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The Agonies of Small Talk
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Sitting down with some of the smartypants whom the MacArthur Foundation just awarded its genius grants. Jesmyn Ward began writing about rural African American life after the horrors of Katrina and the loss of her brother. The playwright Annie Baker’s characters try desperately to connect with one another, but get bogged down by small talk. And Taylor Mac goes where no drag performer—or any performer—has gone before: he produced a 24-hour review of the entire history of American pop music, and plays some delightful samples of it in our studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Nov 9, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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