Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

By Gorav Menon & Kevin Liu

What power lies in your story? How do you tell your story? As two young “adults” journey into the life of suit and tie, they begin discovering the impact of storytelling on their career, business, men... more

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

Linen Suit & Plastic Tie episodes:

November 02, 2023 Storytime - LSPTPod 3rd Year Anniversary Special (w/ Dr. Drea Letamendi, Craig Thompson, Mark Chavez)
Why is college NOT the best years of your life? Why do people like horror & crime stories? What goes into deciding what to omit from a half-memoir? What do sci-fi and rom-com have in common? What does it mean to "break the story"?
For the 3-year anniversary of LSPTPod, we rewind the tape to bring you some bonus content: fun stories where we went off a tangent that didn't make it into our released episodes. We're diving back into some bonus content from our chat this season with Dr. Drea Letamendi, Craig Thompson, and Mark Chavez. We're glad and grateful that you've been with us on this journey of exploring storytelling for so long. Here's to many more!
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57min
October 05, 2023 Can AI Help Write A Novel? ft. an AI-Experimenting Novelist (Stephen Marche)
At this point, you've probably heard so much about ChatGPT and language model AI, but can it actually help write a book? How is an AI-written novel really created? Amid all the craze and myths of the recent "AI boom", we chat with Stephen Marche, a novelist who was tasked to create an "AI-generated novel," Death of an Author, (with Pushkin) to really understand the capabilities and limits of language model AI / linguistic AI, and how we should treat this tool.
Stephen Marche is a novelist and essayist. He has written features and essays for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many others. He has collaborated with artificial intelligence on the first AI-generated novel reviewed in The New York Times, Death of an Author.

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44min
September 21, 2023 What is Your Golden Moment? ft. a fmr Director @ MasterClass (Davis Carter)
How do you create master classes with some of the most influential people in the world? How do "golden moments" shape our lives and stories? How do we decide what to leave out of a story vs. what to keep in? This week, we chat with Davis Carter, former Director of Content at MasterClass. Davis has worked as Director of Content at MasterClass, where he oversaw more than 20 projects including classes with President Bill Clinton, Metallica, Amy Tan, Neil Gaiman, and Chris Voss.
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42min
September 07, 2023 Where Are Your Roots? ft. a Non-Fiction Graphic Novelist (Craig Thompson)
Why is the American agriculture story relevant to you (yes, you)? Is comic book a genre or a medium? Why should you care about where your food comes from? How does the story of an herbal root connect the United States and China?
This week, we chat with graphic novelist Craig Thompson about his latest autobiographical comic book series Ginseng Roots. Kevin stumbled upon an issue in the series and got super curious - what could an American artist possibly say about Northeastern China and an herbal root best known in Chinese medicine? He ended up loving the entire series. Ginseng Roots explores class divide, agriculture, holistic healing, the 300-year-long trade relationship between China and North America, childhood labor, and the bond between two brothers.
Craig Thompson is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets; Good-bye, Chunky Rice; and Habibi. He grew up in a rural farming community in Marathon, Wisconsin, world capital of ginseng.
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45min
August 24, 2023 What Is Cable's Legacy (Part II)? ft. a fmr. Cable TV Executive (Doug Herzog)
How do a channel's advertisement and content creation fuel each other to strengthen its story? How does the late night / day time / prime time distinction affect content styles on cable? What is cable TV's legacy to entertainment and storytelling? This week, we finish up our conversation with Doug Herzog, delving into more questions we have about cable as a storytelling medium. Following his illustrious career as President of Viacom (MTV and Comedy Central), Doug now co-host the Basic! podcast, where he documents the history of basic cable TV and its impact on American lives.
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36min
August 10, 2023 What Story Does Cable Tell (Part I)? ft. a fmr. Cable TV Executive (Doug Herzog)
What are the stories of MTV and Comedy Central? How has The Daily Show changed through different eras (Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah)? What will become of late night TV? This week, we welcome to our show Doug Herzog, former President of Viacom. Following his illustrious career of bringing MTV and Comedy Central to their respective primes, Doug now co-host the Basic! podcast, where he documents the history of basic cable TV and its impact on American lives.
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37min
July 27, 2023 How Do ASL and Comedy Make a Physician? ft. a Medical Doctor (Dr. G)
How do American Sign Language and improv comedy make you a better family physician? This week, we sit down and chat with Dr. G (Deborah Gilboa)! Dr. G is a family physician, keynote speaker on stress and resilience, and ASL interpreter. She shares with us her fascinating life journey between theater, ASL interpretation, improv comedy with Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert in their early days, and path to a medical doctor career. We also chat about stress as the innate mechanism through which we respond to bad things and good things, and how to navigate the kaleidoscope of fantastic lives we see on social media.
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45min
July 13, 2023 How Do You Auction A Story? ft. a Christie's Auctioneer (Lydia Fenet)
How does Christie's lead charity auctioneer utilize storytelling in her work? How did a young woman who looked nothing like an auctioneer become Christie's top charity auctioneer? How do you claim your confidence? This week, we chat with Lydia Fenet, Christie’s Ambassador who has led auctions to raise over half a billion dollars total for nonprofits globally, to talk about her fascinating career and her new book, Claim Your Confidence.
Lydia is author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You and Claim Your Confidence: Unlock Your Superpower and Create the Life You Want. She also hosts the Claim Your Confidence podcast.
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47min
June 15, 2023 "Am I Cool?" - LSPTPod 50th Episode Special w/Benji & Sophia
For our 50th episode, we welcome back a dear friend and unlock a new character for our show. Together, we reflect on the stories we created since we first met, as well as our notion of being "cool". To our listeners, expert storytellers, and friends, thank you for being a part of this milestone.
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3891-hyperfun
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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56min
June 01, 2023 How Do You Make Muppets in Moscow? ft. a Sesame Street "Ulitsa Sezam" Producer (Natasha Lance Rogoff)
How do you produce a children's TV show in post-Soviet Russia? What's the secret to Sesame Street's international success? This we, we chat with Natasha Lance Rogoff, producer of the Russian Sesame Street (Ulitsa Sezam), about her unexpected crazy true story detailed in her book Muppets in Moscow.
Natasha Lance Rogoff is an is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and the TV producer/director who, with her team, brought Sesame Street to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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46min

FAQs about Linen Suit & Plastic Tie:

How many episodes does Linen Suit & Plastic Tie have?

The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.