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Graydon Carter on ‘Vanity Fair,’ ‘Spy,’ and the Glorious Excess of the Magazine Era
Manage episode 472993866 series 1512041
Bryan kicks off the week with a conversation with Graydon Carter, who comes on to discuss ‘Spy Magazine’ going to ‘Vanity Fair’ and more. They discuss the following:
- The idea behind 'Spy Magazine' (2:46)
- Who took the stories the hardest from 'Spy' (9:57)
- His perception of Donald Trump (10:36)
- If Spy could have worked in the early 2000s (13:20)
- Being offered a choice between 'Vanity Fair' and 'The New Yorker' (14:19)
- How writers were treated like stars (23:26)
- How 'Vanity Fair' was able to land the”deep throat” story, the source behind the Watergate scandal (29:10)
- Creating the Vanity Fair Oscar Party (38:00)
- Why he left 'Vanity Fair' in 2017 (40:50)
- What we lost from the magazine era (43:33)
Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Graydon Carter
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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1147 episodes
Manage episode 472993866 series 1512041
Bryan kicks off the week with a conversation with Graydon Carter, who comes on to discuss ‘Spy Magazine’ going to ‘Vanity Fair’ and more. They discuss the following:
- The idea behind 'Spy Magazine' (2:46)
- Who took the stories the hardest from 'Spy' (9:57)
- His perception of Donald Trump (10:36)
- If Spy could have worked in the early 2000s (13:20)
- Being offered a choice between 'Vanity Fair' and 'The New Yorker' (14:19)
- How writers were treated like stars (23:26)
- How 'Vanity Fair' was able to land the”deep throat” story, the source behind the Watergate scandal (29:10)
- Creating the Vanity Fair Oscar Party (38:00)
- Why he left 'Vanity Fair' in 2017 (40:50)
- What we lost from the magazine era (43:33)
Host: Bryan Curtis
Guest: Graydon Carter
Producer: Brian H. Waters
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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