This week on Tasteland we're joined by Ethan Sawyer, a field producer at CBC and curator of the newsletter Human Pursuits, a newsletter for navigating modern existence with help from need-to-know names in media and culture.

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Ethan Sawyer

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Timestamps

00:00 beats to write/edit to

04:08 Writer's block is not real

07:57 Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn

11:46 An analysis of social climbers

18:40 Olivia Nuzzi did it all for love

24:23 The art of guest selection

32:15 Francis tells a bad joke

32:57 Music for work and focus

37:46 Music is so good

43:16 Defining slop

54:46 Introducing the "content economy"

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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.