{"id":12454,"date":"2019-09-02T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12454"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T13:41:17","slug":"episode-335-david-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-335-david-shields","title":{"rendered":"Episode 335 &#8211; David Shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 335:<br \/>\nDavid Shields returns!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_429\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12454-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=12454-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What the movie tries to do is shut up and listen to Marshawn Lynch&#8217;s silence.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marshawn-Lynch-History\/dp\/B07VJY4BM5\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12457\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-335-david-shields\/newposter_cover_600px\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/newPoster_cover_600px.jpg?fit=400%2C600\" data-orig-size=\"400,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"newPoster_cover_600px\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/newPoster_cover_600px.jpg?fit=400%2C600\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/newPoster_cover_600px.jpg?resize=293%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/newPoster_cover_600px.jpg?resize=293%2C440 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/newPoster_cover_600px.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a>He&#8217;s just here so he won&#8217;t get fined: <a href=\"http:\/\/davidshields.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Shields<\/a> joined the show <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-315-david-shields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this year<\/a> to talk about his book-length essay, <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostatepress.org\/books\/titles\/9780814255193.html\">The Trouble With Men<\/a>. Now he&#8217;s back to talk about his new documentary, <strong>Marshawn Lynch: A History <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07VJY4BM5\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07VJY4BM5&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=ed9b08a105fab02624f669896d577c62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B07VJY4BM5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/marshawn-lynch-a-history\/id1472047736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/marshawnlynchahistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo<\/a>). This time around, we get into the Awfulness of Greatness, whether human beings are capable of change, and the Deion Sanders interview with Marshawn that melted David&#8217;s brain and started him on this documentary project. We talk about the racial aspects of black athletes dealing with a white-dominated media, how Lynch made noise by keeping silent in press conferences, the one section of the documentary that led a Seattle audience to boo him, the challenges in structuring the documentary chronologically and thematically, what Pete Carroll was thinking on <a href=\"http:\/\/old.seattletimes.com\/html\/seahawks\/2025601887_brewer02xml.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That Play<\/a>, the split between &#8220;my truth&#8221; and &#8220;the truth&#8221;, the moment he got to meet Lynch after a screening of the movie in Oakland, and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go watch <strong>Marshawn Lynch: A History<\/strong>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07VJY4BM5\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07VJY4BM5&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=ed9b08a105fab02624f669896d577c62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B07VJY4BM5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/marshawn-lynch-a-history\/id1472047736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/marshawnlynchahistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think Marshawn does have a lot to say, but he&#8217;s going to say it in his own idiom.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nNkvTvtRlSk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think the awfulness of something and the greatness of something are famously married.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/3wszAWScHkNrwwP6oaxwuJ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The way that I think and talk reflects, for better or worse, my consciousness. So I&#8217;m very distrustful of any too lucid explanations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t133290031\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very invested in the transgression of art, and sport.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_335_-_David_Shields.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12456\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-335-david-shields\/74fd8d27-025c-475b-8559-fb17a9a814ae\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?fit=1280%2C1280\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XR&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567251255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.87&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0092592592592593&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?fit=525%2C525\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-12456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=620%2C620 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=170%2C170 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=440%2C440 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/74FD8D27-025C-475B-8559-FB17A9A814AE.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidshields.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Shields<\/a> is the internationally best-selling author of twenty-two books, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307387976\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0307387976&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=3cd009e51aca75f5699ead73935a1b96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reality Hunger: A Manifesto<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0307387976\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307387968\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0307387968&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=f5d3cf0c34858b75486cfc4dce8d7f40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Thing About Life Is That One Day You&#8217;ll Be Dead<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0307387968\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (New York Times bestseller), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0803293542\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0803293542&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1e58bbbcce91104259a20417377e7908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Planet<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0803293542\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385351992\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385351992&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=918bf72c846e542b070d8db9bf9e348b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Other People: Takes &amp; Mistakes<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385351992\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (NYTBR Editors\u2019 Choice selection). The film adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4659082\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Think You\u2019re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel<\/a> was released by First Pond Entertainment in 2017. A recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and a senior contributing editor of Conjunctions, Shields has published essays and stories in <em>the New York Times Magazine, Harper\u2019s, Esquire, Yale Review, Salon, Slate, McSweeney\u2019s<\/em>, and <em>Believer<\/em>. His work has been translated into two dozen languages. His new book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0814255191\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0814255191&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=0cc9430d232e01c8c32a4a7e85cde1e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trouble with Men: Reflections on Sex, Love, Marriage, Porn, and Power<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0814255191\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and his new movie is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07VJY4BM5\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07VJY4BM5&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=54224d8ed32e9bcb053926e4bb359e56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshawn Lynch: A History<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B07VJY4BM5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded at a LES hotel on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=URDAV7Z2QAHX4UAB\">Blue enCORE 200 Microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=4WKYIFHCCL6N44BR\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Photos of Mr. Shields by me. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 335: David Shields returns! &#8220;What the movie tries to do is shut up and listen to Marshawn Lynch&#8217;s silence.&#8221; He&#8217;s just here so he won&#8217;t get fined: David Shields joined the show earlier this year to talk about his book-length essay, The Trouble With Men. 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