A Journalism History Lesson from Calvin Trillin
On the Media
WNYC Studios
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Writer Calvin Trillin joined The New Yorker in 1963, and he continues to contribute today. Trillin’s trademark humility and humor show up in all of his writing, whether it’s a story about the invention of the buffalo chicken wing, or the civil rights movement, or an old ditty about our political woes. Brooke recently sat down with him to discuss his career and his latest book, The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to On the Media's Midweek Podcast. I'm Brooke Gladstone. Writer Calvin Trillin began |
| 0:07.2 | his career at Time magazine but joined the New Yorker in 1963 where he continues to contribute today. He's published upwards of 20 |
| 0:16.6 | books and he even made a name for himself on the late night TV circuit. |
| 0:21.6 | Calvin Schillen's been writing for the New Yorker magazine for many years. |
| 0:24.8 | He also writes a syndicated column of humor and satire for newspapers across the country, |
| 0:29.4 | and recently did a one-man show on Broadway. |
| 0:31.3 | Would you welcome Calvin Trillin. |
| 0:32.4 | Calvin. Calvin. did a one man show on Broadway? Would you welcome Calvin Trillin? |
| 0:32.6 | Calvin. |
| 0:34.0 | He went to Broadway. |
| 0:36.0 | That was close. |
| 0:37.0 | I was about a half a block off, I think. |
| 0:39.0 | Trillin's trademark humility and dry humor |
| 0:42.0 | shows up in all of his writings, whether it's a story about |
| 0:45.4 | the invention of the Buffalo Chicken Wing or the Civil Rights Movement or an old ditty about |
| 0:51.0 | our political woes. Here's one he recited to John Stewart in 2008. |
| 0:57.0 | I have a song called The Rhyme of the Ancient Candidate. One of the stands isas is houses, houses everywhere abodes in the amount no short-term |
| 1:08.3 | memories involved in failing to keep counts. |
| 1:12.3 | I recently sat down with Trillin |
| 1:14.4 | to discuss his career and his latest book, |
| 1:17.7 | The Lead Dispatches from a life in the press. |
| 1:21.6 | Welcome to the show, Bud. Thank you, Bri. You call yourself a |
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