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The Quarantine Tapes 160: Nicholson Baker
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50 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Paul Holdengräber is joined by writer Nicholson Baker for this two-part episode 160 of The Quarantine Tapes. They talk about the changes and constants of daily life under the pandemic, card catalogs, and Defoe before turning to Nicholson’s recent work on the pandemic itself.Nicholson published a New York Magazine piece asking “Did the Coronavirus Escape From a Lab?,” examining the possible origins of the pandemic. He talks with Paul about what motivated him to write that piece and why he thinks we need a thorough investigation into the origins of the virus. Nicholson Baker is the author of seventeen books—his most recent is Baseless: My Search for Secrets Among the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act. Baker and his wife Margaret Brentano have two children; they live on the Penobscot River in Maine.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:
Feb 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Quarantine Tapes 013: Julian Sands: “There is a virtue in slowness that we have lost”. Today Paul speaks with Julian Sands, a British actor best known for his work in film, TV and radio. Due to the nature of his vocation Julian often prepares for weeks and months at home, what he calls his “slow period” or “slow time”. He compares this to the “slow movement” argued for by poets Keats & Shelley who were alarmed by the industrial revolution over 200 years ago. Slow Food was born in the 1990s in Northern Italy with the development of the slow food supply & consumption. Julian addresses our need for “slowtime” - “slow reading, slow thinking”. by The Quarantine Tapes