A Phone Call with Author Dave Eggers

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Author Dave Eggers joins us for a bonus episode! We discuss his new novella, The Museum of Rain (5:26), our tendency to mythologize creation (13:57), and why the best art often comes from the subconscious (18:53). The flip-phone nature of this episode leads us to unpacking Dave’s anti-technology outlook (20:56), the radical rise of smartphones (28:40), his first experience with the power of journalism (31:12), and the origin of his non-profit, 826 Valencia (32:58). Then, as we leave, Dave walks us through his idea of a day well spent (40:52). For our Talk Easy mugs visit: https://talkeasypod.com/shop/Talk-Easy-Mugs-p272588874

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm Sam Fregoso. Welcome to the show. On today's bonus episode, I am joined by author Dave Eggers. He has a new short story
0:48.6	out called The Museum of Rain, now available as an e-book and audiobook through Scribbed Originals, or, if you'd
0:57.6	like a hard copy, through McSweenies.
1:00.7	The story is set around a family reunion in Idaho in which a 73 year old man named
1:07.2	O'Sheen Mahoney leads 14 grand nieces and nephews to a site of remembrance he created 50 years before.
1:17.2	At this titular museum of rain is a collection of bottles of rainwater from the many places around the world
1:24.8	Ocein has lived. It's a spare but affecting and hopeful short story that
1:31.2	unfolds entirely outside in the wilderness. It really does feel like a
1:37.8	breath of fresh air after the year we've had. Now, before we get into it, a bit of housekeeping. We just
1:45.5	received a new batch of Talk Easy Mugs. They come in cream and Navy. Some of you
1:52.4	may already have one, but if you don't and you'd like to support our show
1:57.8	we've included a link in the description of this episode
2:01.4	you can also just visit talk easy pod.com
2:05.0	slash shop. That's talk easy pod dot com slash shop. I really do like how these mugs came out. I'm a cream person myself but I know many
2:17.2	people prefer the Navy whatever you buy I thank you in advance for the love and support.
2:24.8	Also, as you've probably heard, we often send microphones to people that don't have one.
2:31.6	I'm a little bit of a nerd when it comes to sound quality. But sometimes, like
2:36.7	Fran Leibowitz or in this case, Dave Eggers, people don't have technology. And quite frankly, they don't have technology and quite frankly they don't want the technology
2:45.7	they don't like the technology and they certainly are not interested in
2:50.7	talk-easies technology so I tease Dave a interested in Talk Easy's technology.
2:53.4	So I teased Dave a bit in the opening of this episode,
2:57.5	but bear in mind that this was done on a cell phone
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