Everything Boomers Told You about the 60s Was Wrong with Rick Perlstein

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Susan Orlean Shares the Secrets of a Lifetime of Reporting

Susan Orlean is one of the greatest living nonfiction writers. She has an uncanny ability to find stories in mundane, unexpected places, and approach them with such a level of authentic fascination that the reader can’t help but become fascinated too. This week, Adam sits with Su ...  Show more

You Are Being Robbed of Your Attention with D. Graham Burnett and Peter Schmidt

Would you rather that your attention were a resource freely directed toward your interests, or a measure of how many ads can be propelled into your eyeballs in a single session? Our attention has been commodified, and an entire industry is trying to wring out every possible insta ...  Show more

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