Everyone Is Using It
Aug 27, 202521mEp. 3S5
Superstar writers Meghan O’Rourke and Thomas Beller on the allure AI, virtual love, and the power of language.
Hosted by Yaddo · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 64 episodes
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Read. Listen. Tinker. Walk a mile in another's narrative, with artists as your guide. Broadcasting hope, resistance, humor and curiosity — Shadow // Yaddo is a new podcast hosted by Elaina Richardson.
Yaddo hosts Shadow // Yaddo, a arts show with 64 episodes published.
Superstar writers Meghan O’Rourke and Thomas Beller on the allure AI, virtual love, and the power of language.
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Ron Baron on limitless exploration, the history of the urn, hands as tools, and embracing brokenness. PLUS: Preview Laurie Anderson's Amelia.
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Every art form has its own language, a puzzle to unlock. One of the great joys of life is having a conversation with an artist who can decipher the code for us and allow us to see paintings anew. For this episode, we vis
Archival audio, a love story, new tech, and more! Hear some of the first sounds ever recorded: The New York Public Library (NYPL) digitized rare wax cylinders from Yaddo’s archive and made them available for the first ti
Shadow Yaddo hosted by Elaina Richardson is out now! Tres—Ilana Boltvinik and Rodrigo Viñas—is an art research collective based in Mexico City. They explore the implications of garbage on critical ecosystems, relying upo
John Kelly
Retired Marine Corp General and former Chief of Staff · Massachusetts General Hospital
1 appearance on this show
Rebecca Makkai
Author of I Have Some Questions for You
1 appearance on this show
Brad Gooch
biographer
1 appearance on this show
Suzanne Vega
1 appearance on this show
David Gates
guitarist, vocalist, pedal steel player, author
2 appearances on this show
Vauhini Vara
award-winning journalist, author of Searches, Pulitzer Prize nominee
1 appearance on this show
Rhiannon Giddens
1 appearance on this show
Beck
illustrator and graphic designer · Dynasty Dugout
1 appearance on this show
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