• Kurt Vonnegut Radio with Gabe Hudson

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Kurt Vonnegut Radio with Gabe Hudson

By: Gabe Hudson
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  • If Kurt Vonnegut had a podcast, this is what it would sound like.
    Gabe Hudson 2022-2023
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  • 39. Anne Kadet

    39. Anne Kadet
    Oct 27 2023
    Welcome to episode #39 of Kurt Vonnegut Radio 👀 Today on the show we’ve got the amazing writer Anne Kadet. Anne Kadet writes the beloved newsletter CAFÉ ANNE. Anne Kadet has forged a new kind of journalism to cover New York City. Gabe Hudson talks to Anne Kadet about her beloved newsletter, Caffe Anne, and how she uncovers fascinating stories in New York City that reveals our humanity and accurately reflect our reality but are often overlooked. What makes Anne’s newsletter Cafe Anne so remarkable is that she writes about New York City in a completely new way: it is delightful, heart-expanding, full of humanity and wit, and at times laugh out loud funny. And nobody else is doing anything like it. Why you want to listen to this episode: The way Anne lives in alignment with the dynamic force of narrative in NYC and the way she is attuned to intersecting stories all around her is something you really need to hear in her own words in order to fully understand and appreciate. It is profound and fun and eye-opening. (Side note: in addition to being a fabulous writer, Anne has one of the best laughs I’ve encountered. And I don’t think these two qualities are unrelated.) Quick question: Can you guess what fictional character Anne Kadet most strongly identifies with? Hint: Some notable Anne Kadet quotes On the role that her readers play in the stories she writes for her newsletter A third of my ideas or even more come from readers. They’re like, “Anne, you gotta check this thing out!” On the feeling she gets when she goes somewhere and feels the tremors of a story for her newsletter coming into being Like you’re not supposed to be here, but you are supposed to be here. On why she believes the best way to tell a story is the easiest way So I feel like just straightforward chronological order. Talking about what happened and what it was like for me is not only the best way to deliver the story, it also happens to be the easiest way. And I love when the best thing and the easiest thing are the same thing. On her storytelling maxim “don’t push, don’t pull” I feel the great story is the story that wants to come out all by itself without me pushing or pulling it. If I'm pushing or pulling, that means I have something specific in mind. On what she is delivering to readers of her newsletter, CAFÉ ANNE I simply have a nice ability to deliver an unusual way of looking at the world, on unusual topics, in a professional way. Show Notes Subscribe to Anne Kadet’s newsletter CAFÉ ANNE Other Kurt Vonnegut Radio episodes for your enjoyment: Dave Eggers Jen Taub Maggie Smith Michael Estrin Merve Emre Subscribe to Kurt Vonnegut Radio newsletter/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 38. Mark Wynn

    38. Mark Wynn
    Oct 25 2023
    Today's guest, Mark Wynn, is the subject of a new documentary film called, This is Where I Learned Not to Sleep, made by award-winning filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kristen Kelly. So who is Mark Wynn? Well he's a former police officer in Nashville who – after listening carefully to the women of Nashville in a way that nobody else was – he started the largest domestic violence prevention unit in the country. Mark also a survivor of domestic violence, as was his mother, as were his siblings. And the essence of the story is that he had a stepfather who committed horrible violence against them all in the state of Texas. And on one occasion, this stepfather attacked Mark's mother. She grabbed a baseball bat, hit that man over the head and Mark's family fled back to Nashville. And in the course of this film, Mark returns to that very house in Texas and revisits that trauma bravely and courageously. The other narrative strand that extends through the film is that Mark has spent the last 30 plus years of his life devoted to trying to make the world a safer place for children and women. He has traveled to every state in America and other countries around the world. Speaking to various law enforcement agencies about the need to address interpersonal violence. I think you'll be mesmerized within minutes of hearing Mark Wynn tell his story and hear the humility, the compassion, the wisdom in his voice. I have never met anyone exactly like Mark Wynn. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month view the doc This is Where I learned Not To Sleep visit the website for doc This is Where I Learned Not To Sleep Learn more abt The Mary Parrish Center (founded in honor of Mark’s mother) Learn more about the filmmakers National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 Learn more about Mark Wynn For media related to film, contact Page One Media Other episodes of Kurt Vonnegut Radio for your enjoyment: Dave Eggers Jen Taub Maggie Smith Michael Estrin Merve Emre Rate/Review Kurt Vonnegut Radio Subscribe to the Kurt Vonnegut Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • 37. Jen Taub: host of podcast "Booked Up with Jen Taub"

    37. Jen Taub: host of podcast "Booked Up with Jen Taub"
    Oct 19 2023
    Jen Taub is an acclaimed author, legal scholar, and podcaster extraordinaire. Gabe talks to Jen about why she is putting her whole heart into her podcast Booked Up. This conversation contains many treasures, including the story of how Jen discovered who she was and what was most important to her. Jen Taub, choice quotes from convo On why she started her podcast "Ever since COVID and beyond, we've just been impoverished. And I wanted to rebuild that. I think I started this podcast. I wanted to do this for a while. Because I realized when my second book came out, there weren't that many opportunities to talk to people about it. And I thought I want to be that opportunity for people." On how being a podcast host requires certain level of improv "You just may have maybe listened to the Michael Lewis interview, but I didn't realize I was going to say to him, ‘Oh, so you write.’ And like, he went with it." On the art of asking a question ( by not asking a question) "I don't typically ask a direct question. I'll say something about myself. I'll make a random comment. And the next thing, you know, someone's told me their life story. People really want to be seen and they want to be heard. And I really want to hear and see them." On her idea of heaven "Talking with the authors is heaven." Subscribe & listen to “Booked Up with Jen Taub” on Apple or Spotify Subscribe to Jennifer Taub’s newsletter Money & Gossip Visit Jennifer’s website and follow her on twitter & instagram Buy Jennifer’s critically acclaimed book Big Dirty Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
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