Proust Questionnaire Podcast

Pamela Sneed is a poet, performance artist, and the author of several books: Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than of Slavery KONG And Other Works (Vintage Entity Press, 2009) and the chapbook, Lincoln (2014). Her poems and monologues have been anthologized in The 100 Best African American Poems, edited by Nikki Giovanni. Recent publications include work in Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays, and Future Perfect, and the forthcoming Funeral Diva. 

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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HAPPY PRIDE!!! For this extra special pride 2020 episode we had the pleasure to speak with two New York based Brazilians Drag Queens, PIETRA PARKER & MISS COOKIE DOUG! These two influential talents answer 35 questions first popularized by Marcel Proust and share personal experiences about their lives and reveal what goes inside their creative mind.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Ross Bleckner is a painter who has combines gorgeous art with concrete political commitment. In the 1980s he was one of the first artists to tackle and address the AIDS crisis head-on with paintings like 'Small Count' (1980), '8,122+ As of January 1986', and 'Throbbing Heart' (1994), all mesmerizing, haunting canvases about cells and other viral matters that charter a path of activism which continues to this day.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Susan Fales-Hill is a writer and television producer, and the showrunner and an executive producer on Lena Waithe’s new BET sitcom, Twenties. Susan began her career in television working first on The Cosby Show and then on its spin-off, A Different World, where she became one of the youngest - and, at the time, one of the only female - showrunners in Hollywood. She is the author of two novels and a memoir about her mother, the late actress and singer Josephine Premice.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Isaac Mizrahi is a fashion designer whose work has shaped America’s and the world’s sense of style everywhere. He is also a singer and writer, whose book I. M. A Memoir (2019) topped the New York Times bestseller list and whose shows draw crowds in New York. A well-known judge on 'Project Runway,' he is an infallible stylist whose adventurous eyes and dexterous hands are matched by a sonorous voice. A renaissance man for the modern age, he envelops us in haute looks and humorous lyrics alike.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Anna Deavere Smith is an award-winning actor, performer, writer and activist. Her project “Notes from the Field,” now an HBO special, is part of “The Pipeline Project” that is based on hundreds of interviews to shine a light on the lack of opportunities and resources for young people in poverty. As a creative listener attuned to the harmonies and dissonance that join and splinter communities, Smith lassoes the craft of embodied performance to ignite sites for honest reckoning, hope, and healing.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Paul Romer has devoted his professional life to understand better and measure how human ingenuity is a major force in economic development. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018, was Chief Economist of the World Bank (2016-18), and conducts research at NYU now. The economist extraordinaire is equipped with a roving intellect matched by mathematical acuity that he wields to marshal data and wisdom to extoll endogenous factors as the truly human engines of growth for a better world.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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Rosanne Cash is one of America’s great singer songwriters whose art has earned her several Grammys, nominations for Country Music Awards and other honors for titles such as The River and the Thread (2014) and The List (2009). By tapping the roots of America’s soulful sonic traditions and the legacy of forebears and trailblazers, Cash braids the strands of longing and belonging, of freedom sought and heartache suffered, in rocking melodies and riveting lyrics unsurpassed in the nation’s songbook.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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What motivates creative people to do what they do, especially to change the world? The Proust Questionnaire is thought in action. It's a personality test that allows us a glimpse behind the proverbial curtain of creative people's minds.

Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, art, literature, and other subjects. He is also the host of the podcast “Think About It” and editorial director at Warbler Press. Caroline Weber is a specialist of French literature, history, and culture. She is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York City.

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