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The Quarantine Tapes 090: Susan Orlean
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Paul Holdengräber is joined by writer Susan Orlean on episode 090 of the Quarantine Tapes. They chat about her recent article in The New Yorker on a viral outbreak affecting rabbits and its strange parallels with our own pandemic. Paul and Susan’s conversation touches on Susan’s curiosity as a writer, traveling across the country during a pandemic, and the current closure of libraries.The conversation then turns to Susan’s recent viral tweets, and our desire for levity in this moment. Susan Orlean is the author of eight books, including The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup; My Kind of Place; Saturday Night; and Lazy Little Loafers. In 1999, she published The Orchid Thief, a narrative about orchid poachers in Florida, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film, Adaptation, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep. Orlean has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1992, and has also contributed to Vogue, Rolling Stone, Outside, and Esquire. She has written about taxidermy, fashion, umbrellas, origami, dogs, chickens, and a wide range of other subjects. She was a 2003 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow. She is currently adapting The Library Book for television. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles.Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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The Quarantine Tapes 001: Henry Rollins: This interview was recorded at Onassis LA on March 7, 2020 - just days before our lives began fundamentally changing in the wake of COVID-19. DUBLAB and Onassis LA were hosting the annual Creative Cultivation Salon - where guest of honor Henry Rollins sat down with Paul Holdengraber to discuss the necessity of preserving and supporting independent creative communities. This discussion now feels more relevant than ever as the world reorients towards a next wave of expression in the quarantine era. by The Quarantine Tapes