Thu, 25 June 2009
A conversation with Alain de Botton, author of fiction, nonfiction, journalism and various hybrids thereof. Following treatises on Proust, philosophy, travel and architecture, de Botton's newest book of "philosophical journalism" is The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.
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Thu, 18 June 2009
A conversation about the rise, fall and rise of the long-playing album format both technologically and artistically with journalist Travis Elborough, author of The Vinyl Countdown: The Album from LP to iPod and Back Again.
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Fri, 12 June 2009
A conversation with writer, speaker, blogger and student of the creative mind Merlin Mann. In 2004, Mann founded 43Folders,
a blog and community
focused on tips, tricks, tools and techniques designed to improve
one's productivity, and in late 2008, he
took the site in a new direction, toward the habits and thoughts of
humanity's best creators and what can be learned from examining them.
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Thu, 4 June 2009
Part three of our ongoing series of conversations about the future of books and reading, this time with publishing consultant Richard Eoin Nash. Nash ran the widely-acclaimed Soft Skull Press between 2001 and March of this year.
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