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Amara Nwosu on the politics of attention
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Two-hour conversations with the people behind the things you've been thinking about. Hosted by Jaime Ruiz. New episodes every Tuesday.
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Dr. Anya Sörensen on the emptying north
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Play episode →ABOUT THE HOST
Jaime Ruiz.
I'm a former investigative reporter who got tired of twenty-minute interviews cut to ninety seconds. I started The Long Static because I wanted to know what people actually think — after the stock answers, after the small talk, somewhere around the ninety-minute mark when the real sentence finally comes out.
I record one episode a week. I edit nothing I wouldn't be comfortable listening to as a guest. No ads for mattresses.
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A few people who've come on.
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Ibrahim Coulibaly · novelist
Senator Eloise Park · former senator
Chef Noah Bernstein · 3-star chef
Dr. Tom Ayers · oncologist
Yuki Tanaka · composer
Gen. Morris Hale · ret. 4-star
Mira Jovanović · philosopher
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