{"id":7440,"date":"2013-11-10T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2018-01-14T10:20:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T14:20:45","slug":"podcast-glamour-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-glamour-profession","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Glamour Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpostrel.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11136\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-glamour-profession\/postrel\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?fit=1968%2C2048\" data-orig-size=\"1968,2048\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"postrel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?fit=525%2C546\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-11136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?resize=525%2C546\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?resize=596%2C620 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?resize=423%2C440 423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?resize=768%2C799 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?w=1968 1968w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/postrel.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 26 &#8211; Glamour Profession<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8825\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7440-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7440-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.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>\u201c<em>Everyone<\/em> is susceptible to some kind of glamour; it\u2019s just a matter of understanding what kind of glamour you\u2019re susceptible to. Is it technological glamour, or glamour of the intellectual life, or something else?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vpostrel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Postrel<\/a> joins us this week to talk about her new book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1416561110\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1416561110&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1416561110\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. It\u2019s a great conversation about the uses and abuses of glamour, the nerd fixation on space travel, the first known symbol of glamour, how people get seduced by IT glamour,\u00a0how Barack Obama&#8217;s first election campaign was heaven-sent for Ms. Postrel&#8217;s book, and more!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAll my work is a continuation of the classical liberal tradition that goes back to the 18th century. Writers like Hume and Adam Smith were interested in the economy, in the role of the state, but they were interested in much more than that. Fundamentally, they were interested in the human imagination, in how human beings create a meaningful world around them, and relate to each other, and live in a civilized world order.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8826\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7440-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7440-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_26_-_Glamour_Profession.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! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-least-insane-of-cartoonists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bagge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-wine-women-and-novel-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Blackstone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-highest-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eva Brann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-all-tomorrows-parties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miss Scorpio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-eternity-is-music-that-plays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wallis Wilde Menozzi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vpostrel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Postrel<\/a> is an author, columnist, and speaker whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture and commerce. In addition to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1416561110\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1416561110&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Power of Glamour<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1416561110\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, she also wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060933852\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060933852&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0060933852\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U7GX0U\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U7GX0U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004U7GX0U\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. She\u2019s a regular columnist for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/bios\/virginia-postrel\/\">Bloomberg View<\/a> and was the editor of <em>Reason<\/em> magazine for more than a decade. You can follow her on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vpostrel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vpostrel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Glamour Profession<em>\u00a0by Steely Dan. The conversation was recorded in a rather echo-y room at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan\u00a0on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">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=voyantpublishing&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\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001QWBM62\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. <\/em><em>The intro and outro were recorded in a room at the Omni La Mansion Del Rio in San Antonio on a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MF39YS\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MF39YS&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Samson Meteor USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MF39YS\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photo of Virginia Postrel by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 26 &#8211; Glamour Profession \u201cEveryone is susceptible to some kind of glamour; it\u2019s just a matter of understanding what kind of glamour you\u2019re susceptible to. 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It's that \"Sites To See\" link over on the right side of the site. First, Virginia Postrel, who blogs as The Dynamist, just added a new site based on her upcoming book. It's called Deep Glamour. I arbitrarily put it in the Architecutre\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/two-new-sites#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7492,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-war-is-a-self-licking-ice-cream-cone","url_meta":{"origin":7440,"position":2},"title":"Podcast: War is a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone","author":"Gil","date":"December 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 29 - War is a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone \u201cThere is a great tradition of very brilliant, outside-the-box, non-traditional, dynamic thinkers in the Marine Corps. . . . 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