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416 - WMTBG? - Cat Person (Part II)
My discussion of "Cat Person," by Kristen Roupenian. The story offers a subtle, nuanced look at power, eroticism, and the confusion that often result…
5 years, 8 months ago
415 - (WMTBG?) Cat Person - by Kristen Roupenian
"Cat Person" offers a subtle, nuanced look at power, eroticism, and the confusion that often results when a man and a woman try (and fail) to underst…
5 years, 8 months ago
414 - (Icey) Mike Imber (Reality Kings & Kimbo Slice's Manager)
Mike had a tennis scholarship to college, but things went a different way. Within a few years, he was helping to run Reality Kings, one of the bigges…
5 years, 9 months ago
413 - WMTBG? (The Liar, by Tobias Wolff)
This first episode of What Makes This Book Great (WMTBG) features "The Liar," one of my favorite short stories, by Tobias Wolff.
Music: "Home Again,"…
5 years, 9 months ago
412 - ROMA 36 (COVID 1)
Unhinged opening rant from the good people at Profit-Driven Pharmaceuticals, followed by a mention of this very funny animation of Joe Rogan and I ha…
5 years, 9 months ago
411 - Eli Marienthal (Back to Earth)
Eli and his buddy, Jesse, run Back to Earth, an organization created to take groups of boys and young men into the wilderness for ten days and nights…
5 years, 9 months ago
410 - Jody Armour (Race, Justice, Law)
Jody Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California and author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidd…
5 years, 10 months ago
409 - Zofia (Motorcycle Adventurer)
I caught up with Zofia in Patong, Phuket (Thailand), along her journey from Poland on her motorcycle. She's a fascinating woman, who's been riding bi…
5 years, 10 months ago
408 - Richard Bandy (Near Death or Death?)
Richard survived the surgery -- or did he? When he regained consciousness, his memory was wiped clean. Nothing remained of his life before that day. …
5 years, 11 months ago
407 - Georgy Gusev (Cellist Extraordinaire)
Georgy Gusev is a graduate of the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He performs at major …
5 years, 11 months ago