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Aryeh Cohen-Wade (
Joking on the Square
,
@AryehCW
) and Jason Zinoman (
New York Times
,
Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
)
Jason’s new book,
Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
.
0:51
Letterman’s influences: Carson, Allen, and Paar
.
6:15
Letterman as a postmodern figure
.
18:04
Looking at Letterman and women through the lens of #MeToo
.
25:11
Letterman’s self-hatred and depression
.
29:39
How the show changed on CBS and the war with Leno
.
33:57
Late-period
Late Show
, a bizarre place to work
.
43:14
Jason: Letterman helped normalize Donald Trump
.
51:14
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Apr 23
Posted:
Jun 5, 2018
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Jason’s book, “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night”
David Foster Wallace’s short story, “Late Night”
Jason on Letterman and Trump
Aryeh’s diavlog with David Ottlinger on Trump and postmodernism
Culturally Determined | Jun 5, 2018 | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jason Zinoman
Toward a new center-right
Joshua Cohen speaks with Brink Lindsey, co-author of the new report “The Center Can Hold.”
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Can we take race out of the criminal justice equation?
Glenn Loury speaks with Kelly Suzanne Saulsberry of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.
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What is truth, anyway?
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Feminine Chaos
Madame Bovary
,
Gone Girl
, and the likeability backlash
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Douglas Rushkoff, author of the new book Team Human, explains.
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Who survives a public scandal?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s political fate in an era of rapid online news.
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