Sean Wilsey has written for The New Yorker, The London Review of Books, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s Quarterly, where he is an editor-at-large. His latest book is More Curious.

"I’m actually apparently a fairly competent person at getting things done, making deadlines and all these things. But the Wilsey you might get in the piece about NASA is the guy who eats a ton of oysters and drinks a lot of beer before getting on the vomit comet."

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Show Notes:


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[1:20] More Curious (McSweeney's • 2014)
[3:04] Oh the Glory of It All (The Penguin Press • 2005)
[16:15] "The Republic of Marfa" (McSweeney’s • Mar 1999)
[24:00] "The Next Giant Leap" (GQ • Jun 2009)
[30:05] "Brotherhood of the Plank" (Play • Jun 2009)
[30:06] "Using So Little" (London Review of Books • Jun 2003)
[31:10] American Catch (Paul Greenberg • The Penguin Press • 2014)
[32:30] "Italy's German Accent" (Gourmet • Jan 2007)
[37:00] "Diary: Going Slow" (London Review of Books • Jul 2008)
[39:30] "Open Water" (New Yorker • Apr 2013)
[43:15] "Honest Writing Is Funny Writing" (The Atlantic • Aug 2014)
[47:30] Down and Out in London and Paris (George Orwell • 1933)