraries alter services to follow new pandemic restrictions Kentucky business owners adapt plans as latest round of COVID-19 restrictions announced Wednesday The Game: Local Black athletes speak on trauma that racism leaves behind Feds: Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld solicited $40K in exchange for votes 'It's time to clean house': Mayor Cranley, City Council react to third public-corruption arrest P.G. Sittenfeld: 'I do not give up. I will not give up,' after arrest on federal corruption charges Twitter: @hearcincinnati See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The culture of corruption on Cincinnati City Council continued on Thursday with the arrest of P.G. Sittenfeld. Betsy Sundermann and Sharon Coolidge join Brian to discuss what happened. what it means, and where we go from here. Plus, Tech Friday with Dave Hatter, "Beach" from Hemptations, and attorney Tyson Langhofer on 55KRC, THE Talk Station.
This election cycle, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) invested over $115 million in priority races. This election was crucial for climate policy, as we have nine years until the 2030 deadline of cutting global emissions in half. Tiernan Sittenfeld is the Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at LCV. We caught up with her to discuss the first 100 days of the next administration, selecting intersectional candidates, and the National Environmental Scorecard. Listen now! More at TheCoolestShow.com and @Think100Climate. #ClimateElection #Election2020 #Think100
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Curtis Sittenfeld reads her story from the November 2, 2020, issue of the magazine. Sittenfeld is the author of one short-story collection, “You Think It, I’ll Say It,” and six novels, including “Prep,” “Eligible,” and “Rodham,” which came out earlier this year.
As if 2020 hasn't already been enough, over the weekend we learnt that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminist icon and Associate Justice of the American Supreme Court, had passed away. With the US election only 40 days away, stakes have never been higher. Curtis Sittenfeld is an American novelist best known for her fictional retellings of the lives of First Ladies such as Hillary Clinton in Rodham and Laura Bush in American Wife. She's also one of Mia Freedman's favourite authors, which is why Mia was so excited to sit down with Curtis to discuss what the heck is going on in America right now... The End Bits You can buy Rodham here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oEQJO. Pre-order Curtis' new book, Help Yourself, here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RvJEN. To listen to the podcast by Slate that Curtis mentioned, head here -https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus. To watch the documentary Hillary, click here -https://www.hulu.com/series/hillary-793891ec-5bb7-4200-ba93-e3629532d670. If you're interested in reading Chasing Hillary by Amy Chozick, you can find it here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/59OBn. GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au Need more lols, info and inspo in your ears? Find more Mamamia podcasts here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Check out our No Filter YouTube channel here... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoiVNEFfHiJl8nC4NepRNw?view_as=subscriber CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman . You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here. With thanks to our guest: Curtis Sittenfeld Producer: Leah Porges Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As if 2020 hasn't already been enough, over the weekend we learnt that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminist icon and Associate Justice of the American Supreme Court, had passed away. With the US election only 40 days away, stakes have never been higher. Curtis Sittenfeld is an American novelist best known for her fictional retellings of the lives of First Ladies such as Hillary Clinton in Rodham and Laura Bush in American Wife. She's also one of Mia Freedman's favourite authors, which is why Mia was so excited to sit down with Curtis to discuss what the heck is going on in America right now... The End Bits You can buy Rodham here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oEQJO. Pre-order Curtis' new book, Help Yourself, here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RvJEN. To listen to the podcast by Slate that Curtis mentioned, head here -https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus. To watch the documentary Hillary, click here -https://www.hulu.com/series/hillary-793891ec-5bb7-4200-ba93-e3629532d670. If you're interested in reading Chasing Hillary by Amy Chozick, you can find it here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/59OBn. GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au Need more lols, info and inspo in your ears? Find more Mamamia podcasts here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Check out our No Filter YouTube channel here... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoiVNEFfHiJl8nC4NepRNw?view_as=subscriber CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman . You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here. With thanks to our guest: Curtis Sittenfeld Producer: Leah Porges Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As if 2020 hasn't already been enough, over the weekend we learnt that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminist icon and Associate Justice of the American Supreme Court, had passed away. With the US election only 40 days away, stakes have never been higher. Curtis Sittenfeld is an American novelist best known for her fictional retellings of the lives of First Ladies such as Hillary Clinton in Rodham and Laura Bush in American Wife. She's also one of Mia Freedman's favourite authors, which is why Mia was so excited to sit down with Curtis to discuss what the heck is going on in America right now... The End Bits You can buy Rodham here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/oEQJO. Pre-order Curtis' new book, Help Yourself, here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RvJEN. To listen to the podcast by Slate that Curtis mentioned, head here -https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus. To watch the documentary Hillary, click here -https://www.hulu.com/series/hillary-793891ec-5bb7-4200-ba93-e3629532d670. If you're interested in reading Chasing Hillary by Amy Chozick, you can find it here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/59OBn. GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au Need more lols, info and inspo in your ears? Find more Mamamia podcasts here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Check out our No Filter YouTube channel here... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoiVNEFfHiJl8nC4NepRNw?view_as=subscriber CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman . You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here. With thanks to our guest: Curtis Sittenfeld Producer: Leah Porges Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our last Book Club took place months ago, early in Lockdown, so we are delighted that in this show Ann Ingle, Bernice Harrison and Niamh Towey are back to discuss our latest read. The book under discussion is Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld, a political fantasy that imagines what life would have been like for Hillary Clinton had she turned down Bill Clinton's proposal of marriage. So it's a what if novel that imagines the life and times of Hill without Bill. Sittenfeld, the author of sharp, compassionate and always clever books such as American Wife, explores how life might have turned out for the Clintons, for America and for the world if these two political heavyweights had never got married. It's a lively discussion and as usual not everyone agrees with each other but we wouldn't want it any other way. We'll announce our next book soon, but until then enjoy this Book Club episode.
In real life, Bill Clinton asked Hillary Rodham to marry him three times before she finally said yes. The rest is history. But in Sittenfeld's alternative world, Hillary says no, and their lives diverge from there. Hillary is alone and heartbroken, but she's also free to pursue her own political ambitions – and free from the humiliating sexual scandals that will plague Bill's political career. Sittenfeld deftly mines the ‘What if?” possibilities of her premise, but does the novel live up to the hype? Or is it just literary fan fiction? An exercise in wishful thinking? Journalist Phil Chaffee joins us to give Rodham the full book club treatment. It's a no holds barred discussion as we try to figure out whether the novel is an ingenious yet plausible glimpse of an alternative reality, or just a writer capitalising on a famous name. What is your book club reading next? At the end of the show, keep listening for our follow-on recommendations, all inspired by Rodham. In this episode, that includes: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Becoming by Michelle Obama What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton ‘Up, Simba' from Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace Political Fictions by Joan Didion Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Other books mentioned in this episode: Prep, Sisterland and You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
It's been four years since Cincinnati Parks leaders announced that the long-awaited riverfront marina was finally going to be built. Nothing has happened since, though. What happened? New Cincinnati Parks Director Kara Kish told The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati Podcast that the Parks Board earlier this year requested and got an extension until 2023 for the $1.5 million state grant being used to help get the project going. "I am optimistic about (the marina)," Kish said. "I think it's in the future of the city." Learn more about Kish, the parks and the marina plan on this week's episode. Also this week: Co-hosts Jason Williams and Sharon Coolidge breakdown the 2021 Cincinnati mayor's race in the wake of P.G. Sittenfeld's official campaign launch.
It's moments like this in our history when a journalist's experience, perspective and credibility are critical for viewers and readers. WLWT-TV anchor and reporter Courtis Fuller has been a trusted voice for Greater Cincinnati for nearly four decades, and his institutional knowledge really pays off in major news events like the recent racial inequality protests. He was on the streets covering the protests the past few weeks, just like he was in 2001 during the civil unrest in Cincinnati. And even then, Fuller had experience covering such an event, having started his career as a radio reporter in Milwaukee in the early 1980s. In a wide-ranging interview with The Enquirer's That's So Cincinnati podcast this week, Fuller recalled covering protests in Milwaukee after Earnest Lacy, a young African-American man, died in police custody. "He died because a police officer put his knee on the back of his neck," Fuller said. "That's 1981. Up until now, it was the largest protest I had seen. People flooded the streets." The experience of covering "that is something I've carried with me over the years." Fuller talked about the process of going from covering the 2001 civil unrest for Channel 5 to running for mayor against Charlie Luken later that year. "I'm doing great in my career," Fuller recalled. "I was the main anchor. I had just gotten married. Life is going pretty good." He added: "I just didn't feel like I was doing enough personally." Fuller won the primary, but lost in the general election. Could he consider running for mayor again in 2021? There's been questions whether an African American candidate will get in the race against David Mann and P.G. Sittenfeld, who hasn't officially announced yet. Political insiders have mentioned Fuller as potential candidate. Fuller said "it's not something on the radar," but the Pittsburgh native didn't completely rule out the possibility of running again. "It's an interesting question," Fuller said. "I love David Mann. I love P.G. I think they are good servants for the city. David knows the ends and outs of this town as well as anyone and is committed to all communities. Both of them are very, very good candidates. But you do wonder if now is that time. It was the same way in 2001. I believe that there probably will be an African American candidate that emerges." Fuller praised the Cincinnati police for yearslong efforts to reform the department after an officer shot an killed an unarmed African American man in Over-the-Rhine in 2001. "Fortunately for our department, when you step back and try to be as objective as possible, we are doing an amazing job compared to where we were in 2011," Fuller said. "And when I hear what other departments are doing, I think, wow, Cincinnati really has made tremendous strides, thanks to the Collaborative Agreement. Could more be done? Oh, absolutely. I think the chief is sincere and folks working in the department are sincere that they want to be the best department they can be. They're willing to listen; willing to work with the community." On the nationwide buzz phrase of "defund the police," Fuller said: "As soon as I heard the term 'defund' floated, you immediately think that's probably not the best choice of words to use. I believe people want reform. But to use the term 'defund,' that just shifts the conversation to ... are you going to get rid of the police department? I don't believe that is the overall goal. I do believe people want changes. And they want things very similar to what we've attempted to do here in Cincinnati."
In this episode, Curtis Sittenfeld discusses the mix of historical context and fictionalized character development—as well as the double standards every professional woman faces—in her new novel, Rodham. Sittenfeld joins Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to ask the question no one else has dared to: what would the world look like had Hillary Rodham never accepted Bill Clinton's marriage proposal? To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. This episode was produced by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan. Guests: Curtis Sittenfeld Selected readings for the episode: Curtis Sittenfeld Rodham You Think It, I'll Say It Sisterland American Wife Prep: A Novel “White Women LOL” from Oprah Magazine Others Chasing Hillary: On the Trail of the First Woman President Who Wasn't by Amy Chozick The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White Philip Roth John Updike Ulysses by James Joyce Wellesley, 1969 from “With Her,” a podcast by Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton's 1969 Commencement Speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hillary Clinton’s life has included time spent as a presidential candidate, secretary of state, U.S. senator and mother, and as first lady of the United States. But what if she hadn’t married President Bill Clinton? What might her life and professional career have looked like? That’s the question author Curtis Sittenfeld asks in her newest novel, “Rodham.” Kerri Miller and Sittenfeld had a lively conversation about the novel, writing in Hillary Clinton’s voice and what she thinks about creativity during a pandemic. Guest: Curtis Sittenfeld is a novelist and writer; her latest novel is “Rodham.” To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts , Spotify or RSS.
Our fight against coronavirus is a war with multiple fronts. The first in a series of three conversations with people engaging this crisis head on, Brian is joined by Cincinnati City Councilman, P.G. Sittenfeld. The pair have an honest and enlightening conversation around stay-at-home-orders, the economic ramifications of crisis, and a timeline for getting back to normal.
This week Jessica Baron, Vice President for Centennial, Inc. talks to Paul Sittenfeld, a long-time friend and Cincinnati businessman. They discuss how Paul has reframed his leadership opportunities to impact success in the community at large. They discuss the impact education has on non-traditional populations and how the success of one family member can transform others by expanding their ideas about what is really possible for them. (6:33) He shares how his stories about what he has humbly offered to help people, such as role modeling mentoring empathy without judgment which all of us can take part in. (7:20) “The fact that you’ve made some mistakes doesn’t mean you can’t...redefine yourself.” Paul Sittenfeld (5:54) Paul shares how he sees the role as a “trustee” and that it is possible to have diversified involvement in the community. (13:23) Having been friends for a long time, Jessica asks Paul to tell about the unique ways his children are making big contributions to their communities in their own ways. (19:19) LISTEN NOW to Paul’s inspiring stories about how he uniquely has reframed success in his personal leadership. #talentmagnet #becomingatalentmagnet Chatfield College Purcell Marion High School EnsembleTheater
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Your Primary Playlist is your definitive guide to the 2020 presidential primary, explained by the women who know it best. Every week join Host Emily Tisch Sussman, a veteran of political campaigns and issue advocacy, to talk issue by issue, candidate by candidate for a comprehensive primer on what you need to know to feel informed and ready to cast your ballot. Emily and guests will also grant behind-the-scenes access to the activism, movements, people, and research driving the conversation.Your Primary Playlist is produced by Wonder Media Network.
Program: Presidents of the United States are the most powerful figures in America and, arguably, the world. The First Lady receives far less attention but exerts influence within the White House and stars in Washington's shrouded political theatre. Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld joins us for a conversation about the public visibility and private dramas of the First Lady – from Laura Bush to Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. She will also read from her novel American Wife – a fictional account of Laura Bush Bios: Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of five novels. Her books have been selected by The New York Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and People for their “Ten Best Books of the Year” lists, optioned for television and film, and translated into thirty languages. Ms. Sittenfeld has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time and has appeared as a guest on NPR's “Fresh Air,” CBS's “Early Show,” and PBS's Newshour. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Larry Jacobs is the director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance and the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies. His commentary and research has been published and discussed in a number of mass media outlets.
Our panel discusses Cradle Cincinnati's battle to improve infant mortality rates, the National Association of Black Journalists meeting in Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati facing new stadium struggles, a light sentence for business owner who stole $3.4 million in SNAP fraud, and more. Later, WCPO reporter Julie O'Neill joins to discuss the bizarre case of Forrest Behne, who insists he had just one glass of wine on the night he crashed his car, but blew a .325 BAC, four times the legal limit for driving. Notable links: Cradle Cincinnati: 2018 infant mortality rate improves but remains far higher for black babies Surviving and thriving: National Association of Black Journalists conference coming to Cincinnati West End residents' future uncertain after meeting about FC Cincinnati stadium Mann, Sittenfeld propose solution to keep West Enders in their homes despite FC Cincinnati purchase City Council: FC Cincinnati must provide affordable housing to displaced Wade Street tenants City's FC Cincinnati housing proposal 'is outside the law,' Berding says $3.4 million in Findlay Market SNAP fraud nets man five years probation He says he drank 1 glass of wine and tested a .325 BAC. Is it a lie or a symptom of a rare disease?
Vice Mayor Smitherman updates the public on illegal meetings held by 5 members of council, known as the "Gang of 5." Now, these same members of council are pushing to enact executive sessions in an attempt to create a shadow government.
Our most basic public health protections are under attack and our ability to provide input into the decision-making process has been whittled away. This is especially dire for communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities, who already face disproportionate impacts from pollution, sagging infrastructure, and climate change. We had the privilege of discussing these […] The post S1 Ep 6: We’re All in This Together! w/ Sen. Cory Booker, Annie Leonard, Deepa Padmanabha, & Tiernan Sittenfeld appeared first on Hip Hop Caucus.
Episode Notes This week the cleveland.com politics team chats with Cincinatti City Councilman and 2016 Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're discussing a recently published story from The New Yorker by Curtis Sittenfeld, author of a number of books, including Prep and An American Wife. In "Show Don't Tell," Sittenfeld turns her attentions to a fictionalized version of the Iowa Writers Workshop, and the anxious first-year students who are awaiting decisions on their funding for the next year. Since both of your Book Fight hosts are Workshop grads, we take a little stroll down memory lane and compare our own experiences with those of the story's characters. Though we also attempt to consider the story on its own merits, and we wonder whether it's one that people outside the writing world would find compelling. Also: another installment of Millennial M0m3nt. What American industry are the young people killing this week?
Rocky Talks Democrat Woes with P.G Sittenfeld
Most people are still in their first job at the age of 25, figuring out what they want to do with their lives. P.G. Sittenfeld, however, decided that was the perfect age to begin running for elected office, and he has become a rising Democratic star in the years that have followed, eventually becoming the youngest person ever elected to the Cincinnati City Council and a candidate for Ohio’s U.S. Senate Seat. In episode 10 of Next Gen Dem, P.G. and I cover a wide range of topics, including when he came to the realization that politics was the best way for him to make a difference, whether his young age has ever been a hindrance for him politically, and what kind of message Democrats need to win back Ohio.
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
Curtis Sittenfeld reads her story from the June 5 & 12, 2017 issue of the magazine. Sittenfeld is the author of five novels, including “Prep,” “Sisterland,” and “Eligible,” which came out last year. Her first story collection, “You Think It, I’ll Say It,” will be published next year.
Brendon Cull interviews Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld. Recorded March 30, 2017
Rocky Boiman talks to P.G. Sittenfeld about Cincinnati becoming a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Also, Rocky gives his thoughts and takes your calls about the postponement of accepting immigrants into the country.
Rocky talks with P.G. Sittenfeld about the Trump immigration hold, and Cincinnati becoming a sanctuary city.
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
Curtis Sittenfeld reads her story “Gender Studies,” from the August 29, 2016, issue of the magazine. Sittenfeld is the author of five novels, including “Prep“ and “American Wife.” Her most recent novel, “Eligible,” was published earlier this year. This is her first story in The New Yorker.
Alyssa Brandt, Mary Curran Hackett, Abby Moran, and P. G. Sittenfeld on Eligible, Curtis Sittenfeld's modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. CONTAINS SPOILERS
Curtis Sittenfeld is the guest. She is the bestselling author of the novels Prep and American Wife, and her new book, Sisterland, is now available in hardcover and ebook from Random House. The paperback edition is due out in Spring 2014. The Boston Globe raves “The power of [Sittenfeld’s] writing and the force of her vision challenge the notion that great fiction must be hard to read. She is a master of dramatic irony, creating fully realized social worlds before laying waste to her heroines’ understanding of them...Her prose [is] a rich delight.” And The New York Times calls it “Psychologically vivid...Sittenfeld’s gifts for portraying the inner lives of her heroines [bring Sisterland] closer, in terms of emotional chiaroscuro, to two classics about pairs of sisters, The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett and The Easter Parade by Richard Yates...Sisterland is a testament to the author’s growing depth and assurance as a writer.” Monologue topics: excerpts of my old journal entries, letters, my twenties, How to Fail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By day, Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, which looks after The Tower of London, Hampton Court, and Kensington Palace inter al. By night, she is a TV presenter and writer, most recently author of Courtiers: The Secret History of Kensington Palace. You can listen to my interview with her by clicking here. Here are her summer reading choices: I have felt like a junkie in need of a fix ever since I reluctantly finished the last page of The Secret History by Donna Tartt for the first time, fifteen years ago, so I was very excited to learn that Curtis Sittenfeld had written a ‘similar’ book about boarding school life. I’m a little slow on the uptake here as it was published in 2005, but after reading about her imagined secret life of Laura Bush in American Wife this year I fell in love with Ms. Sittenfeld, and looked up her back catalogue. Prep is a mind-blowingly clever, funny and brilliant book. Unfortunately it made me a terrible, grouchy, uninterested holiday …
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