W. David Marx — The Culture of Fashion in JapanW. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/20356568
Sam Anderson (Part 2)Sam Anderson is back, 10 months later, discussing his 2020 pandemic writing life. We cover his Weird Al essay, his NBA bubble excursion, how closely observing something makes for a wonderful writing exercise, and! we reveal our extremely obvious One Wild Trick to getting everything done in life./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/17878034
Sam Anderson (Part 1/2)Sam Anderson is a New York Times Magazine staff writer and the author of Boom Town, a book about the "great minor city of America" — Oklahoma City. This is part one of a two part interview. We recorded this conversation in March, 2020, just as the first lockdown of the pandemic had gone into effect./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/17801543
Gray318 (Jon Gray)An extended interview with Jon Gray, aka Gray318, the award winning, London based, book designer. Gray318 has designed covers for William Gibson, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, David Foster Wallace, Robin Sloan, and perhaps most famously, for Jonathan Safran Foer./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/10438442
Jessica Hische, Tomorrow I'll Be BraveIn this episode we're talking with designer and letterer, Jessica Hische, author of the New York Times best-selling children's book: Tomorrow I'll Be Brave. /episode/index/show/onmargins/id/8938643
Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the designing and writing of Small FryAn interview with Lisa Brennan-Jobs, author of the best selling memior, Small Fry. Lisa and Craig Mod discuss the design, production, and writing of this fascinating book about family, identity, and growing up in Palo Alto as the daughter of Steve Jobs./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/8377679
A walk in the woods with Craig Mod discussing his book Koya BoundCraig Mod has been walking the historical mountains and paths of Japan for the last five years. In April of 2018 he went on a solo Kumano Kodo walk and made this recording discussing the economics and production of his 2016 book, Koya Bound: Eight days on the Kumano Kodo. The book was made in collaboration with Dan Rubin and was sponsored by Leica Cameras. /episode/index/show/onmargins/id/6669925
Jason Kottke and Twenty Years of kottke.orgKottke.org is a website. It is not an app. It is not a product. It is simply a static website, updated daily, running some rickety old blogging software. /episode/index/show/onmargins/id/6537551
Elena Favilli, the making of Goodnight Stories for Rebel GirlsCo-founder of Timbuktu Labs, Elena Favilli, delves into how the company went from an award winning but ultimately unprofitable children's magazine app company, to an international bestselling publisher of physical books around the world. /episode/index/show/onmargins/id/6454613
Kevin Kelly, Photographing and Backpacking Asia in the 1970sTechnologist, futurist, author, and photographer Kevin Kelly discusses traveling during the golden age of global exploration. /episode/index/show/onmargins/id/5848608
Frank ChimeroDesigner and author Frank Chimero discusses the process behind his book, "The Shape of Design." We also dig into the normalization of paying creative people to make things via crowdfunding or patronage platforms, and why there's never been a better time to make books./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/5538345
Jan ChipchaseResearcher, ethnographer, and author Jan Chipchase has a new book — "The Field Study Handbook." We discuss how he came to produce this 500+ page magnum opus — a distillation of his life's work — and why he is self publishing./episode/index/show/onmargins/id/5352410
