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Episode 119: Alec Wilkinson

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Education, Books, Arts, News

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Alec Wilkinson is a staff writer for The New Yorker. “My hero was Joseph Mitchell, that was how you did reporting. There was nothing conniving about it or cunning — you just simply kept returning and kept returning.” Thanks to TinyLetter for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: Wilkinson on Longform [2:00] "The Protest Singer" (New Yorker • Apr 2006) [6:00] Midnights: A Year With the Welfleet Police (Random House • 1982) [9:00] My Mentor (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2002) [9:00] Across the River and into the Trees (Ernest Hemingway • 1950) [24:00] Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor (Knopf • 1985) [25:00] Big Sugar (Knopf • 1989) [27:00] The Happiest Man in the World (Random House • 2007) [34:00] "New York Is Killing Me" (New Yorker • Aug 2010) [42:00] "Sam and Other Reflections on Being a Father" (Esquire • Jun 2000) [47:00] The Ice Balloon (Knopf • 2012) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

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Hello and welcome to the long-form podcast.

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I am Evan Ratliff. I am joined by Max

1:24.8

Linsky Aaron Lamer. Hi. Hey guys. We're the host. Welcome home, Evan.

1:29.2

Hey, thanks. How was Brazil? Evan looking very tan. Yeah. It's great. Great.

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