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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Author George Saunders

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Stephen welcomes one of his favorite authors, George Saunders, back to The Late Show to discuss his writing process and his latest book, “Liberation Day,” which is available everywhere now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

From the Oast House, whoever you are, there's a welcome there for Ruth and Faye, Mahamadan

0:06.8

Jose.

0:07.8

From the Oast House, whether it work, rest or play, listen to my podcast.

0:12.3

It's packed full of meaty goodness.

0:15.4

From the Oast House, with Alan Partridge, there's a welcome there for straight and K, and

0:21.0

he and she and they, from the Oast House, from the Oast House, the Alan Partridge podcast

0:25.9

series three.

0:26.9

For now, subscription required, see audible.co.uk for tons.

0:30.9

It's the H.O.P. hot show with Stephen Colberg.

0:37.9

Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, my next guest is one of my favorite authors.

0:47.1

Please welcome back to the L.H.O. George Saunders.

0:54.1

So you got the new book of short stories here.

0:57.5

It's called Liberation Day, first fiction collection you've done since your novel, Lincoln

1:03.3

and the Bardot.

1:06.0

How do you decide what you're going to write because fiction is anything can happen?

1:10.4

After you write that novel, how do you decide what the next thing you're going to work

1:16.7

on that's going to take years?

1:19.4

For me, honestly, it's just like fun.

1:21.8

If it's not fun, I don't want to do it.

1:24.2

And the most fun thing is if you start a story and you don't know what's going to happen,

1:27.8

so just to kind of confuse yourself in that way and then just see where it goes.

1:32.2

Because the idea is if I know too well what I'm going to do, and I just do that, that's

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