43 min listen
Range by David Epstein (no relation)
FromThe Book Pile
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Dec 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Why are there child-prodigy golfers, but no child-prodigy family therapists? We answer these questions with the book Range, where David Epstein writes about the virtue of having broad interests in an increasingly specialized world. Plus Kellen gives a glaring example of how he definitely does not specialize in playing basketball, and Dave recounts the time he went skydiving for a dumb reason.*TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com*Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan, Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC's America's Got Talent, and the Amazon Original Series Inside Jokes. He has garnered over 50 million views with his clips on Dry Bar Comedy. In 2018 he was selected to perform on the “New Faces” showcase at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Kellen was named one of TBS's Top Ten Comics to Watch in 2017. He currently tours the country.*David Vance's videos have garnered over 1 billion views. He has written viral ads for companies like Squatty Potty, Chatbooks, and Lumē, and sketches for the comedy show Studio C. His work has received two Webby Awards, and appeared on Conan. He currently works as a writer on the sitcom Freelancers.
Released:
Dec 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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