I listened to a discussion Wednesday night in Brooklyn called Diversity In Public Media and Podcasting, which involved a big and very distinguished panel: Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings from For Colored Nerds (and she makes Sampler at Gimlet now); Nadia Reiman from StoryCorps; Daisy Rosario from…

In 2000, the artist, Marco Evaristti, exhibited his work at the Trapholt Art Museum in Denmark. The piece on show consisted of a row of ten kitchen blenders. They were all filled with water and plugged into the electric sockets, ready to use. Each blender contained two goldfish. The goldfish were…

Pointsandfigures Apr 29, 2018 Coaches I had growing up used to call it the KISS system. It stood for “Keep it simple stupid.” When you keep things simple, it’s easier to execute. Jason T Apr 29, 2018 So true. And it’s the hardest thing for many first time founders to understand.It is also the beauty…

My ears are greedy; they always have been. When I was 4, I cried because I couldn’t listen to The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac at the same time. (Thirty years later: yes, still.) When I was about 10, my sister and I bought each other the Tupac and Biggie double albums for Christmas and traded one disc…

A reader sent me a note a few days ago remarking that while he didn’t share my politics, he felt he was able to really listen to what I have to say, rather than tuning out what he didn’t want to hear. He suspected it had to do with the creative spirit, the connection you feel with another person you…