Navigating Writing Challenges and Media Industry Struggles

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Exploration of the writer's concerns about creativity and avoiding lazy writing, adopting a new approach to column writing. Discussion on the podcast's influence on intellectual curiosity, reading habits, and engaging with nonfiction authors. Delving into the challenges of the media industry, including funding difficulties for startups and the pressure of producing consistent content amidst economic trends.

Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a co-host of Time to Say Goodbye.

“At some point, you have to kick it out the door, and it’s never finished to the degree that you would finish a magazine piece. But it, in some ways, is more interesting because it is produced in a short amount of time, and it’s read as something that is not supposed to be complete. It’s just meant to provoke or to provide thought or whatever, to provide some sort of context on a certain issue or not. And I actually like that a lot better than the magazine writing. I respect the magazine writers—obviously, I was one—but for my disposition now, in my lifestyle, I actually enjoy having to produce this thing every week.”

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