HOW WE LIVE NOW

By Douglas Kennedy, Matthew D'Abate

Douglas Kennedy and Matthew D'Abate discuss current artistic, cultural, and news-worthy trends in these weekly micro-discussions.... more

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April 03, 2018 EP. 16 THE CITIES WE LIVE IN
Douglas Kennedy and Matthew D'Abate sit down to discuss the vital elements
that make each city unique - and how by reading the journalists and writers
of specific eras can transport our minds to the times they were documenting
- outside of the history books. The first book discussed, Joseph Roth's
"What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933," kicks off the discussion.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 15 LOSING THE GREATS
Sam Shepard was an American icon of the theater scene - a reluctant and
talented actor who embodied the rugged, solitary nature of the west. His
sudden passing shocked the literary world. Douglas Kennedy and Matthew
D'Abate sit down to discuss the life of this lone wolf of the theater
scene, and how his hard-boiled characters reflected much of his own
personal struggles.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 14 DER BERLINERS
Thousand of artists have migrated to the city. Even more refugees have
found a new home in this ever-changing metropolis. This is also a place
that author Douglas Kennedy has called home for over a decade. We sit down
to discuss the futuristic beauty, and the inglorious past, of Berlin;
Europe's most diverse metropolitan landscape.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 13 THE FEMININE CHARACTER
The ability to envision another person's consciousness is the high water
mark of a talented fiction writer. Most people, in their daily lives, can
barely escape their own trial and tribulations. Douglas Kennedy found much
acclaim for his ability to inhabit female characters - and investigating
the feminine experience. We sat down to discuss the current cultural wars
raging in the United States and what it means to write in a voice quite
different from ones own.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 12 THE SHORT STORY METHOD
The short story is a powerful, compact method of literary ammunition.
Masters such as Edgar Allen Poe and Flannery O'Connor have revolutionized
the style, and today, modern readers are attracted to the short story for
its lean and concise treaties, its accessibility, and of course, the ease
of commitment. Douglas Kennedy used the medium of the short story to write
his way into a future career, and explains to Matthew D'Abate how making
this decision led to him from New York City, to Maine, and finally, across
the Atlantic to Dublin, Ireland.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 11 A WRITER ON THE RISE
Everyone has to start somewhere. Douglas Kennedy found his Muse early on,
traveling from the streets of Manhattan, to the rural countryside of Maine,
to finally chasing the literary calling all the way across the Atlantic to
Dublin, Ireland. Matthew D'Abate and the writer himself sit down to discuss
this trajectory.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 10 THE ACCESSIBLE ARTIST
Accessibility is a key element in the appreciation of any art. Some critics
disregard this alliance with the observer with distain. Is accessibility
the 'scarlet letter' against the artist? Shouldn't facility be regarded as
the highest form of communication in the arts? Douglas Kennedy and Matthew
D'Abate sit down to discuss the different connections bridged between the
artist and the observer.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 9 THE WORLD AS IT IS
Writers are notorious observers of the human theater -- and there is no
greater drama than today's world stage. Douglas Kennedy and Matthew D'Abate
sit down to discuss Britain's Brexit, the robust growth of China, the
progressive social values of modern day Germany, and of course, the current
U.S. President.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 8 AMERICA, TODAY
The culture wars in America couldn't be more divisive. Pundits and
philosophers alike can't agree on who and what America, today, should be.
Cable news channels turn on the rhetoric, while the average American feels
more dissatisfied, confused, and down right hostile to its fellow citizens.
How did we get to this tipping point? Matthew D'Abate and Douglas Kennedy
sit down to discuss America, now.
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April 03, 2018 EP. 7 THE ESCAPISTS' DREAM
Escapism has a bad ring to it, but it shouldn't. The art of leaving it all
behind, even for just a brief respite; through books, the cinema, or
music, can benefit us, and teach us more about who we are, and what we
love. Douglas Kennedy and Matthew D'Abate sit down to discuss the beauty of
letting it all go.
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FAQs about HOW WE LIVE NOW:

How many episodes does HOW WE LIVE NOW have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.