Episode 131: Josh Dean

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Education, Books, Arts, News

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2015

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Josh Dean has written for GQ, Fast Company, New York, and more. His latest piece, "The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang," was just published by The Atavist. “I sort of reject the whole idea of something being beneath me. There are obviously some stories I wouldn’t do or that I have no interest in, but this job is fun and should be fun. And I wouldn’t turn something down that seems like a fun thing for me to do just because maybe the story is not something that 10,000 people are going to tweet about. I don’t give a shit.” Thanks to TinyLetter, Squarespace, Lynda and HP Matter for sponsoring this week's episode. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes. Show Notes: @joshdean66 joshdean.com Dean on Longform [2:00] "The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang" (The Atavist • Feb 2015) [10:00] "Federer as Religious Experience" (David Foster Wallace • The New York Times • Aug 2006) [29:00] Longform Podcast #126: Taffy Brodesser-Akner [29:00] "Please God Stop the Rain" (New York • Aug 2012) [31:00] "For $100,000, You Can Clone Your Dog" (Businessweek • Oct 2014) [32:00] "World Elephant Polo Championships" (Outside • Oct 2009) [38:00] "Powder Keg" (Outside • Jul 2007) [42:00] Generation Kill (Evan Wright • Putnam Adult • 2004) [44:00] Show Dog (It Books • 2012) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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