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The usually cynical comedy writer Josh Lieb gets sentimental about love.
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Josh Lieb is very excited about his children, but he worries about education in the United States.
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Josh Lieb’s process of finding a publisher for and writing his book was criminally easy.
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Josh Lieb describes the struggles and joys of keeping daily political comedy fresh, making Obama funny, and working with the creative minds in the writer’s room.
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It says something about our world that the largest audiences these days are reading books for kids.
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Josh Lieb describes the traits he shares with the protagonist of his new book, “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President.”
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Only, says Nomi Prims, if you’re one of the megabanks that was flooded with cheap loans and government capital. For the rest of us, the former Wall Streeter turned author […]
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For some, the thrill of a deal can bring about a long-awaited sense of fulfillment and a lifetime of pleasure; for others it’s always tinged with a sense of emptiness.
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If we want to prevent the finance industry’s recklessness from spilling into the general economy in the future, Nomi Prins believes we’ll need to enforce a split between consumer and […]
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Nomi Prins explains the workplace warrior complex and how a certain playground bully mentality is connected to reckless deregulation.
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Nomi Prins explains the pitfalls and power struggles that pervade life in the finance industry.
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Journalist Calvin Trillin says we shouldn’t be too impressed with the 26 year old who recently became the New Yorker’s managing editor.
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Journalism only became respectable a few decades ago. Thirty years back, Ivy Leaguers would never dream of entering the field.
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Duke University Professor Priscilla Wald says the TV series ‘Heroes’ illumines human nature.
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Duke University Professor Noah Pickus says the health care reform debate is already affecting the fate of potential immigration legislation.
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A conversation with the author and journalist.
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Author and journalist Calvin Trillin relies on a noteless predraft when he composes his articles, which he deems the “vomit out.”
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Calvin Trillin describes his irrational fear of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Calvin Trillin is always puzzled by financial decisions about writing.