The May episode of The Virtual Memories Show is up and ready to go! This time around, my guest is John B., a pal of mine who died last year (but got better!):
Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 5 – Look in Your Heart
There’s also a little rant about the publicity-industrial complex, the Avengers, the new book by Robert Caro, and the redemptive powers of a certain margarita-soaked musician.
Credits: This episode’s music is tied into the conversation with John, so you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out what it is. I recorded the intro on a Blue Yeti mic, and the conversation with John was recorded on a pair of Blue Encore 100 mics, feeding into a Zoom H4N recorder. The conversation was recorded in an exhibit hall during a trade show, so getting the sound quality up to snuff was a little work.
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Here are the Robert Caro/LBJ articles I refer to in the first part of the podcast:
The Big Book – Esquire, by Chris Jones
Robert Caro’s Big Dig – New York Times Magazine, by Charles McGrath
Should LBJ Be Ranked Alongside Lincoln? – Smithsonian, by Ron Rosenbaum
Power Brokers on Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’ – BusinessWeek, by Keenan Mayo
Sunday Routine: Rising Early, With a New Sentence in Mind – New York Times, by John Leland
Weekend Interview: Robert Caro: Political Power – How to Get It and Use It – Wall Street Journal, by Brian Bolduc
Enjoyed this edition very much. Thank you, Gil!
Addendum! Here’s a new WSJ article about the viability of multi-volume biographies, a la Mr. Caro’s LBJ series.
Thanks a lot, guys, for putting and keeping things in perspective.