seven chapters. saturday. didn't leave the apartment. the editing in chapter three is the best in audio journalism. i've taken it apart frame by frame.

alex blumberg spent an hour explaining 2008 through the people inside it. two interviews in the second act carry the whole thing. i've used this in pitches to explain what good audio looks like.

Slow Show is four minutes of a man thinking about his life while standing at a party. i produce podcasts for a living and i still can't explain what the arrangement is doing in the third minute.

he reads it himself and sounds like he's been meaning to say this for years. i grew up in new jersey. the book does not make moving to the upper east side feel like an upgrade.