{"id":8687,"date":"2015-04-27T20:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T00:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2018-01-08T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:15:43","slug":"episode-116-magic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-116-magic-city","title":{"rendered":"Episode 116 &#8211; Magic City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nThane Rosenbaum &#8211; Magic City<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9507\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8687-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.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_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8687-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_116_-_Magic_City.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=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/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;I&#8217;m starting to think that the essays, the fiction, the long non-fiction are all coming from the same place, tapping the same resources, the same human experience, the same fears: all the things that built me, built me to write all of those things, not just one piece of it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mvpress.org\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-116-magic-city\/sweetcover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sweetcover.jpg?fit=231%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"231,346\" 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=\"sweetcover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sweetcover.jpg?fit=231%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8689\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sweetcover.jpg?resize=170%2C255\" alt=\"sweetcover\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thanerosenbaum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thane Rosenbaum<\/a>\u00a0rejoins the show to talk about his new novel,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1942134002\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1942134002&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=Q5MMG2YWAVPQOYDI\">How Sweet It Is!<\/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=1942134002\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, the debut book from the new publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/mvpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandel Vilar Press<\/a>! We talk about Thane&#8217;s family history from the concentration camps to &#8217;70s Miami, his path to becoming a novelist and human rights lawyer, the relative lunacy of First and Second Amendment absolutists, the allure of print, growing up in a city without a bookstore, the fate of European Jewry, and more!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a marketplace of ideas, and there&#8217;s a marketplace of assholes. It turns out they&#8217;re different marketplaces.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also talk about balancing fiction, non-fiction and op-ed pieces, what brought Isaac Bashevis Singer to Miami, the days when publishing was a way of life, the ways the &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; argument prevents people from taking righteous positions, why I should interview Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and more! Go listen!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9508\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8687-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.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_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8687-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_116_-_Magic_City.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=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/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\/Episode_116_-_Magic_City.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! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-great-vengeance-and-furious-anger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thane Rosenbaum (2013)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-may-god-remember\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Goldhagen<\/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\/episode-112-remainder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clive James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-a-sense-of-someplace-to-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-re-explaining-hitler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Rosenbaum<\/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:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/thanerosenbaum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thane Rosenbaum<\/a> is an essayist, law professor, and author of the novels, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1942134002\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1942134002&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=Q5MMG2YWAVPQOYDI\">How Sweet It Is!<\/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=1942134002\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007EWK3AE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B007EWK3AE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=L2E6YN2DJPA54W6E\">The Stranger Within Sarah Stein<\/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=B007EWK3AE\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060959452\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060959452&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=5QW7RBFAT3KHMKHG\">The Golems of Gotham<\/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=0060959452\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312254180\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0312254180&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=YJ6GG773OJQ5BKOD\">Second Hand Smoke<\/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=0312254180\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312198655\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0312198655&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=BRJAVIFAQ3IBI3OW\">Elijah Visible<\/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=0312198655\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. His articles, reviews and essays appear frequently in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/06\/14\/opinion\/14rosenbaum.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704500604574481822068068860.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/02\/27\/AR2009022701025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haaretz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/thane-rosenbaum\/ground-zero-mosque-and-th_b_669129.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huffington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/contributors\/thane-rosenbaum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Daily Beast<\/a>, among other national publications. He moderates an annual series of discussions on culture, world events and politics at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.92y.org\/search\/search.asp?search=Thane+Rosenbaum&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">92nd Street Y<\/a> called The Talk Show. He is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.nyu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law<\/a>\u00a0where he\u00a0directs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum on Law, Culture &amp; Society<\/a>. He is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0226726614\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0226726614&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=A2GDH7ZMPNEAGRMK\">Payback: The Case for Revenge<\/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=0226726614\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060735244\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060735244&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=XSOBVSLYUECMLPRM\">The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What&#8217;s Right<\/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=0060735244\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. He is the editor of the anthology, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1595584129\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1595584129&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=FYITIHBFXDTAFF5Z\">Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to the Practice: A Collection of Great Writing About the Law<\/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=1595584129\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. His forthcoming book is entitled <em>The High Cost of Free Speech: Rethinking the First Amendment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Goin&#8217; Back to Florida<em>\u00a0by Lightnin&#8217; Hopkins. The conversation was recorded at Mr. Rosenbaum&#8217;s home on a pair of <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=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">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\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">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=voyantpublishing&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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti 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=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photo of Mr. Rosenbaum by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Thane Rosenbaum &#8211; Magic City &#8220;I&#8217;m starting to think that the essays, the fiction, the long non-fiction are all coming from the same place, tapping the same resources, the same human experience, the same fears: all the things that built me, built me to write all of those things, not just one &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-116-magic-city\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 116 &#8211; Magic City&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[632,4,1183,17,20,3,19],"tags":[3495,3364,2008,3230,3490,3488,885,3489,1113,3492,3494,3491,2477,1994,3493,1993,907],"class_list":["post-8687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baseball","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-religion","category-suburbs","category-urban-issues","tag-ayaan-hirsi-ali","tag-charlie-hebdo","tag-daniel-goldhagen","tag-el-doctorow","tag-frank-sinatra","tag-how-sweet-it-is","tag-isaac-bashevis-singer","tag-jackie-gleason","tag-jeffrey-goldberg","tag-larry-king","tag-marine-le-pen","tag-meyer-lansky","tag-muhammad-ali","tag-payback","tag-robert-mandel","tag-thane-rosenbaum","tag-walter-kirn","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/thanecrop1.jpg?fit=2653%2C1406&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2g7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2006-2007-nfl-playoff-challenge-round-3","url_meta":{"origin":8687,"position":0},"title":"2006-2007 NFL Playoff Challenge, round 3","author":"Gil","date":"January 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I had bigger balls in the first half of this decade. 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