Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

By Gorav Menon & Kevin LiuSociety & Culture
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Linen Suit & Plastic Tie episodes

  • 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.

    36 min
  • 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.

    37 min
  • 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.
    45 min
  • 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.
    47 min
  • "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
    56 min
  • 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.
    46 min
  • How Do You Make a Sci-Fi & a Rom-Com? ft. a Comedian (Mark Chavez)
    How do you make a sci-fi or a rom-com? Why do genres and formulas of a story work? How do comedians tell a story? This week, we chat with Mark Chavez, a comedian who made a sci-fi and a rom-com with his co-hosts and made a podcast about the process. Mark Chavez is co-host of CBC's Let's Make a Sci-Fi (Let's Make a Rom-Com) podcast, and part of the comedy duo the Pajama Men.
    46 min
  • "I Know These Chickens" - Storytime w/Dr. Sahar Yousef
    "What if we did nothing and got nothing out of it?" For this Storytime, we welcome back productivity expert Dr. Sahar Yousef and talk about NOTHING - for all our obsession with productivity, achievements, and outcomes, what if "doing nothing" is exactly what's missing from our lives? This episode is about nothing, for nothing, celebrating nothing. It's re-shaping our perspectives on life (seriously), and you should really listen to it.
    Visit https://shop.becomingsuperhuman.science/ and use code: “LSPT” for 10% off physical products. All proceeds go to supporting ongoing scientific research. Note: we are NOT sponsored in anyway (nor are we receiving any monetary benefits) by the becoming superhuman lab, we are just fans!
    Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and the Headspace App, Dr. Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist, a lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and founder of Becoming Superhuman. Her 10-plus years of research on “making superhumans” sheds light on how to improve focus, memory, and overall human performance.
    59 min
  • What Makes A Good Friendship Story? ft. a Novelist-Advika & The Hollywood Wives (Kirthana Ramisetti)
    What stories is the city of Los Angeles brewing? Why do we need better friendship stories? We welcome back good friend of the show Kirthana Ramisetti and talk about the storytelling choices in her new novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives. Kirthana Ramisetti is author of Dava Shastri’s Last Day, a novel selected a Good Morning America Book Club selection, and is currently in development as a television series for HBO Max. Her second novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives, comes out in April 2023.
    44 min
  • Why Do Humans Love Games? ft. a a16z Gaming Investor (Joshua Lu)
    What's unique about game as a storytelling medium? How can games succeed/fail at film / TV adaptations? Is playing games storytelling? This week, we sit down with Joshua Lu to talk about one of the most interactive and immersive form of storytelling. From competitive gaming, to product management, and now as an Investing Partner at a16z Games (Andreessen Horowitz), Josh has journeyed across many roles and genres throughout his career in gaming.
    42 min

About Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

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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, mental health, and life. One of them in a linen suit, the other a plastic tie.