David Siteman Garland interviews marketing maven Seth Godin.
http://www.therisetothetop.com/badass-blogger/seth-godin-most-revealing-interview-ever/
David Siteman Garland interviews marketing maven Seth Godin.
http://www.therisetothetop.com/badass-blogger/seth-godin-most-revealing-interview-ever/
TOPIC: Creative Costumes vs. Pushing Out Product
This week Dan and Merlin talk about how the legends and mythologies around creative people and beautiful losers can become such a destructive MacGuffin for us aspiring civilians.
Getting gakked out on Hunter S. Thompson’s cocaine and buying Sylvia Plath’s oven are unlikely to take you anyplace useful, interesting, or…creative.
Also: "BRIANMICHAELBENDIS!"
Junot Diaz burst onto the literary scene with "Drown," a collection of short stories voiced by Yunior, a tough-talking Latino struggling to make his way on the streets of New Jersey. Diaz has revived Yunior for his latest book, "This Is How You Lose Her." Only this time, Yunior is juggling multiple women, and figuring out how to be faithful to his fiancee. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins us to talk about the book, and what it takes to be faithful.
Paul Auster remembers the car accident that nearly killed him and his family. It’s one of a series of brushes with death from his new book, "Winter Journal." Auster also recalls dirty fights as a child, sitting next to his mother’s lifeless body as an adult, the crumbling of his first marriage and the slow breakdown of his own body over time. Paul Auster joins us to talk about aging, death and the power of the written word.
Legendary comics author and novelist Warren Ellis joins me on The DisinfoCast for a conversation about the future that was, artificial intelligence, the Singularity, aliens (ancient and otherwise), the legacy of Hunter S. Thompson, porn and even a little bit about comic books. Tune in.
http://www.disinfo.com/2012/05/warren-ellis-on-the-disinfocast-with-matt-staggs/
Nobody blurred the line between his life and his literature more than the legendary science-fiction author, Philip K. Dick. And that’s only fitting since one of the major themes of his fiction is, “What is reality?” This week we take a look at the life and work of the man who’s been described as “one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the twentieth century,” as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death.
In this episode we discuss: How to write 2,000-4,000 words a day The critical importance of brevity in the digital age Why every online writer should read (and study) The Shipping News 2 ways to find endless content ideas Why it took Chris 8 years to gain his first 100 subscribers Brogan’s best advice on how to create a valuable content platform
Thomas Beller reads Niccolo Tucci’s "The Evolution of Knowledge," and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Evolution of Knowledge" was published in the April 12, 1947, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Rain Came Last & Other Stories." Thomas Beller is the author of "How to Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood."
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