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Jun 2022
1h 16m

Pitchfork: Ryan Schreiber

Guy Raz | Wondery
About this episode
While working at his local record store at age 20, Ryan Schreiber dreamt that his scrappy music review webpage might one day grow into an influential music publication. Working out of his parents’ house, he wrote about indie music because he loved it, and recruited like-minded friends to do the same. In 2000, a rhapsodic review of Radiohead’s “Kid A” got hug ... Show More
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