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Notebook on Cities and Culture

(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) A world-traveling interview show where Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban sc... Read more

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S3E31: Heightened Rootlessness with Timothy Taylor

S3E31: Heightened Rootlessness with Timothy Taylor

Colin Marshall sits down above Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia with novelist Timothy Taylor, author of Stanley Park... Read more

16 Jun 2013

59mins

Ranked #2

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S1E11: How Serious Are You? with Megan Ganz

S1E11: How Serious Are You? with Megan Ganz

Colin Marshall sits down in Larchmont with comedy writer Megan Ganz, who's written for the Onion and Important Things wi... Read more

22 Mar 2012

1hr 3mins

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Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen on personal economies

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen on personal economies

A conversation with Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University and founding blogger of Marginal Revo... Read more

6 Aug 2009

49mins

Ranked #4

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Trial, error, and economics: Tim Harford, Undercover Economist

Trial, error, and economics: Tim Harford, Undercover Economist

Colin Marshall talks to Tim Harford, also known as the Undercover Economist. He wrote the book of the same name as well ... Read more

19 Jul 2011

58mins

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Ranked #5

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S4E31: Is This London? with Iain Sinclair

S4E31: Is This London? with Iain Sinclair

Colin Marshall sits down in Hackney, London with Iain Sinclair, author of numerous books, all rooted in London and all o... Read more

19 Apr 2014

1hr 9mins

Ranked #6

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On Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left with Trevor Dann, Patrick Humphries and Peter Hogan

On Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left with Trevor Dann, Patrick Humphries and Peter Hogan

Colin Marshall talks to three music writers who have written books on English singer-songwriter Nick Drake, whose debut ... Read more

Ranked #7

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We have ham radios: Merlin Mann on media, fear, and caring about what you make

We have ham radios: Merlin Mann on media, fear, and caring about what you make

Colin Marshall talks to Merlin Mann, thinker, writer, and speaker on time, attention, and creative work. Following up on... Read more

26 Jul 2011

1hr 4mins

Ranked #8

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S1E14: Fathers Chosen and Unchosen with Pico Iyer

S1E14: Fathers Chosen and Unchosen with Pico Iyer

Colin Marshall sits down in downtown Los Angeles with Pico Iyer, writer about place — both our dreams of it and its real... Read more

4 Apr 2012

1hr 1min

Ranked #9

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Comic artist and comic journalist Peter Bagge

Comic artist and comic journalist Peter Bagge

Colin Marshall talks to Peter Bagge, the comic artist behind the beloved series Hate as well as Apocalypse Nerd, Neat St... Read more

9 Oct 2009

54mins

Ranked #10

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S4E35: Path and Place with Doug Suisman

S4E35: Path and Place with Doug Suisman

Colin Marshall sits down in Santa Monica with architect and urban designer Doug Suisman, author of Los Angeles Boulevard... Read more

9 May 2014

1hr 6mins

Ranked #11

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Literary auteurhood: Geoff Dyer, writer and intellectual gatecrasher

Literary auteurhood: Geoff Dyer, writer and intellectual gatecrasher

Colin Marshall talks to Geoff Dyer, the "intellectual gatecrasher" who has written, in addition to several novels, books... Read more

26 May 2011

1hr 2mins

Ranked #12

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S4E29: This Used to Be the Future with Owen Hatherley

S4E29: This Used to Be the Future with Owen Hatherley

Colin Marshall sits down for bangers and mash in Woolwich, London, England, with writer on political aesthetics Owen Hat... Read more

6 Apr 2014

1hr 5mins

Ranked #13

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S2E11: Authenticity v. Utopia with Jonathon Keats

S2E11: Authenticity v. Utopia with Jonathon Keats

Colin Marshall sits down somewhere in between San Francisco's Chinatown, Nob Hill, and Russian Hill with conceptual arti... Read more

4 Oct 2012

1hr 1min

Ranked #14

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S3E6: Form Over Function with John Dougill

S3E6: Form Over Function with John Dougill

Colin Marshall sits down seven stories above Kawaramachi, Kyoto, Japan with John Dougill, professor of British culture a... Read more

24 Jan 2013

53mins

Ranked #15

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Michel de Montaigne's examined life, re-examined

Michel de Montaigne's examined life, re-examined

Colin Marshall talks to Sarah Bakewell, author of biographies on Jorgen Jorgenson, Margaret Caroline Rudd, and, most rec... Read more

19 May 2011

49mins

Ranked #16

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S3E14: New York, Tokyo, and Back Again with Roland Kelts

S3E14: New York, Tokyo, and Back Again with Roland Kelts

Colin Marshall sits down in Echo Park, Los Angeles with Roland Kelts, lecturer at the University of Tokyo, co-editor of ... Read more

6 Mar 2013

1hr 6mins

Ranked #17

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S2E1: Affinity for the Dead with Nate DiMeo

S2E1: Affinity for the Dead with Nate DiMeo

Colin Marshall sits down at the West Hollywood Library with Nate DiMeo, public radio producer and creator of the podcast... Read more

7 Aug 2012

1hr 6mins

Ranked #18

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Failures, fiascos, and secret successes: A.V. Club critic Nathan Rabin

Failures, fiascos, and secret successes: A.V. Club critic Nathan Rabin

Colin Marshall talks to Nathan Rabin, head writer at The A.V. Club, the cultural magazine published by The Onion. There,... Read more

12 Dec 2010

59mins

Ranked #19

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S2E2: The Crushing Burden of History with Frances Anderton

S2E2: The Crushing Burden of History with Frances Anderton

Colin Marshall sits down in Ocean Park with Frances Anderton, host of KCRW's Design and Architecture and Dwell magazine'... Read more

11 Aug 2012

1hr 1min

Ranked #20

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S3E12: Freaks and Outcasts with Kevin Smokler

S3E12: Freaks and Outcasts with Kevin Smokler

Colin Marshall sits down in Westwood, Los Angeles with Kevin Smokler, author of Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread... Read more

21 Feb 2013

1hr 1min

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