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Asymptote is a global journal dedicated to literary translation, created by a team of writers and translators from over 25 different countries. In our new podcast, we explore the most fascinating, eclectic and unsung stories in international literature. Each episode travels far and wide to bring you interviews, readings and mini-documentaries from all over the literary world.
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The third Asymptote Podcast episode for 2024 explores a chapter in the life of Vladimir Nabokov during his time in the United States (where he became a citizen in 1945). With his spouse, Vera, and son, Dimitri, he travelled across the America West at the dawn of the mid-nineteenth century. It’s estimated that Nabokov chalked […]…
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In the second podcast episode centering on contributors to Asymptote’s landmark 50th issue, Danish-Norwegian author Kristin Vego joins Podcast Editor Vincent Hostak in conversation. Her story, “All Things Lovely,” as translated by Jennifer Russell, represents her debut in the English language. Vego’s story also arrives at a moment when Norwegian li…
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Esteemed translator David Unger joins our new Podcast Editor Vincent Hostak for a conversation with readings of the poetry of Jaime Barrios Carillo. Born in Guatemala City in 1954 and living in Stockholm since 1981, Carrillo is known principally as a writer and columnist. His Two Poems from the Spanish Language volume Ángeles sin dios (Angels Witho…
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It’s Steve Lehman’s final episode as our podcast editor, and we’re going out with a bang: a timely interview with the Ethiopian writer and translator Bethlehem Attfield. In this episode, Bethlehem talks with Steve about co-translating Mulugeta Alebachew’s short story “Heaven Without Prickly Pears” for our Summer 2021 issue. She also discusses the l…
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Asymptote Podcast: In Conversation with Kári Tulinius
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Summer has arrived (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), and today we’re heading to Iceland! In this episode, Icelandic writer Kári Tulinius chats with podcast editor Steve Lehman about growing up in Iceland, the advantages of a tight-knit literary community, and how writing poetry is part of what it means to be human. Then, Kári reads one of his p…
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Asymptote Podcast: In Conversation with Padma Viswanathan
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Today on the show, the award-winning author and translator Padma Viswanathan joins podcast editor Steve Lehman to talk about her love for Brazilian literature, the connection between writing and translating, and how translation helps her form an even closer relationship to Portuguese. Afterwards, stick around to hear an excerpt from the short story…
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Asymptote Podcast: An interview with Anton Hur followed by a reading by Yilin Wang
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Join podcast editor Steve Lehman for a conversation with current contributor Anton Hur on his journey as a literary translator and his “Fictional Notes toward an Essay on Translation” that was published under the aegis of our “Brave New World Literature Feature” spotlighting the unique relationship between authors and their translators. Stay until …
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Asymptote Podcast: Hiromi Itō on “Living Trees and Dying Trees”
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In this episode, podcast editor Steve Lehman chats with acclaimed poet, essayist, and novelist Hiromi Itō about her development as a feminist writer, the importance of the environment in her life, and the moving experience of reading her own work translated into another language. Plus, hear an excerpt from Itō’s essay “Living Trees and Dying […]…
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Asymptote Podcast: Michele Hutchison on Curating Our Dutch Literature Special Feature
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In tandem with the release of our milestone 40th issue, new podcast host Steve Lehman speaks with the Booker International Prize-winning translator Michele Hutchison about her work on Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening, curating this issue’s Special Feature on Dutch literature, and more. Plus, a poetry reading by contributor Mustaf…
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Asymptote Podcast: That Which is Found and Gained through Translation
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Podcast Editor Layla Benitez-James reports back from the Unamuno Poetry Festival in Madrid with an excerpt from a panel she moderated, titled “TransAtlantic: Translation as Bridge and Compulsion.” She also explores the dynamic lecture on translation given by Jorge Vessel, poet and translator of Desperate Literature: A Bilingual Anthology—a book hig…
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Check out our new startup, Chartable, at chartable.com Subscribe to Chartable Radio to hear our new show about the podcast industry.By Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Friday June 1: How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) — Invisible Asymptotes — 4 Thoughts about Better MVPs
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How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) — Invisible Asymptotes — 4 Thoughts about Better MVPsBy Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Friday May 25th—Suhail Doshi & CEO Advice, Mental Models, Privacy & Tech
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Today we do a reading of Suhail Doshi's CEO advice tweet storm, discuss the concept of mental models and examine the tech industry's perception of privacy issuesBy Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Friday May 18th—John Carmack & Steve Jobs, Getting Catfished by a Candidate
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Today we dive deep into John Carmack's stories about Steve Jobs, and "I Got Catfished by a Candidate"By Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Friday May 11th—Google's AI assistant, stop using ad blockers!, behind the music
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This is Hacker Daily, for Friday, May 11th. Today we're talking about Google's new voice AI making restaurant reservations for you Why you shouldn't use ad-blockers A meta conversation about Hacker Daily Subscription HellBy Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Friday May 4th—Stripe's million-dollar political donation, NPR acquires Pocket Casts, fixing impostor syndrome
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Today we're talking about Stripe's million-dollar political donation NPR acquires pocket casts Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? Twitter wants you to change your password AT&T is blocking Cloudflare's new DNS service And finally, making AI as easy as drag-and-dropBy Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Thursday May 3rd—Amazon threatens to suspend Signal, Facebook's new dating feature, new product launches
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Today we're talking about Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account Facebook announces a dating service and a feature to clear your history Jupyter receives the ACM software system award DigitalOcean has a new kubernetes product In product news, a new native email client from a solo developer, and Google launches a new top-level domain…
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Wednesday 5/2 - Whatsapp founder quits Facebook, the revival of Detroit, and more
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Today we're talking about The co-founder of WhatsApp quits Facebook The revival of Detroit California decides what makes someone a full time employee GET requests and garage doors a new experimental video architecture Travel as a benefit and a new app to declutter your browserBy Dave Zohrob & Harish Agarwal
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Tuesday 5/1 - GDPR kills a startup, stop thinking you're an insomniac, AI winter
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Today we're talking about streetlend.com (http://streetlend.com/) shuts down in response to GDPR Why thinking you're an insomniac is part of the problem Watson, Tesla and another AI winter Stripe launches an easy way to start an LLC And finally, Podswap - a tool to grow your podcast audience, for free…
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Monday 4/30 - Bulldoze the business schools, fake your Insta-life, save the bees, literal gum-shoes
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Today we're talking about Should we bulldoze all business schools? Faking perfection, made easy Intel's 10nm chips are delayed The EU bans pesticides that harm bees France seizes france.com (http://france.com/) Antibiotics can reduce infant deaths in Africa And in product launches, A new shoe made out of recycled chewing gum And a new version of Ne…
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Non! La mort ne nous aura pas... Aujourd'hui, c'est l'annonce de la première Asymptote Records Party @ Nantes Comedy Club le 16 janvier les copains! Cette maxi-boum réunira tous les membres d'Asymptote au complet! Et avec le big smile bien sur!http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/event.php?eid=256319181344&ref=mfDri ouvre le balle avec un un ptit…
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Faute d'avoir un ordinateur potable, Thom Thom a décidé de laisser la main à celui d'entre nous qui travail le plus: Stëfal's! Après plusieurs passages au Café Cube du Hangar à Bananes de Nantes pour la Student Spectrum, c'est au Comedy Club qu'il posera ses fesses pour déverser un tsunami de décibels turbulent! Le 21 novembre bande de moutons! En …
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On a bien cru que ce site allait crever, vu le peu d'activité de notre part ces derniers jours... Mais c'était bien entendu un silence radio prémédité! De ces 10 jours de pseudo vacances est né l'émission officielle d'Asymptote Records sur iTunes. Abonnez-vous dès maintenant dans l'iTunes Store! Alors, si vous suivez le raisonnement, vous comprendr…
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