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Virtual Memories \u2013 season 4 episode 1 –
\nBrett Martin – Changing Channels<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe book is about writers, who thought they would have to take private satisfaction in shit work, suddenly being given this opportunity to work with unfettered ambition. And you see them fall upon this like starving men.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>We kick off 2014 with a conversation with Brett Martin, author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad<\/a>\"\"\u00a0(The Penguin Press). We\u00a0talk about TV\u2019s third golden age and the outsized personalities that helped drive it, the utter uncanniness of Tony Soprano (and James Gandolfini), how the TV showrunner became the auteur of our age, how Breaking Bad<\/em> may have ended the notion of \u201cTrojan horse\u201d shows, why Battlestar Galactica\u00a0<\/em>didn\u2019t make the cut in his book, why it\u2019s so tough to end a novelistic TV show, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI seem to spend a lot of time being hectored by big ego’d men in my career. I anticipate a lot more of that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s an engaging conversation about the dominant narrative form of this century (at least in terms of ambition and scope), an exploration of the intersection of art and commerce, and a little bit of an inquiry into our age’s rush to consensus and its attendant need to declare something The Best Ever. Brett\u2019s a terrific writer and has clearly thought long and hard about these topics.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n