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The thing that i take away from it is really the thing at the end, after you read the story and youre kind of contemplating the meaning of it all, here is this note from you, the author, a couple paragraphs explaining the genesis of the title. And its the Henry Longfellow translation of dantes inferno, which i gather, im not a scholar on dantes inferno, but i know that this is not the most popular translation, is that right . Right. And so you are citing this as the origin of the title, and it g...

Helen thorpe, welcome. Thank you so much. Im gonna pretend that we dont know each other. Stipulate, weve been friends for a long time, decades. 25 years, longer than that. And you know, the thing about this book, which made me cry, and i think is wonderful and is the best of your three books is, im overwhelmed with admiration for what youve accomplished here. Thank you so much. Its a great book and its a great book right now because of the world were in and the issues that are before us. And im ...

Clapping and cheering Walter Isaacson, welcome. Thank you so much. Congratulations, another big success. Well, its great to be back with you, evan, thank you so much. And its a wonderful book, im moved to ask, although i think i know the answer, why him . You could write about anybody you could possibly imagine. And if you could write about anybody, why not leonardo . Id done books, starting with benjamin franklin, about really smart people, but i began to notice a pattern, which is, being smart...

Lyle lovett, welcome. Evan, thanks for having me. Nice to be back with you. Congratulations on 16 years of the show well, thanks very much. Cant believe it, time goes fast. It was first season that we first spoke. Yeah, thats right, you came back again one more time, and now here you are again, so see you in eight years. Thats how that goes, i think, right . Or Something Like that. Yeah. So were sitting here today against the backdrop of this awful weather in houston, flooding. A community that ...

Are you gonna run for president . Think i just got an f from you, actually. audience applauding kurt andersen, welcome. Happy to be here. Good to be with you, congratulations on this book. Well talk about it first, fantasyland, the timing of this book is exquisite. Im assuming its not entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. I started thinking about this book many years ago. Really decided that it was a book i was going to write as my ...

Lyle lovett, welcome. Evan, thanks for having me. Nice to be back with you. Congratulations on 16 years of the show well, thanks very much. Cant believe it, time goes fast. It was first season that we first spoke. Yeah, thats right, you came back again one more time, and now here you are again, so see you in eight years. Thats how that goes, i think, right . Or Something Like that. Yeah. So were sitting here today against the backdrop of this awful weather in houston, flooding. A community that ...

John hodgman, welcome. Thank you so much, its wonderful to be here. Good to see you and welcome back, and congratulations on this. Thank you, this is my book, vacationland. Its a lovely book. You know that, were gonna talk almost exclusively about this we can talk about whatever you like. The cover is one of the great book covers of the year. Its a great design. I think the design is fantastic. And may i credit the genius of Aaron Draplin of portland, oregon, an amazing designer who works in thi...

Thank you, evan. Thank you very much for being here, congratulations on the book. Thank you, thank you. I have to say i was little surprised to learn about the book and to read it. Its a funny book, thats not the surprise but the surprise is that i remember when you got to the senate, there was talk of you, i guess the expression was the Hillary Clinton model, following the Hillary Clinton model, you know, do your homework, go to committee hearings, dont do national press, basically show that yo...

Helen thorpe, welcome. Thank you so much. Im gonna pretend that we dont know each other. Stipulate, weve been friends for a long time, decades. 25 years, longer than that. And you know, the thing about this book, which made me cry, and i think is wonderful and is the best of your three books is, im overwhelmed with admiration for what youve accomplished here. Thank you so much. Its a great book and its a great book right now because of the world were in and the issues that are before us. And im ...

I thought, a comedy about chappaquiddick . audience laughing oh, right its not a comedy. No, its not a comedy. Its the actual chappaquiddick. Its a look at the story that really kind of affected ted kennedys life completely arguably changed history, right . If you believe the idea absolutely that ted kennedy was going to be president at some point, and this might have been the thing that disabled it, right . Oh yeah, beyond a doubt. And its also interesting given our current political climate, l...