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The Active VoiceThe Active Voice: Heather Havrilesky finds life romantic, even when it’s terribleHeather Havrilesky’s writing career has spanned the life of the internet, starting with the satirical site Suck.com, moving through Salon, The Awl, and New York Magazine, and ending up on Substack, where she publishes two much-loved newsletters: Ask Polly and Ask Molly. Heather has mastered the art of reinvention, bending with the winds of the web, as news sites have variously chased SEO, blogging, Facebook traffic, and the rest. She settled on an approach that has worked for her: doubling down on what she likes. That attitude ultimately took her into advice giving, where she has...2023-02-0958 min
PressClub with Josh ConstineSubstack's founders on the shift from publishers to personalitiesTop writers are leaving publishers like the New York Times to become newsletter writers on Substack. How will the rise of the solopreneur author impact the future of journalism? Substack co-founders Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie join PressClub host Josh Constine to break down why individuals have more power than organizations in the modern media landscape. Listen to learn:Can newsrooms survive the brain drain?Will creators earn a better living on their own? How did the move from desktop to mobile favor email over websites? Can Substack provide star writers enough growth to earn...2021-04-181h 09
LongformEpisode 149: Ross AndersenRoss Andersen is the deputy editor of Aeon Magazine.
“One of the things that’s been really refreshing in dealing with scientists—as opposed to say politicians or most business people—is that scientists are wonderfully candid, they’ll talk shit on their colleagues. They’re just firing on all cylinders all the time because they traffic in ideas, and that’s what’s important to them.”
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[2:00] Aeon on Longorm
[5:00] "Zapped" (Mary H.K. Choi • Aeon • Sept 2013)
[5:00] "Awaiting Renewal" (Heather Havrilesky • Aeon• July 2013)
[5:00] "Brigid Hains on the Launch of Aeo...2015-07-0849 min