Author: John Updike
Condition of Mr. Segundo: Defending himself against obnoxious talk show hosts and ready to move on.
Subjects Discussed: Epigraphs, faith and disbelief, starting Terrorist with a Catholic priest, first person vs. third person, on writing upon Americana, post-9/11 symbolism, humanism vs. pessimism, blow jobs, Christopher Hitchens, the state of the September 11 novel, Norman Mailer, Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat, applying “On Not Being a Dove” to Iraq, airport X-ray machines, external sexual imagery vs. internal emotion in prose, why Updike concentrates on explicit anatomical detail, Goths, language, challenging Updike on the BEA speech and the Internet.
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Great Interview. Congratulations on your YAHOO pick of the week award!!!!! That is definitely cool as hell. And congratulations on reaching podcast #50. You have great production values. I hereby deem the Bat Segundo COOL AS HELL!!!
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The last 20 minutes :[