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Sep 2018
1h 10m

Derek Thompson: The Genius of Shakespear...

David Perell
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Listen Here: iTunes | Overcast Keep Up with the North Star Podcast by Subscribing to My Monday Musings Newsletter My guest today is Derek Thompson, a Senior Editor at The Atlantic who writes about media, culture and economics in America today.  I first discovered Derek’s writing while researching the state of Hollywood for an essay I was working on last ye ... Show More
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