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Kim Hastreiter

Kim Hastreiter—co-founder and longtime editor of Paper magazine—joins to reflect on a life at the center of downtown New York’s art, fashion, and nightlife, from scrappy newsprint beginnings to the cover that “broke the internet.” She also discusses her memoir, Stuff: A New York ... Show More

1h 17m

Feb 23

C. Thi Nguyen

C. Thi Nguyen—philosopher, professor, and author of Games: Agency as Art—joins to discuss his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, and how metrics, from grades to likes, quietly reshape what we value and who we become. Together, they explore games as “li ... Show More

1h 11m

Feb 16

Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alegría Hudes is a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, composer, and novelist whose work has reshaped contemporary American theater. The co-creator of In the Heights and author of Water by the Spoonful, she has consistently explored identity, family, and belonging across th ... Show More

1h 1m

Dec 2023

Rick Rubin | Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Exploring Rick Rubin's production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights of American music over the past few decades. The record producer joins Debbie Millman to talk about his legendary career making classic songs with the best musicians in the world, f ... Show More

1h 1m

Mar 2023

Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin’s music education and evolution, from 1. Falling in love with the Beatles’ Rock and Roll Music at three or four years old and chasing that feeling of transcendence the rest of his life → 2. Growing up in “uncool” Long Island and liking all genres without caring what an ... Show More

37m 11s

Nov 2022

Rick Rubin, music producer

Rick Rubin is a multiple Grammy-winning record producer who has worked with a wide range of artists including Adele, the Beastie Boys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He also reinvigorated the career of Johnny Cash in the 1990s, with a series of acclaimed stripped-back albums, intr ... Show More

36m 40s

Mar 2023

Rick Rubin on The Creative Act Part One

<p>In the first of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with Rick Rubin about his new book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-creative-act-a-way-of-being?_pos=10&_sid=9ff57e64b&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Creative Act: A Way of Bei ... Show More

56m 51s

Mar 2023

Rick Rubin on The Creative Act Part Two

<p>In the second of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with Rick Rubin about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/CFrv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Creative Act: A Way of Being</a>, respecting everyone’s unique approach to the creative process during collaborati ... Show More

50m 23s

Jul 2020

Questlove Supreme: Rick Rubin

<p>He has coined himself the great "Reducer". However, his imprint on hip hop can not be reduced. Rick Rubin established one of the greatest record labels of all time, which we know as Def Jam and has been going ever since. His sound has been requested by the greats of our time. ... Show More

2h 24m

Jan 2021

Nas In Conversation with Rick Rubin

Nas dropped one of the most universally loved rap albums of all time in 1994 with Illmatic. Few legends in Hip Hop have been able to maintain their relevance over several decades based on their skill alone. Nas has never chased headlines or crossover success. He’s always seemed f ... Show More

50m 21s

May 2023

The Creative Conductor (Feat. Rick Rubin)

There’s a reason that RICK RUBIN has earned a reputation as one of music’s most talented, savvy and trusted producers over the last four decades: He’s thoughtful, insightful, inquisitive and self-assured. That much is clear throughout his wide-ranging conversation with Point Forw ... Show More

1h 35m

Sep 2021

Imagine Dragons and Rick Rubin

Zane talks with Dan of Imagine Dragons and Rick Rubin about how this new album came together, the dynamic of working with Rick, and more.

35m 28s

Mar 2023

Geoff Harkness, "DVS Mindz: The Twenty-Year Saga of the Greatest Rap Group to Almost Make It Outta Kansas" (Columbia UP, 2023)

99.9% of aspiring rappers never make it in the music industry. So why do we only hear the stories of the ones who do? DVS Mindz might be the greatest rap group you've never heard of. Formed in Topeka, Kansas, in the mid-1990s, they developed a reputation for ferocious rhyming and ... Show More

49m 10s