Podcast appearances and mentions of William Finnegan

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and surfer William Finnegan joins Ravi for a wide-ranging conversation on surfing, storytelling, and the pursuit of mastery. They unpack Barbarian Days and how a lifetime of chasing waves has shaped Bill's understanding of fear, discipline, and identity. They then turn to the tension between purity and accessibility in surfing and how innovations like wave pools can reflect broader social shifts. They also dig into what it means to be an adult learner in a youth-dominated sport and whether surfing's soul can survive its growing commercialization.  Bill and Ravi then turn to Bill's storied career at The New Yorker and discuss the evolving economics of journalism and the practical realities of building a writing life in today's digital world. They explore how a new generation of writers and athletes, who've never seen the world before the internet, can still find meaning off the beaten path. Finally, they reflect on what it means to fully commit to a craft. Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Learn more about Ravi's novel and upcoming events: GARBAGE TOWN --- Follow Ravi at @ravimgupta Follow The Branch at @thebranchmedia Notes from this episode are available on Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Lost Debate is available on the following platforms:  • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xR9pch9DrQDiZfGB5oF0F • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate • Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  • iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

Award-winning author and The New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan came to surfing early while growing up between Hawaii and Southern California. He helped bring surf writing, as a genre, to the literary fore in 1992 with the publication of his two-part essay “Playing Doc's Games” in The New Yorker, which chronicled both his and “Doc” Renneker's pursuits at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. His 2015 memoir, Barbarian Days, which documented his surfing life, won the Pulitzer Prize. Beyond the surf, Finnegan has devoted much of his career to conflict reporting in regions ranging from Mexico to parts of Asia. In this episode, Finnegan talks with show host Jamie Brisick about the modern marriage of surfing and intellectualism, the importance of asking questions, writing, curiosity, outing himself as a surfer in the context of his career, Bali's dystopian reality, the dissemination of surf culture, and how his experience as a teacher in South Africa during apartheid shaped him as a writer.

Join in this exceedingly rare conversation with Dr. Mark Renneker, a distinguished figure in the realm of big wave surfing hailing from San Francisco. With a surfing tenure spanning nearly six decades, Dr. Renneker has secured his legacy as both a surfing pioneer and a medical doctor at the University of California, San Francisco.Renowned for his notable achievements, including being the first to surf the treacherous Potato Patch outside the Golden Gate Bridge, and amongst the first to lead expeditions to surf in remote locations such as the Arctic, Antarctic, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, and Alaska, 'Doc' Renneker joins us to share insights into his extraordinary life.In this episode, we meticulously explore the facets that have contributed to Dr. Renneker's enduring success, addressing aspects such as life balance, dietary practices, training regimens, and the nuanced risk-taking inherent in tackling some of the world's most formidable waves.Acknowledgments are extended to Josh Wiese and Kevin Starr for their role in facilitating Dr. Renneker's participation in this episode. To our esteemed audience, if you find enjoyed the show, share with a friend. References:Playing Doc's Games. The eponymous New Yorker article by William Finnegan that made me a lifelong fan of Mark RennekerSurf Encyclopedia Bio of Mark Some classic surf videos of Mark Direct Lab. Where Mark gets his bloodwork done ▶️ YouTube

I speak with Hannah Carlson, who has a PHD in material culture, to talk about her book, Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.Books Recommended:The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland BarberHappiness Falls by Angie KimQueen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberRouge by Mona AwadBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FinneganGuest author recommendation: Laura Zimmerman Just Do This One Thing For MeRecommendsWeather by Jenny Offill Other Books Discussed:Prophet by Sin Blanche and Helen McDonald Miracle Creek by Angie KimUp Next:Pet by Catherine ChidgeyThe Fraud by Zadie Smith Annie Sullivan and I recommend book live on Instagram @JenniferCaloyeras 9 am 9 /19Shop my Journals and Art in my Etsy Shop The Weaver and the Witch Queen Giveaway Link, closes Thursday, 9/14 Sign up for my weekly newsletter out each Tuesday.Follow me on Substack. Follow me on InstagramSupport the showI hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Del reflects on the state of the planet, the hottest month ever, and global boiling.Del discusses Unidentified Aerial Fenomena [UAFs] or something spelled similarly.  Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupts House hearings to make a call to her home planet Zotoz. They refuse to take her back. In a Faustian bargain, Del's wife agrees to take care of him and protect him from UFOs if only he would shut up. Dave may need a new Buck.Birthday wishes to Mick at 80 and a much younger VV Jean, a loyal listener.Dave reviews Barbarian Days by William Finnegan, a book about surfing as a way of life. 4/5 stars.Dave also discusses Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.  4.5/5 stars.Give us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COM Find us on Twitter: @twooldbucks1Leave a Voice message - click HERE

From the northwest of Ireland, Richie Fitzgerald's debut memoir, Cold Water Eden, has received incredible reviews and covers his history in big waves; Surfworld, the first surf shop in town; and endless anecdotes of visiting surfers dawning his door. From Tom Curren to Kelly Slater, Malloy brothers to Brad Gerlach, the characters and set-ups in Bundoran are world class, and so is the narrative, expertly woven with a pub-like feel, full of Richie's epic charm and wit. This is the story behind his phenomenal book, the likes of which we haven't seen since Barbarian Days, A Surfing Life from William Finnegan. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 135: This week on the “Dan's Talks” podcast, Dan speaks with William Finnegan, an international journalist, staff writer at The New Yorker and … Read More

For most, this week's colder forecast means wearing an extra layer, or turning up the thermostat. But for the region's unhoused residents, lower temperatures can make life much more difficult. Then, California has poured billions of dollars into reducing homelessness in recent years, but residents and state and local officials are frustrated over an apparent lack of progress. Later, we remember Rose Schindler, a Holocaust survivor and longtime San Diego resident who passed away last week at 93. Plus, San Diego writer Jac Jemc is the author of the new novel "Empty Theatre," which is out today. Finally, this week marks the return of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University. Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Finnegan will be the featured writer on Wednesday evening.

This week on Unorthodox, do Jews celebrate Valentine's Day?  Our Jew of the Week is returning guest David Sax, who joins us to talk about his newest book, The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World.  Our Gentile of the Week is writer and surfer (and surf writer) William Finnegan, who talks to us about his memoir, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, and his experiences reporting on war and poverty around the world.  We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you're calling from.  Merch alert! Check out our new Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com.  We're back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arts writer and former professional surfer Jamie Brisick talks about: w hat it was like being on the pro surfing tour back in his late teens and early 20s, and how he developed his Plan B career initially as a surfing writer before moving into arts & culture writing; how he comes to art/the art world with a relatively fresh perspective, and has experienced some unsavoriness in the upper spheres in its being too much like high school in terms of popularity, etc.; what it means when, to quote the artist Paul Chan in this case, ‘Success is its own form of failure;' the varied and fascinating work of Francis Alÿs, whom Brisick tried to get an interview with but was essentially blown off, but whom he still highly respects and reveres as an artist; the artworks, storytelling, and other idiosyncrasies of quintessential surfing-art artist, Raymond Pettibon, whom Brisick has profiled extensively and become friends with; the surf-skate pioneer Craig Stecyk (also a mentor of Brisick's) and his crazy performance art stunts; and his relationship with the journalist and writer William Finnegan, whose struggle with his memoir may be a source of inspiration for listeners.

"Why fly fourteen hours from New York to Johannesburg to see a South African version of Brooklyn? To me, the only reason to know what destinations are 'hot' is to avoid them." —Seth Kugel In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Seth talk about how the travel industry both helps and hinders the travel experience, and how Seth first experienced travel when he was young (1:30); tourist desire, the "beaten path," and the contradictions of what travelers seek in AirBnbs and related property-renting services (10:30); dealing with language barriers overseas, and social versus literal risks overseas (20:00); balancing general tourist advice versus nuanced insights as a travel writer, and the role new technologies play in travel decisions (27:00); and why it's a good idea to avoid places that have been deemed "trendy," and how to break out of the bad habits of travel (40:30). Seth Kugel (@sethkugel) is a travel writer, freelance journalist, and host of the Amigo Gringo YouTube channel. He was the Frugal Traveler columnist for the New York Times from 2010 to 2016, and he is most recently the author of the book Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious. For more on Seth, check out his website http://sethkugel.com/ Notable Links: The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (travel book) Transnistria (breakaway part of Moldova) Nagorno-Karabakh (breakaway part of Azerbaijan) The World in a Selfie, by Marco D'Eramo (book) Principe Real (neighborhood in Lisbon) Wichita Vortex Sutra (poem by Allen Ginsberg) Nancy Mitford (English novelist) Barbarian Days, by William Finnegan (book) Arthur Frommer (guidebook writer) Bukittinggi (city in Sumatra) Malcolm X (American activist and traveler) Bangkok Post (English-language newspaper in Thailand) Hindustan Times (English-language newspaper in India) "Free Fallin'" (song by Tom Petty) Punta Cana (resort town in the Dominican Republic) "Driving Through the Heartland," by Seth Kugel (article) Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's (Kansas restaurants) Red Queen's race (metaphor about running to stand still) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 25, 2022 is: jejune • jih-JOON • adjective Jejune is a formal word often used as a synonym of juvenile to describe things (such as behaviors, attitudes, etc.) that are immature, childish, or simplistic. It can also mean "uninteresting" or "boring." // Her rude and jejune remarks about the painting were entirely unbefitting someone of her stature in the art world. // The movie adaptation employed surreal visual effects to tell the story, making the plot, jejune in the novel, archetypal rather than artless. See the entry > Examples: "These formulations—'rise up or submit,' 'insist on your autonomy'—border on the jejune. Yes, we live in a world of laws, drudgery, interdependence. But we also live in a world rife with real injustice and, like any concept, freedom is always contextual." — William Finnegan, The New York Times, 17 May 2021 Did you know? Starved for excitement? You won't get it from something jejune. The term comes to us from the Latin word jejunus, which means "empty of food," "hungry," or "meager." When English speakers first used jejune back in the 1600s, they applied it in ways that mirrored the meaning of its Latin parent, lamenting "jejune appetites" and "jejune morsels." Something that is meager rarely satisfies, and before long jejune was being used not only for meager meals or hunger, but also for things lacking in intellectual or emotional substance. It's possible that the word gained its now-popular "juvenile" or "childish" sense when people confused it with the look-alike French word jeune, which means "young."

Um episódio altamente literário, onde elencamos os livros fundamentais para nossa formação. Abaixo, você confere todos as obras citadas, com os links pra comprar. Aproveite!Dicas da Bia- Gilberto Gil e 10 livros fundamentais na sua formação | https://youtu.be/kgbn6gMhYro- Adoráveis Mulheres – Louisa May Alcott | https://a.co/d/c3wTIgC- Harry Potter – J K Rowling | https://a.co/d/497DVFk- Grande sertão - Guimarães Rosa | https://a.co/d/h7zmqyN- Cem anos de solidão – Gabriel Garcia Marquez | https://a.co/d/hsopEbr- Memórias de subsolo - Dostoiévski | https://a.co/d/9bCw5wq- Crime e castigo - Dostoiévski | https://a.co/d/5Er40rZ- Americanah - Chimamanda Adichie | https://a.co/d/7pGUzeb- Elena Ferrante – Tetralogia Napolitana | 01: https://a.co/d/i1eLZdk | 02: https://a.co/d/eEJ78GR | 03: https://a.co/d/4GduNec | 04: https://a.co/d/id8ZNaP- Uma vida no surf - William Finnegan | https://a.co/d/crag4Kf- A marca da vitória – Phil Knight | https://a.co/d/6uj9RmEDicas do Rodolfo- A Ilha Perdida - Maria José Dupré | https://a.co/d/9XHRTNZ- História do Mundo para Crianças - Monteiro Lobato | https://a.co/d/hD9JwMK- Os Doze Trabalhos de Hércules - Monteiro Lobato | https://a.co/d/3dWCPpK- Vidas Secas - Graciliano Ramos | https://a.co/d/dKm8nYH- Hiroshima - John Hersey | https://a.co/d/6ztb6LK- Conferência sobre Ética Wittgenstein | https://a.co/d/8QKRolQ | PDF: https://emprc.us/4bE48t- O Retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde | https://a.co/d/eiYy9sZ- A Invenção de Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares | https://a.co/d/5X6t6j3- Sonho dos Heróis - Adolfo Bioy Casares | https://a.co/d/8GIwRW5- Os Luminares - Eleanor Catton | https://a.co/d/1c01Qq2- 1Q84 - Murakami (Trilogia) | https://a.co/d/fTgiDV8nknknmDicas do Felipe- Os meninos da rua Paulo - Ferenc Molnár | https://a.co/d/1CsuCv1- Frei Luís de Sousa - Almeida Garrett | https://a.co/d/9gy83Nh- Grande sertão - Guimarães Rosa | https://a.co/d/h7zmqyN- Como viver - Sarah Bakewell | https://a.co/d/2KxuCBF- A cura de Schopenhauer - Irvin D. Yalom | https://a.co/d/9XSeKMm- Quando Nietzsche chorou - Irvin D. Yalom | https://a.co/d/5Xh5dIj- Incerto - Nassim Taleb | https://a.co/d/1nQwMnl- The Warren Buffett Way - Robert Hagstrom | https://a.co/d/b6vQepi- Rápido e devagar: Duas formas de pensar - Daniel Kahneman | https://a.co/d/4OUaG1l- George Soros - Definitivo - Robert Slater | https://a.co/d/3jO75ap- Princípios - Ray Dalio | https://a.co/d/69f2eJY

William Finnegan: Bulleit bourbon & club sodaPulitzer Prize winning author Bill Finnegan talks about a day-in-the-life of a writer on staff at The New Yorker and how a piece gets started with editor David Remnick. Bill also discusses his memoir Barbarian Days and names his picks for top male and top female surfers of all time, as well as names some of his favorite surf breaks around the world. 

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For the next few months, we're sharing some of our favorite conversations from the podcast's archives. This week's segments first appeared in 2017 and 2015, respectively.Andrew Sean Greer won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his comic novel “Less,” about a down-on-his-luck novelist named Arthur Less who embarks on a round-the-world trip to forget his sorrows. (Greer's new novel, “Less Is Lost,” continues Less's adventures in the same comic vein, this time setting him loose across America.) When “Less” was published, in 2017, Greer visited the podcast and told the host Pamela Paul why he had decided to write comic fiction after five well-received but much more serious novels: “I found funny things happening all the time, and they were always my fault,” he said. “Because I was the thing out of place, with terrible misperceptions about what was supposed to happen.”Also this week, we revisit the New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan's 2015 podcast appearance, in which he discussed his memoir “Barbarian Days,” about his lifelong love of surfing. “It's all about this experience of beauty,” he told Paul. “You know, this certain kind of drenched experience and beauty — and the physical risks are very much footnotes.”We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

When the state exercises its police power and as a result damages property, is there a constitutional obligation to pay for that damage? Jeffrey Redfern of the Institute for Justice joins to podcast to discuss Baker v. City of McKinney, a case he tried and won in June of this year in the Eastern District of Texas. Jeffrey shares with us how this court arrived at a decision different from the Tenth Circuit in Lech v. Jackson. Practitioners will also find his insights on voir dire invaluable.   For more on Lech v. Jackson, listen to Episode 81 here.   Jeffrey's Recommendations: Short Circuit Podcast Bound by Oath Podcast Barbarian Days by William Finnegan   Please share your thoughts on the show or this episode with me. I'm on Twitter @J_Clint. If you have thoughts about future show guests or ideas for episodes, please let me know.

For four decades, William Finnegan has been an award-winning war reporter with the New Yorker magazine. He's also lived a sometimes secret second life as a surfer, chasing waves around the world. He joins Eoin and Murph on Second Captains Saturday.

Next up in our Californian Omnibus we met with Christian Beamish – Surfer, Shaper, Sailor and Writer, Christian is somewhat of an underground yet widely known stalwart of the surfing world. Calling the likes of the Malloy brothers, Greg Long and others close friends.  A lifelong devotee of surf, frequenting waves from Ireland to France and the Philippines plus countless others off the beaten track accessible to him whilst serving in the U.S. Navy – Christian has quietly dedicated his life to the sea.  More thoroughly accounted for was his solo sail from San Diego down through Baja in his self-constructed boat, beautifully retold in ‘Voyage of the Cormorant – memoir of a changeable sea'. A line of sight crossing and self-reliant exploration for surf – one that saw him sleeping under canvas tarp whist anchored up to the kelp beds, surfing and fishing in pristine ocean with no one around and lentil and coffee rations as he lived by the weather systems in an 18foot open boat. The book not just about the sailing and the people he met along the way but a wonderful account of an inner and outer journey. There are few people able to write about surf in a way that speaks to a wider audience, William Finnegan always comes to mind, but Christian is certainly another. Something that no doubt comes through years of experience as associate editor of the revered Surfers Journal. In sitting down, we spoke about stoking the fire for adventure, night surfing and deep-water surf,  board shaping and boat building and went off on a few other tangents you'll come to hear. Ill add, we were sat in the showroom behind Christians shaping bay so you will hear some background chatter and a cameo from Chrstians daughter halfway through… So here we go, Episode 18 of Hell or High Water with Christian Beamish – Boats, Boards and Baja.  

Seth on Twitter @wastemailing Instagram @wastemailinglist wastemailinglist@gmail.com https://wastemailinglist.substack.com Gateway Books: House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer 2.Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan 3.Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Currently Reading: 1. Anniversaries: A Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl by Uwe Johnson, translated by Damion Searls 2. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Anticipated Reads: 1. William T Vollmann 2. Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter 3. Blinding: The Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter 4. A Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine translated by Ralph Manheim 5. Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet 6. Devil House by John Darnielle 7. The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt 8. Malina by Ingborg Bachman translated by Philip Boehm 9. The Complete Works of Primo Levi compiled by Ann Goldstein Top 10: 10. I'm Thinking of Endings Things by Iain Reid 9. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 8. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 7. Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes 6. The Burrow by Franz Kafka, translated by Michael Hofmann 5. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 4. Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter 3. Story of the Eye by George Bataille, translated by Joachim Neugrochal (Correction (1:11:30) - Seth refers to the narrator's love interest as Marcelle where he meant to say Simone. Marcelle is a secondary character in the story.) 2. The Recognitions by William Gaddis 1. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

The repeal of Section 50-A of the New York State Civil Rights Law was no technical change. Passed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, it was a big victory for police-reform activists. 50-A shielded the disciplinary records of police officers, meaning that, in an officer-involved killing, for example, neither lawyers, journalists, nor the victim's family could determine if the officer had a history of disciplinary incidents. Laws like 50-A—and there are similar laws in many states—have played a big role in blocking police accountability. Because of the powerful influence of police unions, changing them is not easy, even for left-leaning politicians who champion reform. The New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan examines how the fight against 50-A was won. At the center of the story are the fraught relationships among politicians, protesters, and law enforcement.    This segment originally aired July 31, 2020.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *He sighed* for Sunday, 5 September 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life* by William Finnegan (2015); film review by Dan Clendenin: *The Women in the Sand* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Called to Say Yes* by Edwina Gateley.

In this episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with William Acworth, Head of Secretariat at the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP). ICAP recently released its 2021 status report on global emissions trading, and we're highlighting the group's status report for the second year in a row. This time, Acworth gets us up to speed on China's recently launched national emissions trading scheme, along with programs from elsewhere in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Acworth and Raimi discuss how markets have responded to the pandemic, where prices might be headed, and how markets are expanding to cover new sectors such as buildings and transportation. References and recommendations: "Emissions Trading Worldwide: Status Report 2021" from the International Carbon Action Partnership; https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/icap-status-report-2021 “Prices in the world’s biggest carbon market are soaring” from the Economist magazine; https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/24/prices-in-the-worlds-biggest-carbon-market-are-soaring "2020 China Carbon Pricing Survey" from China Carbon Forum; http://www.chinacarbon.info/sdm_downloads/2020-china-carbon-pricing-survey/ "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" by William Finnegan; https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/william-finnegan "Under a White Sky" by Elizabeth Kolbert; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/617060/under-a-white-sky-by-elizabeth-kolbert/ "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" by Bill Gates; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968/how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster-by-bill-gates/

April 15, 2020, was near the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, which was then its epicenter. On that day, a crew of New Yorker writers talked with people all over the city, in every circumstance and walk of life, to form a portrait of a city in crisis. A group station manager for the subway talks about keeping the transit system running for those who can’t live without it; a respiratory therapist copes with break-time conversations about death and dying; a graduating class of medical students gets up the courage to confront the worst crisis in generations; and a new mother talks about giving birth on a day marked by tragedy for so many families. The hour includes contributions from writers including William Finnegan, Helen Rosner, Jia Tolentino, Kelefa Sanneh, and Adam Gopnik, who says, “One never knows whether to applaud the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life, or look aghast at the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life. That’s the mystery of the pandemic.”    This episode originally aired on April 24, 2020. 

With Tom Brady heading to another Super Bowl and Mat Fraser retiring after 5 years as a CrossFit champion, Dusty and Tommy discuss what it must be like to be the best in one's field. Is it worth it? Finding Ourselves QoW: "What do I keep doing that keeps hurting? Why do I keep repeating this behavior?" Tommy's Recommendation: Yellowstone on Peacock. It's worth the $4.99 Dusty's Recommendation: https://bookshop.org/a/20811/9780143109396 (Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life) by William Finnegan.

It began as every surfer’s dream: an empty point break, a rising swell, and a good friend to share the rides. But what happens when you’re out there and the waves just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger? So it went for William Finnegan at a break off the Portuguese island of Madeira. This happened decades ago, back when surfers had to more or less guess at the conditions they’d encounter on any given day. In this episode, Finnegan, whose surfing memoir Barbarian Days won the Pulitzer Prize, shares one of his most harrowing experiences in the water. He and another longtime surfer were stuck out past the impact zone in a remote section of seas as night descended. Exhausted and frightened, they were forced to decide how to go about saving themselves.   ​​​​​​​ This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Sonos, maker of the Sonos Move, a portable smart speaker that delivers detailed sound and rich base in every kind of room and outdoors. Learn more and order yours at Sonos.com

More and more people understand that crypto is going to be big. But they don't really know why. And they don't want to be forced to turn all of their money into cryptocurrency right off the bat. So, what if there was a way to demonstrate the benefits of the technology with US dollars and then migrate users to digital currency over time? Andy Bromberg is the new CEO of Eco, a wallet designed to simplify everyday finances and maximize earning power. Andy began his career in startups as the CEO of political media platform Sidewire before cofounding CoinList in 2017, where he served as CEO for the last three years. Andy was also a member of the legendary Stanford Bitcoin Group from 2012 to 2014. On this episode of Boost VC, Andy joins us to discuss his introduction to crypto at Stanford and explain his decision to transition from CoinList to Eco. He weighs in the challenges of onboarding remotely and describes the skill set he brings to the Eco team. Listen in for Andy's insight around the benefits of the Eco app and learn how his team provides users with a migration path from USD to crypto. Topics Covered What got Andy into the crypto ecosystemPart of Stanford Bitcoin GroupCofounded CoinList in 2017 The challenges of onboarding remotelyConnect with team in Zoom settingEncourage natural interaction How Eco makes your money work for youPut money in, earn up to 5% APY5% cashback on purchases Eco's approach to broad crypto adoptionApp based around US dollarsEducate on tech over time What inspired Andy's transition to EcoToken design makes senseMigration path (USD to crypto) The skill set Andy brings to the Eco teamBuild community/attentionLaunch project successfullyAbility to scale organization  Andy's definition of successThings feel natural, peacefulIn flow state most of timeConnect with Andy  Eco https://eco.com/  Eco on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/eco-pay/  Eco on Twitter https://twitter.com/ecoAndy on Twitter https://twitter.com/andy_bromberg Resources CoinList https://coinlist.co/  Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com/Earn https://www.coinbase.com/earn  Andreessen Horowitz https://a16z.com/Balaji Srinivasan https://balajis.com/Bolt https://www.bolt.com/Cognito https://cognitohq.com/AngelList https://angel.co/  Protocol Labs https://protocol.ai/MyCrypto https://mycrypto.com/accountFidelity Digital Assets https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/overviewBlackRock https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual  The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245  Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Days-Surfing-William-Finnegan/dp/0143109391 Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVCBoost VC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/boost_vc/

The first episode of Season Two of "Ojai: Talk of the Town" is our first on-location podcast. So how fitting that's it's at Thacher School's Observatory with Jon Swift, Ph.D., who has helped the school build its astrophysics study and rebuilt its historic 28-inch telescope. In the five ensuing years, he's taught these fortunate students to shoot for the stars. Thacher School is now a respected partner with leading researchers around the globe, especially in the study of exoplanets, of which more are being discovered and studied all the time. His students have had their names published on many scientific studies. Another fascinating area of study at the observatory are Type 1a Supernovae, led by Dr. Ryan Foley at UC Santa Cruz. These explosive stars all blow up at the same luminosity, then collapse into this weird effect, "electron degeneracy pressure." This quantum effect of these white dwarves allows electrons to share the same space. It was a random meeting at UC Santa Cruz after a surfing trip that led to this innovative partnerships. It's another interesting intersection of Dr. Swift's pursuits, which besides surfing include music, camping and asking questions. his lifelong love of the cosmos was fostered during camping trips with his parents to Anza Borrego desert where the absence of light pollution brings the vastness of space into sharp relief. We talked about the ocean's rhythms, building boats and William Finnegan's "Barbarian Days." We did not talk about the Maillard process, northern pike or the Southern Cross. Check out Dr. Swift's original music on Spotify below ... along with links to research and articles about him and his program. https://www.thacherobservatory.org/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LxE8S2NahkijyF6mbronT https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan_Swift http://blogs.thacher.org/deepdives/2015/11/12/music-of-the-spheres/ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type=aqp%20v=$fq_database%7D&fq_database=database:%20astronomy&q=pubdate:%5B1998-01%20TO%202020-12%5D%20author:(%22%5ESwift,%20J.%20J.%22)&sort=date%20desc,%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0

Ray Bisschop is a visual marketing genius, designer, photographer, loving husband and devoted Dad who started surfing about 35 years ago, around the same time he started his passion of all things creative, these two things have led him three decades later to become owner and publisher of Surfing Life magazine, but there's been a lot in between. When he started as a designer 30 years ago it was always a dream to work for Surfing Life… that just means don't give up on your dreams.In this episode Ray takes on his journey from being a kid with a dream to the man who is living a life that far succeeds. He tells us about the importance of being ready when the opportunity of your dreams comes knocking... being eager and "wanting" something just isn't enough, you need to prepare yourself and build the right skills in advance.Ray is a defender of PASSION. Passion as a way of life. Most of you have probably heard the age old saying "love what you do, do what you love", well that would be a mantra made just for this man. He explains to us how mistakes and fuckups prepared him to own his dream business, and the importance of feeding your dream and feeling your passion is the key to achieving success.As any surfer knows, surfing is not just a sport, it's a way of life. A way to connect to disconnect from electronic devices, reconnect with nature and tap into your creative side with an awakened and refreshed mind. For Ray, there is no work-life balance, it's all about life.Before this episode we turned to you the listeners and asked what you would like Jade to hit Ray with, this led us on to a detailed conversation about diversity in terms of gender, race and sexuality in the competitive and business side of the sport. A great question about whether or not print (and magazines) was dead lead us down the rabbit hole on the environment issues and impact the industry has on our planet. Oh, and of course the question of wave pools -, good or evil, begged to be answered.....Tune in and learn how living and working with passion can lead you to the business of your dreams!Key Points:(00:00) - Welcome Ray Bisschop to Barrels and Business!(02:59) - What was the journey to make your dream your reality.(04:47) - What you need to do to be ready when your DREAM finds you(07:10) - Why mistakes and fuckups are so important when starting your own business(10:10) - When the opportunity of owning Surfing Magazine appears.(13:05) - Is print media dead? magazines industry vs. online media, surf business and surf industry as a niche.(20:13) - Benefits of reading paper instead of reading on a screen, Ray recommends some books about surfing:Bali Heaven and Hell https://www.surfinglife.com.au/product/bali-heaven-and-hell/The Rip Curl Story https://www.surfinglife.com.au/product/the-rip-curl-story/Operation Playboy: Playboy Surfers Turned International Drug Lords - The Explosive True Story https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Playboy-Surfers-International-Explosive/dp/1787476960Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life https://www.amazon.com/-/es/William-Finnegan/dp/0143109391(29:43) - The rebirth of print media - how printed magazines & books are 'good' for the environment(34:06) - Gender Equality - how Ray and his wife run a gender equal business in a male dominated industry(52:13) - How to secure a surf sponsor - the techniques for getting a good sponsor onboard(55:35) - Relationship Building techniques and lessons(1:15:00) - How will the growth of waves pools affect the surf industry?(1:31:00) - The business decision behind the World Surf League (WSL) new format.(1:41:00) - Tips for business owners to survive during COVID.(1:50:00) - Sustainability in surfing.(2:01:00) - Ray's thoughts about Mastery.Key takeaways and quotes:If the opportunity of your dreams appears, you need to be ready: “I think that people really want something to happen but they don´t understand everything they can do to actually make it happen. Generally, when it does happen, because often does, they don't have the skills , they don't have the ability to push through the hard times”Follow your passion wherever it leads you: “All dreams turn into reality to me, it's just following your passion wherever it leads you”Learn from mistakes: “There is no such thing as perfect so if you get it wrong who cares? As long as you learn something from getting it wrong, then getting it wrong was a good thing”When you are passionate about your work: "there is no work-life balance, it's all about life."The guiding principle of business “Passion is the only requirement. What color is, what gender is, what year how old you are doesn't matter if you're passionate” “Building a relationship, has nothing to do with making money” Done is better than perfect “The word perfect should be taken of the English language because there is no such thing as perfect, it's an impossible goal. PERFECT IS B*******T.” Dealing with COVID in business “I feel like the people who already knew how to pivot before COVID had no problem during COVID, it's a state of mind that makes you effective as a person and a professional no matter what”Connect with Me and the Barrels and Business Community:Website: https://www.barrelsandbusiness.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barrelsandbusiness/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrelsandbusiness/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadegreenau/YouTube: https://bit.ly/jadegreenytAcast: https://shows.acast.com/barrelsandbusiness/episodes/welcome-to-the-barrels-and-business-podcastConnect with Ray:Surfing Life website: https://surfinglife.com.auFacebook: https://facebook.com/ray.bisschopInstagram: https://instagram.com/raybisschopTwitter: @raybisschop - https://twitter.com/raybisschopLinkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/raybisschopMentioned resources:BooksBali Heaven and Hell https://www.surfinglife.com.au/product/bali-heaven-and-hell/The Rip Curl Story https://www.surfinglife.com.au/product/the-rip-curl-story/Operation Playboy: Playboy Surfers Turned International Drug Lords - The Explosive True Story https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Playboy-Surfers-International-Explosive/dp/1787476960Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life https://www.amazon.com/-/es/William-Finnegan/dp/0143109391Others:Surfing Life Books Store https://www.surfinglife.com.au/product-category/surfing-books/The Paddle Out Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gnlxS6hb5SFZ3V25ojDV7?si=ftEgrZ7ARJWPfwgz5uBD1gWSL https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/453410/new-championship-tour-format-2021Surfing Australia https://surfingaustralia.com/Art of Living https://www.artofliving.org/global/homeNotox https://notoxsurfboards.com.au/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. 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In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss how the White House became a coronavirus hot spot. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and much of his inner circle quickly reported positive diagnoses as well. Natalia referred to this Vanity Fair article linking the slow response to the pandemic to its early prevalence in blue states, and to this Lawfare article about presidential illness and secrecy. Niki referenced this Politico piece about how the GOP is attempting to spin Trump’s diagnosis.   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia raged about the egregious failures of the New York City Department of Education. Neil recommended William Finnegan’s book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. Niki shared historians Gill Frank and Lauren Gutterman’s Jezebel piece, “How the Girl Watching Fad of the 1960s Taught Men to Harass Women.”

In episode 18 of The Mindful Surfer Podcast, Will and Liam start their conversation by talking about the journey of progressing in surfing. They discuss "Man's Search for Meaning", Book by Viktor Frankl  https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebook/dp/B009U9S6FI At the beginning of an interview, Sasha talks about why he started making videos. Liam asks Sasha how he deals with  the prejudices that surfers shouldn't do things like running a business (or like Liam says "be a functional member of society"). After that, Will and Sasha are talking about nutrition and fitness that Sasha does to help improve his surfing. At the end of an interview, they are discussing different boards and board choices. Sasha invites everyone to join The Wave Project https://www.waveproject.co.uk/  After the interview, Wil and Liam comment on surfing material available online, and advising other surfers. Liam recommends "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life", Book by William Finnegan https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Days-Surfing-William-Finnegan/dp/0143109391 He then talks about the duality between being a surfer and having a "serious" job, and combining two of them. At the  end of an episode, Will talks about nutrition and different opinions around it. If you want to follow us you'll find us on our website https://www.themindfulsurfer.com/ ,Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/willfosterhappinesscoach/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/themindfulsurfer/ Check out Sasha from Zero Ego Board Reviews  https://www.instagram.com/zero_ego_board_reviews/ Stay tuned for next episode of The Mindful Surfer Podcast!

Before she became the mayor of Chicago, last year, Lori Lightfoot spent nearly a decade working on police reform. Now Lightfoot is facing civil unrest over police brutality and criticism by the President for the homicide and shooting rates in her city. David Remnick spoke with Mayor Lightfoot about the state of the city, policing, and President Trump’s recent decision to send two hundred federal agents to help “drive down violent crime.” Plus, The New Yorker’s William Finnegan reports on what the repeal of an arcane law reveals about the conflict among police, protesters, and politicians.

In Episode 18 of Dropping In former professional surfer Omar Etcheverry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed KTVU meteorologist and legendary Northern California surfer Bill Martin to talk about his friendship with Green Day co-founder Mike Dirnt and how they surf together regularly, the correlation between surfers and cowboys, his early surfing days where he was living in a van while working as a meteorologist in the San Francisco Bay Area, the potential impact of rising seas from global warming on surfing and waves, being a part of the '70s and '80s countercultural surfing scene in San Francisco, how we as a society should listen more to scientists, and his experience interviewing President Barack Obama. Plus Omar and Cyrus discussed Kelly Slater's relative inaction pertaining to the Black Lives Matter movement and the show wraps up with the crew hyping up True Surf which is the greatest surfing video game on the planet.

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the Reading Glasses 2020 Challenge - read a book with a nonhuman protagonist! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store#IsolationBookClub - Birds in the Mouth by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Joel Streiker) Sponsor - Rotman School of ManagementLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Help Get Justice for Breonna TaylorWays to Help the BLM MovementBlack Owned Businesses to SupportAnti Racist Reading RecommendationsSupporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu MillerLittle Eyes by Samanta SchweblinCatfishing on Catnet by Naomi KritzerCod by Mark KurlanskyRedwall by Brian JacquesAll Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha WellsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersLives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten BakisHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonThe Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip GabrielSourdough by Robin SloanReincarnation Blues by Michael PooreBarbarian Days by William Finnegan  

A special thank you to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Lord Voldemort) for joining on this episode. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (2015) vs The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)

William Finnegan has been an important figure contributing to surfing for the past 30 years or so, mainly as a writer, but also as a discoverer and explorer. Author of the Pulitzer winning “Barbarian Days”, he and David discuss his journey and navigating how surfing fits into relationships, work, and life. (This episode was original … Continue reading "328 – William Finnegan: Barbarian Days" The post 328 – William Finnegan: Barbarian Days appeared first on Surf Splendor.

William Finnegan has been an important figure contributing to surfing for the past 30 years or so, mainly as a writer, but also as a discoverer and explorer. Author of the Pulitzer winning "Barbarian Days", he and David discuss his journey and navigating how surfing fits into relationships, work, and life. (This episode was original published on December 20, 2015). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Finnegan, a New Yorker staff writer, and Pulitzer prize winner, talks about his work-in-progress, Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country, which was published in 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experts predicted that Wednesday, April 15th would be a peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, its epicenter. On that day, a crew of New Yorker writers talked with people all over the city, in every circumstance and walk of life, to form a portrait of a city in crisis. A group-station manager for the subway talks about keeping the transit system running for those who can’t live without it; a respiratory therapist copes with break-time conversations about death and dying; a graduating class of medical students get up the courage to confront the worst crisis in generations; and a new mother talks about giving birth on a day marked by tragedy for so many families. The hour includes contributions from writers including William Finnegan, Helen Rosner, Jia Tolentino, Kelefa Sanneh, and Adam Gopnik, who says, “One never knows whether to applaud the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life, or look aghast at the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life. That's the mystery of the pandemic.”

Experts predicted that Wednesday, April 15th would be a peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, its epicenter. On that day, a crew of New Yorker writers talked with people all over the city, in every circumstance and walk of life, to form a portrait of a city in crisis. A group-station manager for the subway talks about keeping the transit system running for those who can’t live without it; a respiratory therapist copes with break-time conversations about death and dying; a graduating class of medical students get up the courage to confront the worst crisis in generations; and a new mother talks about giving birth on a day marked by tragedy for so many families. The hour includes contributions from writers including William Finnegan, Helen Rosner, Jia Tolentino, Kelefa Sanneh, and Adam Gopnik, who says, “One never knows whether to applaud the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life, or look aghast at the human insistence on continuing with some form of normal life. That's the mystery of the pandemic.”

Elis, Mike and Steff return to the bar replete with clips of old sport from YouTube, a sports documentary and 3 sports books.This week, Donald Trump & the USFL, rugby kickers in the 1980s and boxing in a maximum security prison.If you want to get involved then drop the boys a line on Twitter @distantpod If you want free beer then head to www.beer52.com/distant to claim your 8 free beers. Leave us a five star review and a guess at who The Secret Guitarist is on here.Here's the links to the clips from the episode.Round 1 of ClipsElis - Paul Thorburn's kick for Wales v Scotland in 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6tdn5IGJbsMike- TV presenter Terry Wogan holes the world's longest televised putthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcKwHhEtgEw&feature=youtu.beSteff - James Scott who boxed live on TV while serving 30-40 years in prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lbiwAnpkk&t=83sThis week's DocumentaryMike chose Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL https://www.espnplayer.com/video/small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl Round 2 of ClipsEis - Steve Robinson wins the WBO featherweight Title.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4LN5O7gbAc Steff - Wales & England v Scotland & Ireland 1980https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gumEjYvP3Ac&t=3sMike - Daley Thompson wins Gold at the 1984 Olympics. https://youtu.be/vPhhuQLHGWABooksElis - The Football Man: People & Passions in Soccer by Arthur Hopcraft https://amzn.to/2Tw8tO1Mike - Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger https://amzn.to/2TsdWW2Steff - Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan https://amzn.to/3eamMQ8

durée : 00:58:59 - Les Masterclasses - par : Sylvain Bourmeau - Sylvain Bourmeau s'entretient avec l'auteur américain William Finnegan, Prix Pulitzer pour "Jours barbares", un récit autobiographique dans lequel il raconte une vie passée à écrire, voyager... et à surfer, activité obsessionnelle qu'il a longtemps considérée comme une passion inavouable. - réalisation : Clotilde Pivin - invités : William Finnegan Journaliste et auteur américain; Marguerite Capelle Interprète

durée : 00:58:59 - Les Masterclasses - par : Sylvain Bourmeau - Sylvain Bourmeau s'entretient avec l'auteur américain William Finnegan, Prix Pulitzer pour "Jours barbares", un récit autobiographique dans lequel il raconte une vie passée à écrire, voyager... et à surfer, activité obsessionnelle qu'il a longtemps considérée comme une passion inavouable. - réalisation : Clotilde Pivin - invités : William Finnegan Journaliste et auteur américain; Marguerite Capelle Interprète

In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kelly’s Wave,” it showed Kelly Slater—arguably the best pro surfer in history—unveiling a secret project he had been working on for more than a decade. With the help of engineers and designers, Slater had perfected the first artificial wave, created by machine in a pool, that could rival the best waves found in the ocean. “One could spend years and years surfing in the ocean,” the staff writer William Finnegan, himself a lifelong surfer, notes, “and never get a wave as good as what some people are getting here today. Ever.”    Finnegan went to visit the Kelly Slater Wave Company’s Surf Ranch—a facility in California’s Central Valley, far from the Coast—to observe a competition and test the wave for himself. (He wrote about the experience in The New Yorker.) Up until now, surfing was defined by its lack of predictability: chasing waves around the world and dealing with disappointment when they do not appear has been integral to the life of a surfer. But, with a mechanically produced, infinitely repeatable, world-class wave, surfing can become like any other sport. The professional World Surf League, which has bought a controlling interest in Slater’s company, sees a bright future.   But Finnegan wonders what it means to take surfing out of nature. Will kids master riding artificial waves without even learning to swim in the ocean? Finnegan spoke with Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore (the Australian seven-time world champion), and Matt Warshaw (the closest thing surfing has to an official historian). Warshaw, like Finnegan, is skeptical about the advent of mechanical waves. Yet he admits that, when he had the chance to ride it, he didn’t ever want to stop. “It reminded me of 1986,” Warshaw recalls. “The drugs have run out, you already hate yourself—how do we get more?”   This story originally aired December 14, 2018.

Today we take a look at Climbing with Mollie By: William Finnegan.

Chas Smith is a smart guy. Originally from California, he moved to Oregon and commenced his surfing career at age 10. He earned a bachelor’s degree in intercultural studies (1998) and a master’s degree in linguistics (2001) from Southern California’s Biola University; Smith’s studies included semesters spent studying Arabic in Egypt and English at Oxford University. That short bio is taken from Matt Warshaw's Encyclopedia of Surf, check it out: https://eos.surf/entries/smith-chas/ (https://eos.surf/entries/smith-chas/) Chas and I discuss a wealth of interesting subjects surrounding his life and wave pools. Here are some of my questions, listen up for his answers: Establishing personal context:Which surf media publications have you worked for. How was it? Can we dig DEEP into the story of Beach Grit. How did you involvement start, was it with a call from a friend and then an office meeting, or a few whiskies in a shady bar. You wrote a book about Hawaii. Have you ever returned to the North Shore afterwards? You were a war reporter? Have you seen your Wikipedia page or did you edit that yourself? Do you aspire to be William Finnegan, surfer and war reporter  (author of Barbarian Days)? Artificial WavesLet's get into serious detail here: Chas Smith, Kelly Slater and a dislocated shoulder? What did you experience as you arrived at the gate of Kelly’s Surf Ranch before those wooden gates opened? Signing the NDA at Kelly's. What's the point of inviting press over and getting them to sign an NDA? I heard a rumour that you have a wild card for the reality TV series: The Ultimate Surfer. Is this true? Have you been to BSR? Planned a trip to Jersey? What's your take on Urbnsurf down under? Here's the deal, imagine some billionaire wires you 50m US for you to construct your dream wave park. Give me a helicopter tour. Would it be next to an airport like Urbnsurf, in a field with camping tents like Bristol, in a mall like Madrid is planned to be? What would your dream park be?  What's the wave tech and why? The Future of Surfing The growth of surfing is like a double edged sword. On the one hand, you have more opportunities for people to work passionately in the space that they love, on the other hand you have more kooks polluting the breaks. How do you feel about the growth of surfing? How will wave pools play a role in that growth? A lot has been said about surfing's inclusion in the Olympics in 2020. What kind of real impact do you feel it will bring to the sport? Do you feel that Tokyo should be in a pool? If you achieve your hell bent mission on destroying the WSL, what will the BEACH GRIT LEAGUE look like? Would you employ Elo to do the content and Chris Coté to commentate?

Just finished listening to a neat little audiobook by William Finnegan called "Climbing With Mollie". It's a beautiful story of a father's journey into letting go of forcing his daughter to do what he thought she should be doing and instead joining her in her self-discovered talent for climbing. The effect this had on their relationship holds a good few lessons on the types of deeper relationships that adults and children can have to foster real learning and personal growth. It's currently a free audiobook if you are an audible member. https://www.audible.com/pd/Climbing-with-Mollie-Audiobook/B07YXCPNX4 Find me on: Bitchute: Life Of Learning Twitter: JustBeingFrank8 Facebook: Justus Frank Minds: @Arphy Medium: Justus Frank Youtube: J Frank Photo courtesy of: Agnes Grace Photography --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justus-frank/message

On today's episode of Gritty Founder, Kreig Kent talks to Nick Francis about how his entrepreneurial journey and how he founded Help Scout. Nick shares insights on the benefits and challenges of building a remote team. Nick co-founded Help Scout in 2011, and today their software is used by more than 8,000 companies in 140 countries. Some Questions Kreig asks Nick: - When did you decide you wanted to build a product, and how did you come up with the idea for Help Scout? (12:21) - How did you meet your cofounders? (14:52) - What do you think is the most important ingredient for an entrepreneur to have? (16:29) - What made you decide to build a remote team? (18:16) - What are the tradeoffs of working remotely rather than in an office environment? (22:44) - How do you track productivity? (25:13) - What advice do you have for a founder who is starting a tech company and wants to find a cofounder, possibly remote, to build the idea? (29:24) - What is one process that has worked really well for Help Scout as a remote team? (34:06) - For an entrepreneur who is looking to build a SaaS company, what is some advice you can give them? (40:14) In This Episode, You Will Learn: - About Nick’s background, his journey as an entrepreneur, and how he started Help Scout (4:21) - The importance of having a desire to be great at a craft and a thirst for learning new things (16:40) - The benefits and challenges of building a remote team (18:21) - Take advantage of the open source community (29:47) - Build something great, in whatever format you can, to show and attract talent. You need to have more than an idea as a founder before you try to bring someone on board. (30:21) - How Help Scout maintains its blog and content creation (35:45) - Why Help Scout raised money after profitability (37:39) - Focus on building a great business (40:28) Connect with Nick Francis: Twitter Help Scout Also Mentioned on This Show... Nick’s favorite quote: “Treat your wife like a cofounder.” Nick’s book recommendation: Barbarian Days by William Finnegan

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Today’s show is a conversation between Jamie Brisick and Pulitzer Prize winning author William Finnegan. The two chat about Brisick’s latest book, “The Dazzling Blue”, the process of writing, the struggle of maintaining a spot in the pecking order of your local line-up, and the virtue of taking time away from surfing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you knew how seldom they do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt Today's topic is unexpectedly enlightening: Nobody cares. Nobody cares — and that's a good thing. This subject was triggered by a book that was a joy to read called "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life," by William Finnegan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker columnist who chronicles his surfing adventures. At one point, worried about people finding out he was a "dumb surfer," he eventually came to the conclusion that "apparently, nobody cared." Whether it's beliefs we carry around or perceptions of ourselves we strive to shape in the minds of others, the truth of the matter is, nobody really cares.  MG once wrote a book, "The Three C's of Success," under a pen name, thinking, "Who am I to be writing about success?" Ultimately, he shouldn't have bothered with the pen name—nobody was judging. Stephen King wrote a book under a pseudonym "Richard Bachman" because of a publisher's concern that he was being too prolific. Guess what? Everyone found out, and nobody cared! We carry these stories around in our heads, believing we understand what other people are thinking about us, trying to shape the narrative, but this is wasted energy. Nobody cares—and that's a good thing. Listen in to hear more about how even the smartest people make the mistake of carrying around judgments and fears about where others are coming from, preventing themselves from taking action when, in reality, nobody cares! Enjoy the episode!  *** New listeners: By texting the word "HABITS" to the mobile phone number "33444" you will instantly receive your "hack"/habit tracker/habit development template, or you can download it here: thehabitfactor.com/templates. Feel free to share the episode and leave a review on iTunes!  ***** Subscribe iTunes here! Subscribe: Android | RSS ***** TOOLS/BOOKS WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND: Grab your FREE copy of As a Man Thinketh (PDF) right here: As a Man Thinketh The 3 C's of SucCcess (Mitch W. Steel) The Psychology of Achievement (Brian Tracy) The Power of Positive Thinking (Normal Vincent Peale) The Magic of Thinking BIG! (David Schwartz) Think & Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill) The Success Principles (Jack Canfield) Getting Things Done! (Allen's Great Book!) TRELLO! **HABIT FACTOR RESOURCES!!** The New HabitXP Planner! (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Pressure Paradox™ **WEBINARS** Get Unstuck Course  Habit Mastery: (FREE) Learn the process to Master Habit, Enhance Discipline and Strengthen Willpower: The 28 Day Breakthrough!

This week, we hung out with our good friend and travel enthusiast, Adam Powers! With countless air miles and countries under his belt, we chat about his experiences traveling and the way it’s changed his outlook towards a happy life today. As always, we introduce a new cocktail recipe and play some games. Book recommendations: Barbarian Days by William Finnegan and The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton. Be sure to subscribe to Happy(ish), share, rate and review! Follow Happy(ish) on instagram: @happyishthepodcast, Emily @emily.kyle.d and Courtney @clfordd. Email us at happyishthepodcast@gmail.com!

William Finnegan talks surfing, writing, and growing up.

On this episode, Dan discusses how being a podcast host has led him to be overly confident about his knowledge of facts; Eric counters by reflecting on his over-enthusiasm and thoughtless reliance on broad adjectives.  They also discuss matters of greater substance: Margaret Talbot on US immigration policy; reporter William Finnegan and his thoughtful piece about presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke; Pulitzer prize winner Emily Nussbaum on television in the #metoo era; and Rivka Galchen on the story behind the creation of Curious George.  A nice, long episode, with lots of good banter and discussion. 

Beto O’Rourke did not defeat Ted Cruz in the 2018 Texas race for the Senate, but his campaign made him a political celebrity. In March, when O’Rourke announced his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination, he raised more than six million dollars in a single day. In recent weeks, he has dropped precipitately in the polls, and he has not yet found a platform that connects with voters. William Finnegan joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what’s gone wrong, and what it means for a party desperately seeking a candidate who can topple Donald Trump in 2020.

Microsoft just unveiled a brand new product, but it really doesn’t want to hype it. That’s according to Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft who is credited with inventing Kinect and HoloLens. Kipman joins the Gadget Lab podcast this week to talk about HoloLens 2, the next-generation mixed reality headset. HoloLens 2 has some significant upgrades: It’s lighter, more comfortable, and “smarter” than the previous version. Due to a new, patented optics module, its field-of-view is larger. But if you’re an officer dweller or average tech consumer, you likely won’t be buying one, both because of its price ($3500) and because of who it’s built for. Microsoft is focused entirely on commercial clients; think frontline employees, field workers, and maintenance professionals. “The majority of the world does not sit in front of desks all day, and a lot of these jobs are being digitally transformed,” Kipman told WIRED in an earlier interview. “Things are getting more complex. There’s much more need to travel around the world. Mixed reality, in those cases, can transform things.” Also on this week’s show: What does the viral Momo hoax say about our internet tendencies? Is Facebook getting into crypto? And, Amazon’s Project Zero will shift responsibility for flagging counterfeits into the hands of the brands being copied. Show notes: You can read all about the new HoloLens here. Also, here’s how to avoid falling for internet hoaxes. Recommendations: Arielle recommends Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris. Mike recommends Barbarian Days, a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir about surfing, by William Finnegan. Lauren recommends Russian Doll on Netflix, and does a terrible Natasha Lyonne impression while she’s at it. Send the Gadget Lab hosts feedback on their personal Twitter feeds. Arielle Pardes can be found at @pardesoteric. Lauren Goode is @laurengoode. Michael Calore can be found at @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. Our theme song is by Solar Keys. How to Listen You can always listen to this week’s podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here’s how: If you’re on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link. You can also download an app like Overcast or Pocket Casts, and search for Gadget Lab. And in case you really need it, here’s the RSS feed. If you use Android, you can find us in the Google Play Music app just by tapping here. You can also download an app like Pocket Casts or Radio Public, and search for Gadget Lab. And in case you really need it, here’s the RSS feed. We’re also on Soundcloud, and every episode gets posted to wired.com as soon as it’s release Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December of 2015, a video appeared on the Internet that stunned surfers worldwide. Titled “Kelly’s Wave,” it showed Kelly Slater—arguably the best pro surfer in history—unveiling a secret project he had been working on for more than a decade. With the help of engineers and designers, Slater had perfected the first artificial wave, created by machine in a pool, that could rival the best waves found in the ocean. “One could spend years and years surfing in the ocean,” notes staff writer William Finnegan, himself a lifelong surfer, “and never get a wave as good as what some people are getting here today. Ever.”   Finnegan went to visit the Kelly Slater Wave Company’s Surf Ranch—a facility in California’s Central Valley, far from the coast—to observe a competition and test the wave for himself. Up until now, surfing was defined by its lack of predictability: chasing waves around the world and dealing with disappointment when they do not appear has been integral to the life of a surfer. But with a mechanically produced, infinitely repeatable, world-class wave, surfing can become like any other sport. The professional World Surf League, which has bought a controlling interest in Slater’s company, sees a bright future. But Finnegan wonders what it means to take surfing out of nature. Will kids master riding artificial waves without even learning to swim in the ocean? Finnegan spoke with Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore (the Australian seven-time world champion), and Matt Warshaw (the closest thing surfing has to an official historian). Warshaw, like Finnegan, is skeptical about the advent of mechanical waves. Yet he admits that, when he had the chance to ride it, he didn’t ever want to stop. “It reminded me of 1986,” Warshaw recalls. “The drugs have run out, you already hate yourself—how do we get more?” William Finnegan’s article “Kelly Slater’s Shock Wave” appeared this month in The New Yorker.

Neil deGrasse Tyson catches the perfect wave with world champion surfer Kelly Slater, comic co-host Chuck Nice, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Finnegan, oceanographer Travis Schramek, lead engineer at the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch Adam Fincham, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/the-surfing-life-with-kelly-slater/ Photo Credit: Rtwkeaton [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons

Chas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction. Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV. After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming Editor at Large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. Matt Warshaw, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, calls him, “Bright and hyper-ironic.” William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days, says that Chas, “…calls it like he sees it and in surfing that’s not usually the case.” Chas Smith is the co-owner of a surf website, BeachGrit. Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster, My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train wreck breakup. She’s survived numerous addictions, clinical depression, a suicide attempt, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism. Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Fix, The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy as an intimacy coach and IPSA trained surrogate partner.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} For the lates episode I am very happy to announce a very special guest, who’s book I have read last year. A book that caught me from the first paragraph and that was so different from everything else that I have read about surfing until then. I am talking about William Finnegan the author the wonderful piece barbarian days, with whom I sat down in Berlin during the Surffilm-Festival Berlin (organised by last weekend, having a pizza, a lemonade and a very nice conversation about his book and therefore about his life of writing and surfing. Subjects we were talking about: • How it came to the idea for Barbarian Days • Lifestyle of Traveling compared to living in New York • The development of Surfing in general (commercialisation etc.) • Did his life changed after winning the Pulitzer Price? • The meaning of the ocean • Filled line ups due to publications • Literature / Writers that did inspire William Finnegan • Spirituality • and more... Shownotes: Barbarian Days Barbarian Days at Pulitzer Price.com William Finnegan Profile on THE NEW YORKER Barbarentage on Suhrkamp Surffilmnacht Nouvague Events ___ NEVER MISS THE BEST SEASONS FOR BEST WAVES DURING YOUR SURFTRAVELS WITH THE "SURFING WORLDWIDE MAP".

Chas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction. Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV. After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming Editor at Large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. Matt Warshaw, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, calls him, “Bright and hyper-ironic.” William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days, says that Chas, “…calls it like he sees it and in surfing that’s not usually the case.” Chas Smith is the co-owner of a surf website, BeachGrit. Joe Donnelly is an award-winning journalist and the author of L.A. Man. His short story “Bonus Baby”, published in the spring/summer 2015 issue of Zyzzyva, is featured in the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories Collection as one of the 20 best short stories of the year. His short story “50 Minutes“, co-authored with Harry Shannon, was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories, 2012 and was recently made into a short film starring Stephen Tobolowsky and DJ Qualls. “The Lone Wolf", written for Orion, was a 2013 longreads.com editor’s pick and a 2014 Pen Center USA Literary Awards Finalist for Journalism. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, LA Weekly, Mother Jones, Huck, Orion, The Surfer’s Journal, Washington Post, and other publications. Donnelly co-founded and co-edited Slake: Los Angeles, the acclaimed journal of long-form journalism, fiction, essay, poetry, photography and art. Slake made a dozen appearances on the Los Angeles Times‘ bestsellers list and work appearing in Slake earned numerous awards and recognitions, including multiple Best American series selections, Livingston Award finalists, PEN USA finalists, LA Press Club awards, Franco-American Foundation’s Excellence in Immigration Reporting First Prize, and more. In 2014, Rare Bird Books published We Dropped A Bomb On You: The Best of Slake, I-IV. From 2002-2008, Donnelly was the deputy editor of LA Weekly. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Journalism at Whittier College.

Co-host Tyler Breuer sat down with Pulitzer Prize Winner William Finnegan back in 2016 for a Surfrider Foundation fundraiser at the House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ. What took place was an intimate slide show and interview with the legendary surfer and writer in front of a live audience. While polite and cordial, Finnegan is not a subject to take likely. The man has interviewed some of the most powerful people in the world. This conversation allowed Finnegan to expand on some of the stories and his thoughts on the process of making his book. Sit back and enjoy...

For Kate's most recent book club we set off for the high Himalayas in search of snow leopards and spiritual enlightenment with Peter Matthiessen's cult classic. But what did we make of it? Is it a 'man's book'? And did it make for good debate? Meanwhile our regular interview feature sees us in Paris interviewing Morgan Thomas of The American Library about his Proust book club. We end with the usual round of recommendations for your next book club read. Our bookseller recommendation for this episode comes from Joe Hedinger of The Book Hive in Norwich. • Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @bookclubreviewpodcast. Email us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, or leave us a comment on iTunes. If you like the show then do subscribe. You'll never miss an episode and it really helps with our iTunes rankings. • The Book Hive can be found at www.thebookhive.co.uk. The American Library in Paris is www.theamericanlibraryinparis.org • Books mentioned in this episode: Tracks by Robyn Davidson, Barbarian Days by William Finnegan, A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne, Birds, Art, Life, Death: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear, Dogear magazine, www.dogear.co.uk, Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane plus a few more in our extras at the end. • For our next book club we will be reading and discussing The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. • If you have read this far then you're probably the sort of person who might want to keep listening for our extra bit at the end, where we talk about what we've been reading outside of book club. Catch up on the tail end of our summer reading and back-to-school good intentions.

Sam Roberts talks about some of his adventures and the great he and the Friends of the Inyo do in the Eastern Sierra. Facebook Twitter   Instagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE   Show Notes Sam Roberts talks about some of his adventures and the great he and the Friends of the Inyo do in the Eastern Sierra. First Exposure to the Outdoors Well I was lucky enough to have parents that just loved the outdoors and love to camp. So much so that when I was 3 or 4 my dad took a job working at a processing plant, the skeleton of which still remains near Owens Lake. We lived in a little tiny little hamlet called Cartego. It is a tiny little hamlet and if you blink on 395 you're gonna miss it. But actually my first memory is of sweeping snow off our driveway. We used to take walks through the desert there at the foot of the Sierra. So those first few years there were I think what set my path. I was four and five and then we moved back to Southern California to go to the schools there. I have vivid memories of being there and that was a tiny little place. Then that led of course to camping trips. I'll always come up to the Owens Valley and the Eastern Sierra. That led to backpacking hiking and I had an uncle who liked to backpack and scramble up Peaks so he introduced me to that. Things we talked about Norman Clyde Glacier Lodge Smoke Blanchard Palisade School of Mountaineering John Fisher Sierra Club American Alpine Club Ibex Expeditions Allan Bard Adventure 16 Friends of the Inyo Winter Wildlands Alliance Outdoor Retailer Outdoor Alliance Advice, tips First and foremost just get out you know, really get outside. Look to people like David Brower and John Muir, these guys are icons in conservation and they started by having these wild intense experiences outdoors and that just manifested itself. So I would say first and foremost get out, know sleep out in the dirt, live your outside for a while and see if it's really for you. It's not for everyone and if it is for you run with it. You don't even have live the dirt bag life. Come up to Mammoth get a hotel room and go on a hike, go to your local park. Just get out and like Bard said let a bird shit on you and get out where it's real, it'll change your perspective. Other Outdoor Activities backpacking fly fishing paddleboarding Favorite Books Flow. The psychology of optimal experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (audio book) Barbarian Days. A surfing life, by William Finnegan (audio book) The Rise of Superman, by Stephen Kotler Best Gear Purchase under $100 Dynafit Guide Leash Apps, Tools, Podcasts This American Life Connect with Sam sam@robertsphoto.com  

In “Broken Dreams,” William Finnegan writes about saving DACA. 

When he was a teen Tyler Breuer had a poster of Occy on his wall. As an adult, Tyler interviewed another superstar, Tom Curren. Tyler and and I talk about his chat with journalist William Finnegan and shaper Wayne Lynch. Music credit: Infektious by Ryan Little

Bolivia, just like most of the developing world, spent the end of the 20th century pursuing a neoliberal agenda to gain the benefits promised by wealthier nations. In 1999 that meant privatizing a city's water supply, and the people revolted. By mid-April 2000 the country's trajectory had changed. Why weren't Americans interested in the involvement of American interests? What is the path for improving the lives of Cochabamba residents? Is Tank Girl worth a rewatch? Links! Leasing the Rain, PBS Frontline Timeline: Cochabamba Water Revolt ¡Cochabamba!: Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera Jim Shultz's reports from Cochabamba "Leasing the Rain" by William Finnegan for the New Yorker   Please help our show succeed by sharing it. Send a link to someone you know and tell them what you enjoy about History Honeys. Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever other platform you use to hear us. It helps so very much and we do appreciate it. You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by emailing us at historyhoneyspodcast at gmail. The episode 28 prompt is: favorite History Honeys episode!   Logo by Marah Music by Thylacinus Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus

On the 88th episode of the pod, Jill and Adam read through a few listener emails and offer book recommendations based on what you, the listener, has been reading. If you'd like some recommendations just email professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com with what you're reading or follow us on Twitter!    We then dive into all the big books coming out in February and have a mini excitement-panic attack over how amazing the audiobook of Lincoln in the Bardo is going to be. All books discussed can be found below (click on the titles to sample them). Take a listen!    Reader Advisory picks and recommendations:   Reader James's picks   Stabbing Set with Sapphires by L. A. Nisula   The Domino Lady by Lars Anderson   Skin Game by Tonia Brown   Storm of Chains by Jeremiah D. Schmidt   The Book Nerds recommendations for James (and you!)   The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher   The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger   The Dream Engine Series by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant   The IceFire Trilogy by Patty Jansen   Reader Andrea's picks   Sweet Breath of Memory by Ariella Cohen   A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro   The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova   The Book Nerds recommendations for Andrea (and you!)   The Splintered series by A. G. Howard   The Scarlet series by A. C. Gaughen   The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova   The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins   Reader Tina's picks   Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay   Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   The Girl Before by JP Delaney   The Book Nerds recommendations for Tina (and you!)   The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena   The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware   Reader Jessie's picks   Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult   Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan   The Book Nerds recommendations for Jessie (and you!)   Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult   Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult   Run by Ann Patchett   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson   Carsick by John Waters   Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck & Ed Linn   Other Books Discussed   Caraval by Stephanie Garber   Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth   The full list of books coming out in February we're most excited about   Highlights:   Lincoln in the Bardo (the audiobook especially)   Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman   A Separation by Katie Kitamura   Pachinko Min Jin Lee   The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen   King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard   The Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

It was announced today that William Finnegan has won the 2016 William Hill Sports Book of the Year for his book Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. John Wilson reports from the ceremony and speaks to each of the authors of the seven shortlisted books, including Diana Nyad, who, aged 64, became the first person to swim the 100-mile stretch of shark-infested ocean between Cuba and Florida. Rillington Place, a street in West London, became notorious as the home of John Christie, the serial killer who framed another man, Timothy Evans, for one of his murders. Evans was hanged in 1950 and it would be another three years before Christie was convicted. The story is the subject of a new three-part BBC drama starring Tim Roth and Samantha Morton. Crime writer Natasha Cooper reviews. Johnny Cash Forever Words is a collection of previously unpublished and unseen poems by the singer songwriter. They were discovered by his son, John Carter Cash, who asked the poet Paul Muldoon to select 41 poems from 200. Muldoon discusses Cash's strengths as a poet and what distinguishes poems from lyrics.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Rachel Simpson.

Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother, HappyThankYouMorePlease, Liberal Arts) - on acting, spirituality, creativity & much more.for full shownotes & links to everything mentioned look below...I've been recording this podcast in my bedroom since 2013. I've recorded over 150 hours of conversation, connected with people all over the world, and made real life friends through my guests and listeners. I've gleaned an abundance of wisdom from the diverse group of guests I've had the opportunity to uninterruptedly speak with people I deeply admire and respect, getting to ask them anything I was curious about, an opportunity I don't take for granted. At 22 years old, freshly out of college I never would have imaged how much a purely creative passion project would mean to me almost four years later or how it would have grown.I feel like a completely different person now at 26 to who I was back then when I started but one thing remains, my favorite movie is still a movie my college boyfriend showed me in 2010 called HappyThankYouMorePlease. This film reminded, me even if only for that hour and forty minutes, that with gratitude the universe is infinitely abundant. I told everyone about the film and I re-watched it so often that the dvd (remember those?) my boyfriend gave me wore out. Two years later, probably sick of rewatching the same movie on repeat he showed me a new movie called Liberal Arts he claimed I'd like equally as much since it had the same writer, director, and star as the first movie I loved. He was right.  This film was timely since we'd just graduated from college and were wrestling with the concept of adulthood which Liberal Arts  tackles.These movies led me to explore their creator the man both in front and behind the camera: Josh Radnor. I realized Josh was was a really famous guy from starring in the  sitcom How I Met Your Mother, I also learned he was midwestern like me, a meditator like me, and a deeply self-aware, wise, and kind human being (like i hope to become). I became as fascinated with him as a person as I was by his work. He inspired me, he made me think about things like religion, creativity, and writing in a new way and above all his insight inspired me to want to be better at being myself and expressing myself creatively. Whenever anyone would ask who my dream podcast guest would be I would jokingly say Josh, not knowing the slightest how I could even get a hold of him. It seemed like a pipe dream, but long story short um it happened and today you're hearing my conversation with one of my favorite artists, someone whose work is super meaningful to me and above all someone from what I can tell is genuinely kind, generous, and wise. Enjoy my a conversation with Josh Radnor. We recorded this via skype while he was filming a tv show in Richmond. Ongoing Notes:-Sign-up for the my newsletter with updates and links to cool things I'm exploring!-Join the listener Facebook Group-Get my book Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling or leave a review if you have read it!Love the Show? Give us a 'High-Five' and help support the pod:-DONATE TO THE SHOW! Or shop on Amazon with this link to help us out.-Leave a review on iTunes & subscribe to the show!Notes from the show:-Josh's Museletter | Twitter | Facebook-Movies Josh has made that you need to checkout: HappyThankYouMorePlease & Liberal Arts-Check out journaling exercise #21 "The HappyThankYouMorePlease Tool" in my book Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling,-I also mention journaling exercise #6, the "The Opposite Experiment" in my book, inspired by "The Opposite" episode of Seinfeld-Lots of you also probably know Josh from the show How I Met Your Mother-Brain Pickings by Maria Popovia and the reading from Erich Fromm-Josh's Song of the Day Spotifiy playlist-Josh's talk and reflection on fame.-Great musical albums for writing Spheres, The Chopin Project, The Four Seasons, Flight-The Inner Ring, essay by CS Lewis-Books we mention in the show:Falling Upwards by Richard Rohr,Archetypes: Who Are You? by Caroline Myss,Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott,On Writing by Stephen King,Devotion by Dani Shapiro,Barbarian Days by William Finnegan,The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander,Miracles by CS LewisMere Christianity by CS LewisI've been recording this podcast in my bedroom since 2013. I've recorded over 150 hours of conversation, connected with people all over the world, and made real life friends through my guests and listeners. I've gleaned an abundance of wisdom from the diverse group of guests I've had the opportunity to uninterruptedly speak with people I deeply admire and respect, getting to ask them anything I was curious about, an opportunity I don't take for granted. At 22 years old, freshly out of college I never would have imaged how much a purely creative passion project would mean to me almost four years later or how it would have grown.I feel like a completely different person now at 26 to who I was back then when I started but one thing remains, my favorite movie is still an indie movie my college boyfriend showed me in 2010 called HappyThankYouMorePlease. This film reminded, me even if only for that hour and forty minutes, that with gratitude the universe is infinitely abundant. I told everyone about the movie and I re-watched it so often that the dvd (remember those?) my boyfriend gave me wore out. Two years later, probably sick of rewatching the same movie on repeat he showed me a new movie called Liberal Arts he claimed I'd like equally as much since it had the same writer, director, and star as the first movie I fell in love with. He was right. I fell hard for Liberal Arts too. This film was timely since we'd just graduated from college and were wrestling with the concept of adulthood which Liberal Arts directly and beautifully tackles.These movies led me to explore their creator the man both in front and behind the camera: Josh Radnor. I realized Josh was was a really famous guy from starring in the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, I also learned he was midwestern like me, a meditator like me, and a deeply self-aware, wise, and kind human being. I became as fascinated with him as a person as I was by his work. He inspired me, he made me think about things like religion, creativity, and writing in a new way and above all his insight inspired me to want to be better at being myself and expressing myself creatively. Whenever anyone would ask who my dream podcast guest would be I would say Josh, not knowing the slightest how I could get a hold of him or make that happen. It seemed like a pipe dream, but long story short it happened and today you're hearing my conversations with one of my favorite people, someone whose work is super meaningful to me and above all someone from what I can tell is genuinely kind, generous, wise and woke. Enjoy my dream come true of a conversation with Josh Radnor.

The poet William Blake talked about art as “seeing the world in a grain of sand.” I suppose that what he also meant was the ability to move in so tightly on something, that inside of it, we could construct an almost fourth dimension, through which to view the world and our experiences in it. In a way that’s what New Yorker Staff writer, author and Pulitzer Prize winner William Finnegan has done with surfing. Living the surfing life alongside the literary life,  Finnegan has reached the apex of that duality in his autobiography Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life My conversation with William Finnegan: 

 New Yorker writer William Finnegan leads a counter life as an excessively compulsive surfer. In his deeply lyrical self-portrait Barbarian Days, Finnegan chronicles his lifelong adventures from a young man chasing waves all over the world to becoming a distinguished writer and war reporter. Part coming-of-age story, part thriller, part cultural study, Finnegan’s vivid memoir explores the gradual mastering of a little understood art. Join Finnegan as he returns to the Pacific coast to discuss his revelatory pursuit of the perfect wave with David Rensin, author of ALL FOR A FEW PERFECT WAVES: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora. Click here for photos from the program.   

Ru talks with William Finnegan about his New York Times best seller, "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life". Only Bill Finnegan could have written a book like this being uniquely placed as both: a lifelong surfer and explorer (he was one of the first to surf Tavarua); but with the writing chops of a respected international journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker. 

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Finnegan’s been an important figure contributing to surfing for the past 30 years or so, mainly as a writer, but also as a discoverer and explorer. Professionally, he’s a staff writer at The New Yorker, since 1987, and author of 5 books including his most recent, Barbarian Days, which is the main subject of our … Continue reading "113 – William Finnegan: Barbarian Days" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Finnegan is a New Yorker staff writer and the author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. “I suppose in retrospect I was just trying to find out what the world held that nobody could tell me about until I got there. I was a big reader and had a couple of degrees by that point, but there was something not well over the horizon that I wanted to get near and record and understand, and I even felt like it would transform me.” Thanks to TinyLetter, SquareSpace, and The Great Courses for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: Finnegan on Longform Finnegan's New Yorker archive [6:00] "Playing Doc's Games" (New Yorker • Aug 1992) [8:00] Crossing the Line: A Year in the Land of Apartheid (Persea • 1986) [37:00] "The Emergency" (New Yorker • May 1989) [sub req'd] [38:00] "Getting The Story" (New Yorker • June 1987) [sub req'd] [40:00] "A Theft in The Library" (New Yorker • Oct 2005) [sub req'd] [41:00] "Tears of the Sun: A Fortune at the Top of the World" (New Yorker • Apr 2015) [49:00] Of a Fire on the Moon (Norman Mailer • Grove Press • 1985)

This week, William Finnegan talks about “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Peter Moore discusses “The Weather Experiment”; questions from readers; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

Publisher, essayist, comics writer and all-around bon vivant RJ Casey joins Sam and Marnie in a discussion about learning about art (and liiiiife) through writing and thinking critically that launches from RJ's weekly art essay project, “I Like That.” Also in this episode: feeling heavy on safari, the pleasures of finding new work, challenging ourselves to break out of ruts, and fishing cannons. Sam recommends: “Off Diamond Head” by William Finnegan: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/off-diamond-head-finnegan FX TV show “Louie” http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/louie/episodes Marnie recommends: music podcast “Song Exploder,” especially the Long Winters episode: http://songexploder.net/the-long-winters absurdist movie podcast “The Worst Idea of All Time” http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-worst-idea-of-all-time More information on RJ's art tumblr “I Like That”: http://artists-of-the-week.tumblr.com/ More information on Yeti Press: http://www.yetipress.com/ You can also follow RJ on twitter @rjcaseywrites Follow us on twitter @imageplustext, tumblr http://imageplustext.tumblr.com/, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Send us an email if you have any feedback or suggestions for future episodes at imageplustext@gmail.com

Tonight we hear some of the inside scoop about Tru TV’s upcoming pool series from one of the main characters on the show; William Finnegan. Mike Howerton talks with WPBA star player Kim Shaw about the ” Fisher Queens ” documentary project. Scott Lee and Randy G talk about 7ft vs 9ft tables. Show Features: … Continue reading The Hustlers and The Fisher Queens →

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William Finnegan, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of four critically acclaimed books, reads selected passages from his work, he is the Fall 2004 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College. Geanne Rosenberg, a professor in Journalism, introduces the speaker.

William Finnegan, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of four critically acclaimed books, reads selected passages from his work, he is the Fall 2004 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College. Geanne Rosenberg, a professor in Journalism, introduces the speaker.