Nick Hornby

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Author Nick Hornby joins Rhett from Islington, North London to talk about the book that he’s currently working on, which happens to be about Charles Dickens (the writer) and Prince (the artist). Nick and Rhett discuss Nick’s evolution as a writer, his unique ability to write about music in a realistic way, and why the secret to success is doing the work and getting something done every day. Nick Hornby is an English writer and lyricist best known for his memoir Fever Pitch, and novels High Fidelity and About a Boy. Much of his writing is centered around sports, music, and the aimless and obsessive nature of his characters. His books have sold over 5 million copies worldwide and in 2004, BBC named Nick the 29th most influential person in British culture. He’s also written several screenplays, and some of his books have even been adapted into films, musicals, and television shows. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIRUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.2	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when they got wheels off.
0:13.6	Shot it up and we ain't going to stop.
0:16.8	I like you.
0:17.8	Like it or not.
0:19.4	That's when they got wheels off. Nicole Nick Hornby joins me on this episode of Wheels Off, all the way from London,
0:30.6	a transatlantic trunk call, as it were.
0:34.5	He is one of my very favorites.
0:38.3	I've read every novel he's written.
0:40.5	I met him after he included me a mention of some of my music and his book 31 songs
0:48.7	that appears in the U.S. as songbook, some kind words, and we've stayed friends over these last 18 years or so.
0:59.1	He's the best. He's a champion of music. He loves music. He writes about music with an authenticity
1:07.2	that you don't often find. He's branched out from just writing.
1:11.8	Obviously, he started with books that were more memoir,
1:14.7	and then has written great fiction over the last two decades plus.
1:20.6	He's written lots of funny essays,
1:24.4	lots of really beautiful, insightful stuff. He's been living in the world of film and
1:32.2	television more in the last, you know, five years or so. And it's just, he's a good dude.
1:40.3	He's a great guy. He thinks about this job. You can tell during the interview you're about to hear, you know, that he has a lot of gratitude for the success he's had. And he just works really hard. You know, that it's not an accident that he is at the level that he is.
2:01.5	He's got talent, but he's also got work ethic.
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