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brin-jonathan butler
@brinjonathanbutler.bsky.social
Author of 3 books, lots of essays (Harpers, Esquire, Paris Review, Playboy), some reviews and criticism for Bloomberg Mag. Repped by CAA. https://nyti.ms/2hM8Enc
Spoke with Michael Lewis about Who Is Government, the Big Beautiful Bill, Doge, Luigi Mangione, and more uplifting and cheerful topics animating our blissful republic:

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August 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Stanley Kubrick called 1988’s The Vanishing the most terrifying film he had ever seen. Had a conversation with Jim Shepard about his amazing Believer piece exploring why that is:

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June 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This week I spoke to Cian O’Clery, director and show-runner for Love on the Spectrum. While it’s marketed as reality TV it’s absent competition, riches, a recording deal, cringe zero sum battle. The stakes feel far higher somehow…

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April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Spoke with @davidgessner.bsky.social about his new book on the world’s most famous owl, Flaco. The Book Of Flaco tells his story. It’s awfully good:

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April 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Had a conversation with historian and William Randolph Hearst biographer David Nasaw about President Trump’s longstanding favorite film: Citizen Kane (which he argues is more autobiography of Orson Welles than biography of Hearst):

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March 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Spoke with Ada Ferrer about her wonderful Pulitzer-winning book Cuba: An American History.

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January 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This week I spoke with A.L. Kennedy about her remarkable book On Bullfighting, which was just rereleased on audiobook. The book covers so much fantastic history of Spain, Lorca, duende, and explores writing itself on such a vital level:

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November 20, 2024 at 9:45 PM