This week, Evan Ratliff talks to Matthieu Aikins (Harper's, The Atlantic) on the eve of his move to Kabul. 

Show notes:
@mattaikins
maikins.com
Matthieu Aikins on Longform
"The Master of Spin Boldak" (Harper's • Dec 2009)
"The Siege of September 13" (GQ • Mar 2012)
"Our Man in Kandahar" (The Atlantic • Nov 2011)

This week, Evan Ratliff talks to Matthieu Aikins (Harper's, The Atlantic) on the eve of his move to Kabul.&nbsp;

Show notes:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mattaikins">@mattaikins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.maikins.com/">maikins.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://longform.org/author/matthieu-aikins/">Matthieu Aikins on Longform</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/12/0082754">"The Master of Spin Boldak"</a> (Harper's • Dec 2009)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201203/september-13th-seige-kabul-afghanistan-gq-march-2012?printable=true">"The Siege of September 13"</a> (GQ • Mar 2012)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/our-man-in-kandahar/8653/?single_page=true">"Our Man in Kandahar"</a> (The Atlantic • Nov 2011)</li>
</ul>

Interviews with writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters about how they do their work. Hosted by Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff.

Interviews with writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters about how they do their work.

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This week, Evan Ratliff talks to Matthieu Aikins (Harper's, The Atlantic) on the eve of his move to Kabul. 



Show notes:


@mattaikins
maikins.com
Matthieu Aikins on Longform
"The Master of Spin Boldak" (Harper's • Dec 2009)
"The Siege of September 13"

Episode 1: Matthieu Aikins

Doree Shafrir is a co-host of the podcast Forever35, the former executive editor of Buzzfeed, and the author of the new memoir Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer.”Right now I can make my living from podcasting, but I don’t know what the advertising market for podcasts is going to look like in five years or even one year. The blog advertising market cratered. So one of the challenges of being my own ‘brand’ is that I always do have to think about, what is the next thing? Because in my experience in media, nothing is ever good for too long.”

Thanks to Mailchimp and The London Review of Books for sponsoring this week's episode.


Show notes:
@doree
doree-shafrir.com
Shafrir on Longform
02:00 Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer (Ballantine Books • 2021)
06:00 "The Hipster Grifter" (New York Observer • Apr 2009)
08:00 Shafrir's New York Observer archive
16:00 "Chuck Klosterman, the Author Photos" (Slate • Aug 2006)
24:00 Startup (Little, Brown and Company • 2017)
36:00 Shafrir's Buzzfeed archive
36:00 Rerun (Buzzfeed)
36:00 Matt and Doree’s Eggcellent Adventure (Matt Mira and Doree Shafrir)
37:00 Forever35 (Doree Shafrir and Kate Spencer)

Doree Shafrir is a co-host of the podcast Forever35, the former executive editor of Buzzfeed, and the author of the new memoir <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616953/thanks-for-waiting-by-doree-shafrir/">Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (&amp; Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer.</a>
<blockquote>&rdquo;Right now I can make my living from podcasting, but I don&rsquo;t know what the advertising market for podcasts is going to look like in five years or even one year. The blog advertising market cratered. So one of the challenges of being my own &lsquo;brand&rsquo; is that I always do have to think about, what is the next thing? Because in my experience in media, nothing is ever good for too long.&rdquo;</blockquote>
Thanks to&nbsp;<a href="http://mailchimp.com/">Mailchimp</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://lrb.me/longform">The London Review of Books</a> for sponsoring this week's episode. 
Show notes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/doree">@doree</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.doree-shafrir.com/about">doree-shafrir.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://longform.org/archive/writers/doree-shafrir">Shafrir on Longform</a></li>
<li>02:00&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616953/thanks-for-waiting-by-doree-shafrir/">Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (&amp; Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer</a>&nbsp;(Ballantine Books &bull; 2021)</li>
<li>06:00&nbsp;<a href="https://observer.com/2009/04/the-hipster-grifter/">"The Hipster Grifter"</a>&nbsp;(New York Observer &bull; Apr 2009)</li>
<li>08:00&nbsp;<a href="https://observer.com/author/doree-shafrir/">Shafrir's&nbsp;New York Observer&nbsp;archive</a></li>
<li>16:00&nbsp;<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/08/the-stories-behind-chuck-klosterman-s-book-jackets.html">"Chuck Klosterman, the Author Photos"</a>&nbsp;(Slate &bull; Aug 2006)</li>
<li>24:00&nbsp;<a href="https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/doree-shafrir/startup/9780316360371/">Startup</a>&nbsp;(Little, Brown and Company &bull; 2017)</li>
<li>36:00&nbsp;<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/doree">Shafrir's&nbsp;Buzzfeed&nbsp;archive</a></li>
<li>36:00&nbsp;<a href="https://play.acast.com/s/rerun">Rerun</a>&nbsp;(Buzzfeed)</li>
<li>36:00&nbsp;<a href="https://eggcellentadventure.com/">Matt and Doree&rsquo;s Eggcellent Adventure</a>&nbsp;(Matt Mira and Doree Shafrir)</li>
<li>37:00&nbsp;<a href="https://forever35podcast.com/">Forever35</a>&nbsp;(Doree Shafrir and Kate Spencer)</li>
</ul>

Episode 450: Doree Shafrir

Jessica Bruder is a journalist and author of the book Nomadland.“I don’t do a hard sell. I’ll tell people what my MO is, but I don’t push people to talk with me. I want to go deep with people. I want to be able to have the time to just sit with them and to say, ‘start at the beginning.’ Sometimes going chronologically will just take you to these places that wouldn’t have come up if I’ve just done a very guided interview. So I hung out. I’m not relentless. I don’t wear people down. But I stick around. If people just want me to fuck off, I fuck off, and I talk to other people..”

Thanks to Mailchimp and The London Review of Books for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show notes:
jessicabruder.com
@jessbruder
01:00 Nomadland (W. W. Norton & Company • 2018)
11:30 Burning Book: A Visual History of Burning Man (Gallery Books • 2007)
13:00 "Snowball's Court Decision Set for Tomorrow" (The Oregonian • October 2007)
13:30 "Faith-healing Deaths " (The Oregonian • June 2009)
16:00 "Has Perky Jerky Lost Its Perk?" (New York Times • August 2011)
19:30 "Slump in construction industry creates a Sheetrock ghost town" (The Christian Science Monitor • June 2011)
21:30 "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" (Gabriel Mac • Mother Jones • March/April 2012)

Jessica Bruder is a journalist and author of the book&nbsp;Nomadland.
<blockquote>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t do a hard sell. I&rsquo;ll tell people what my MO is, but I don&rsquo;t push people to talk with me. I want to go deep with people. I want to be able to have the time to just sit with them and to say, &lsquo;start at the beginning.&rsquo; Sometimes going chronologically will just take you to these places that wouldn&rsquo;t have come up if I&rsquo;ve just done a very guided interview. So I hung out. I&rsquo;m not relentless. I don&rsquo;t wear people down. But I stick around. If people just want me to fuck off, I fuck off, and I talk to other people..&rdquo;</blockquote>
Thanks to&nbsp;<a href="http://mailchimp.com/">Mailchimp</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://lrb.me/longform">The London Review of Books</a>&nbsp;for sponsoring this week's episode.
Show notes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.jessicabruder.com/">jessicabruder.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/jessbruder">@jessbruder</a></li>
<li>01:00&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/nomadland-surviving-america-in-the-twenty-first-century/9780393356311">Nomadland</a>&nbsp;(W. W. Norton &amp; Company &bull; 2018)</li>
<li>11:30&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thecollectiveoakland.com/book/9781416928249">Burning Book: A Visual History of Burning Man</a>&nbsp;(Gallery Books &bull; 2007)</li>
<li>13:00&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/snowballs_court_decision_set_f.html">"Snowball's Court Decision Set for Tomorrow"</a>&nbsp;(The Oregonian &bull; October 2007)</li>
<li>13:30&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2009/06/faithhealing_deaths_previous_s.html">"Faith-healing Deaths "</a>&nbsp;(The Oregonian &bull; June 2009)</li>
<li>16:00&nbsp;<a href="https://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/has-perky-jerky-lost-its-perk/">"Has Perky Jerky Lost Its Perk?"</a>&nbsp;(New York Times &bull; August 2011)</li>
<li>19:30&nbsp;<a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0611/Slump-in-construction-industry-creates-a-Sheetrock-ghost-town">"Slump in construction industry creates a Sheetrock ghost town"</a>&nbsp;(The Christian Science Monitor &bull; June 2011)</li>
<li>21:30&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor/">"I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave"</a>&nbsp;(Gabriel Mac &bull; Mother Jones &bull; March/April 2012)</li>
</ul>

Episode 449: Jessica Bruder

Robert McKee is an author and screenwriting lecturer. His new book is Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen.”When I'm in conversation with others, I'm always aware—or sensitive, at least—to what they're really thinking and feeling. And writers must have that. They can't possibly create excellent nonfiction or fiction if they're not aware of what is going on inside of other people, really, even subconsciously, while they go about saying whatever they do consciously in the world. Because if you just recorded the surface, if you were just paying attention to the surface, you'd be missing the whole show.”

Thanks to Mailchimp for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show notes:
@McKeeStory
mckeestory.com
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Regan Books • 1997)
Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen (Twelve • 2021)

Robert McKee is an author and screenwriting lecturer. His new book is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/robert-mckee/character/9781455591947/">Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen.</a>
<blockquote>&rdquo;When I'm in conversation with others, I'm always aware&mdash;or sensitive, at least&mdash;to what they're really thinking and feeling. And writers must have that. They can't possibly create excellent nonfiction or fiction if they're not aware of what is going on inside of other people, really, even subconsciously, while they go about saying whatever they do consciously in the world. Because if you just recorded the surface, if you were just paying attention to the surface, you'd be missing the whole show.&rdquo;</blockquote>
Thanks to&nbsp;<a href="http://mailchimp.com/">Mailchimp</a>&nbsp;for sponsoring this week's episode.
Show notes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/McKeeStory">@McKeeStory</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mckeestory.com/">mckeestory.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mckeestory.com/books/story/">Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting</a>&nbsp;(Regan Books &bull; 1997)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/robert-mckee/character/9781455591947/">Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen</a>&nbsp;(Twelve &bull; 2021)</li>
</ul>

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