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Gideon Jacobs joins NM to discuss his latest piece for the LA Review of Books, “Player One and Main Character,” which explores the logic of power in a time when some of its key agents are no longer operating in base reality.

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See also:

"Player One and Main Character" (LARB, Apr 2025)

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/player-one-and-main-character/

“Trump l’Oeil,” (LARB, Nov 2024) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/trump-loeil/

NM Talkcore w/ Gideon Jacobs on Trump as Image (Nov 2024)

https://on.soundcloud.com/kC8NzddUcGynZyZj6

Episode image adapted from photo by Daniel Arnold for Document Journal of Gideon Jacobs as the character Father Bartholomew Mary, 2025.