Literary Critic (and Sopranos Cameo Actor) Leon Wieseltier on His New Magazine, the Meaning of Forgiveness, and His Favorite Car-Chase Movies

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Society & Culture, Politics, News, Science, News Commentary

4.6 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Host Jonathan Kay talks to long-time New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier about ‘Liberties,’ the ambitious literary journal he founded after getting Me-Too’d—and many other subjects besides, including the future of journalism, the innocence of Woody Allen, the allure of jazz music, and Nicolas Cage’s underrated cinematic masterpiece, 'Gone In 60 Seconds' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Colette Podcast. My name is Claire Lehman and I am editor and chief of Colette.
0:08.0	Colette is where free thought lives. We are an independent grassroots platform for heterodox ideas and fearless commentary.
0:15.0	Our podcast is a team effort and is jointly hosted by myself, associate editor Toby Young,
0:20.0	and Canadian editor Jonathan Kay.
0:22.0	You can support our podcast by visiting... Toby Young and Canadian editor Jonathan Kay.
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0:29.1	By becoming a monthly patron you'll also receive our weekly newsletter.
0:33.0	They left all the American cars.
0:36.0	Oh my God.
0:37.0	I think a skull is broken.
0:38.0	Oh my God.
0:39.0	I'm a doctor.
0:40.0	Let me in there.
0:41.0	Brooke, our car is gone.
0:43.0	Now who's a genius for keeping his regal?
0:45.0	Hey, so they got the SL.
0:49.3	Welcome to the Colette Podcast.
0:51.1	I'm Jonathan Kaye, broadcasting from Toronto. Those voices you heard right before I came on,
0:56.7	that's dialogue from All Happy Families. The fifth season episode of The Sopranos
1:02.4	in which a bunch of crooks steal expensive European cars from guests at an upscale Jewish wedding.
1:08.0	One of those guests, you hear his voice briefly right at the tail end of the clip was Stuart Silverman, a character played by long time New Republic literary editor Leon Weiceltier.
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