Hey listeners, this week in lieu of a normal slate culture gap fest, we're bringing you

a special live episode that was recorded last week at the Strand bookstore in New York City.

This was part of a book release event, a joint book release for my book, Camera Man,

and Isaac Butler's new book, The Method.

My book, as you certainly know from listening to this podcast and Steve endlessly plugging

it, is about Buster Keaton and the ways that America changed during his lifetime.

While Isaac's book, The Method, covers the history of method acting from its origins

in Russia to its impact on American movies.

This event, to me, was a dreamy book launch event, Steve, of the three or four things I've

done so far where I've gone and read a passage of the book or screened a movie.

I think this one felt the most special.

It was like old home week because there were so many familiar slate-sters and long-time

listeners around.

Didn't you think it was a special night?

I thought it was a really special night.

I thought there was a lot of affection flowing through the room from us to the

listeners who showed up on a really rainy winter night and back again to you guys who

really wrote extraordinary books and were having your proper moment in the sun, is it

worth?

It was really sweet.

It was really warm.

I hope that comes through on the recording.

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