Kurt Andersen is the co-founder of Spy Magazine, the author of several books, and the host of Studio 360.

“As a young person, I never thought of myself as a risk-taker. Then I did this risky thing that shouldn't have succeeded, I started this magazine. And it did encourage me to think, ‘Eh, how bad can it be if it fails? Sometimes these long shots work. So fuck it, try it.’”

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Show Notes:

@KBAndersen

kurtandersen.com

Andersen on Longform

[2:00] The Spy Magazine archive on Google Books

[12:00] Private Eye

[19:00] "Felkerism" (New York • Jul 2008)

[25:00] "When a Magazine Is Too Brash for the Bottom Line" (Robin Pogrebin • New York Times • Sep 1996)

[28:00] Turn of the Century (Random House • 1999)

[28:00] Heyday (Random House • 2007)

[31:00] "The Digital Bubble " (New Yorker • Jan 1998)

[33:00] "Inside Out" (Ken Auletta • New Yorker • May 2006)

[40:00] Studio 360

[42:00] "Lily Tomlin's Audacious Life" (Studio 360 • Aug 2015)

[54:00] "Here Is New York" (E.B. White • 1949) [pdf]

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