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Leaving Los Angeles

Arts, Culture & Media

My time in Los Angeles is coming to an end. I will miss the phantasmagorically perfect weather, the hiking trails (with coyotes!) 5 minutes from my house, the focused and talented students (and faculty) of Art Center, and all the interesting strangers who tend to be, I think, more gratifyingly…openthan your typical New Yorker. But […]

Jeff Garlin, stand-up comedian turned Hollywood star

Arts, Culture & Media

Digital’s economy of free

Business, Economics and Jobs

John Hodgman and the Media Geeks

Arts, Culture & Media

Janeane Garofalo interview

Arts, Culture & Media
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Memories of camp

Arts, Culture & Media

A collection of reminiscences about summer camp — where “Fantasy Island” meets “Lord of the Flies.”

John Hodgman interviews George R.R. Martin

Arts, Culture & Media

George R. R. Martin is the author a series of fantasy books which was recently adapted for the acclaimed HBO show “A Game of Thrones.”

John Hodgman

Arts, Culture & Media

John Hodgman is a Former Professional Literary Agent, Famous Minor Television Personality, and Noted Writer.

Street style from The Sartorialist

Arts, Culture & Media

Photographs from the popular street fashion photography blog, The Sartorialist, now published in a new book.

Meet the Eels

Arts, Culture & Media

Mark Oliver Everett from the band The Eels talks about why he has always had a rotating band, and how sick he is of self-reflection.

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