Thousand Movie Project

Beginninig with avid praise for Rose Glass's new crime movie, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, and transitioning into a conversation about how she and I apparently spring from the "peak millennial" camp, of people born between 1990 and 1992, before dissolving in talk about this new memoir by Bev Stol, Noam Chomsky's 24-year assistant/manager/coordinator, and this weird phenomenon of Noam Chomsky producing three or four books a year, despite being 93 years old, and ultimately the most important question: would he beat Henry Kissinger in a fight?

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Wherein the narrator talks, among other things, about a new appreciation for Doja Cat, his favorite new artist on Instagram, and the how the Spice Girls nearly shattered the He-Man Woman Haters Club.

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Wherein the narrator talks about recent reading, including some negotiation tactics from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, and a quick anecdote about one of the most unbearable people he's ever met.

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George Saunders joins for a conversation about Michael Silverblatt, the former host of BOOKWORM. Silverblatt had to retire in 2022 for medical reasons, ending BOOKWORM's 33-year run.

Saunders, one of the most venerated writers in America (TENTH OF DECEMBER, LIBERATION DAY, LINCOLN IN THE BARDO), was a regular guest on BOOKWORM starting in 1997 - and one of its most distinct. He and Silverblatt had a special relationship, chronicled across four hours of conversation you can listen to in the KCRW archive.

Saunders and Silverblatt, discussing his novel LINCOLN IN THE BARDO:

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/george-saunders-lincoln-in-the-bardo-part-i

Saunders and Silverblatt, discussing his collection TENTH OF DECEMBER:

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/george-saunders-tenth-of-december-part-one

Saunders and Silverblatt, discussing his most recent collection of stories and essays, A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN:

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/george-saunders-russians-reading-writing-part-1

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Matt Singer @superpulse joins me for today's episode of the pod, the first after a two-week break, to discuss his wonderful biography of film critics Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and the show that changed TV, film, criticism and media.

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YouTube's Daniel Greene, who makes content revolving almost exclusively around things that don't interest the narrator at all, happens to've lured the narrator into several years of regular viewing.

mentioned along the way: Mark Z. Danielewski's grocery war stories, SISKEL & EBERT, Slavoj Zizek's sitcom theory.

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David Remnick, editor-in-chief of THE NEW YORKER, has a new book out, called HOLDING THE NOTE, a collection of essays on older musicians in the latter parts of their careers -- it's an absolute delight, and reveals some unintentional goods about the author.

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A Healthier Way of Talking by Alexander Sorondo

Why You Should Never Feel Bad for Calling Out by Alexander Sorondo