

Congratulations, You’re a Failure! Stephen Marche on Enduring the Life of a Writer
Mar 20, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
On Writing and Failure
03:25 • 3min
Is There a Difference Between Success and Failure?
06:04 • 2min
Making Meaning
07:47 • 2min
The Transition From Patronage to Professionality in the 18th Century
09:49 • 2min
Samuel Johnson - Is That a Backhanded Compliment?
11:53 • 2min
What's the Hardest Story of Your Life?
13:57 • 3min
Is That Your Career?
16:46 • 3min
Podcast Series - How to Interview People for Audio?
19:44 • 2min
Terry Gross - I'm Like, I Want to Sing Like Pomerati
21:16 • 2min
Is Audio the Best Medium for Podcasts?
22:46 • 3min
Can You Just Pull Out a Clip of Barry Weiss?
25:35 • 3min
Writing for the Phone
29:04 • 2min
Do You Have a Sub Stack?
30:35 • 2min
Sub Stacks
32:38 • 4min
What Happened to Magazine Writing?
36:52 • 2min
Writing for the Phone
39:03 • 2min
The Suicide Number Was Just Poets
41:01 • 2min
How to Stay Sane When You're a Writer
42:40 • 2min
Is Mental Illness Helping With Creative Writing?
45:08 • 2min
David Foster Wallace - Is He a Celebrity?
47:09 • 2min
David Foster Wallace Essay on the iPhone
48:41 • 2min
The Real J.T. Leroy
50:31 • 2min
Is There a Culture War?
52:14 • 5min
Is Every Live View From the Inside a Series of Destroys?
56:58 • 3min
You Write at This Moment, I Have No Idea if I'm Successful or Not
01:00:00 • 2min
What's the Biggest Failure in Your Life?
01:02:00 • 2min
Is There a Door You Keep Hurling Yourself Against?
01:03:52 • 2min
Are You Not Your American?
01:05:53 • 2min
I Didn't Get a Job at an Advertising Agency in Lincoln, Nebraska.
01:07:25 • 2min
The Next Civil War by Steven Marsh
01:09:11 • 3min