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Michael and Us

#662 - Essential Paragraphs

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Society & Culture

4.5697 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On this very special episode, we share some of the most important individual paragraphs of writing in our lives - paragraphs that have planted acorns in our brains that have grown over time into mighty oaks. We revisit Thomas Mann, Christopher Hitchens, Jean-Luc Godard, and other luminaries. PLUS: Checking in on Bari Weiss at CBS. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Our classic Leonard Cohen episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/186-new-skin-for-44083560 Past Essential Paragraphs discussions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-essential-28574337 https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-essential-36315183 The tweet that Luke cites in the opening discussion - https://x.com/mattpolprof/status/1976069728541245770

Transcript

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0:00.0

Start spreading the news.

0:05.0

I'm leaving today.

0:08.0

Welcome to Michael and us.

0:10.0

I'm Will Sloane here as always with.

0:12.0

Nick Savage, welcome back, friends.

0:14.0

And yeah, I am broadcasting from New York, but a podcaster's life, I forget what the phrase is.

0:20.0

Never wind or sleet or hail or gloom of night

0:24.1

shall stop the swift completion of a podcaster's rounds. I can never remember if that one is

0:30.0

Loud Zoo or Machiavelli. I think it was in the art of the deal. I don't know, but be that as it may,

0:37.2

we are on the Mike Linus podcast. I'm in New York of the deal. I don't know. But be that as it may, we are on the Mike Linus podcast.

0:39.7

I'm in New York for the New York launch of my book. And I like doing this podcast on an

0:45.0

auspicious day like this because it reminds me that, listen, being a member of the glamorati,

0:51.0

being part of New York High Society, that's just something I do occasionally.

0:56.2

For the most part, I am a simple farmer, you know, planting the crops of context.

1:02.8

I'm here. I'm cultivating my takes, using only the simplest equipment, no industrialized take

1:09.3

production, you know, no team of indentured servants to

1:13.0

help me produce my content. You know, this is a family business. It goes back. Generations upon

1:19.0

generations. And much as the world may change, you know, we'll both be sitting here,

1:23.6

giving you only the finest organic, homegrown content available on the market. I am happy to be back

1:30.5

in New York. I come to New York probably at least once a year. So actually, I'm in this city more

1:36.4

than I am certain parts of Toronto. So I don't go to the distillery district that often, for

1:43.2

example. So I feel rather unsentimental about being here right now.

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