#280 - Evan Puschak on ESCAPE INTO MEANING

Books on Pod with Trey Elling

English - September 06, 2022 19:34 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Evan Puschak, the guy responsible for the wildly popular The Nerdwriter channel on YouTube, chats with Trey Elling about ESCAPE INTO MEANING: ESSAYS ON SUPERMAN, PUBLIC BENCHES, AND OTHER OBSESSIONS. Topics include:

Coming into his own as a writer (1:46)
Lessons learned from Emerson (6:35)
Articulating like Jerry Seinfeld (10:03)
The brilliance of standup comedy (12:43)
Facebook's true customers (15:37)
The greatness of public benches (23:38)
Why Venice, Italy is Evan's favorite place to sit (28:11)
Probing Superman's psyche (30:34)
The perfect Superman movie (35:13)
Identity with respect to friendship (38:23)