Episode 198: Frank Rich

Published: June 22, 2016, 7:33 p.m.

b'Frank Rich, a former culture and political columnist for The New York Times, writes for New York\\xa0and is the executive producer of Veep.\\n\\n \\u201cAll audiences bite back. If you have an opinion\\u2014forget about whether it\\u2019s theater or politics. If it\\u2019s about sports, fashion, or food\\u2014it doesn\\u2019t really matter. Readers are gonna bite back. And they should, you know? Everyone\\u2019s entitled. Everyone\\u2019s a critic. Everyone should have an opinion. You\\u2019re not laying down the law, and people should debate it.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp and Casper for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n@frankrichny\\nRich on Longform\\n[2:00] Hot Seat: Theater Criticism for The New York Times, 1980-1993 (Random House \\u2022 1998)\\n[13:30] "The Gay Decades" (Esquire \\u2022 Nov 1987) [sub req\'d]\\n[15:45] Rich\\u2019s Archive at The New York Times\\n[17:30] Rich\\u2019s Archive at The Harvard Crimson\\n[18:15] Beacon School Newspaper\\n[21:45] "What the Donald Shares With the Ronald" (New York \\u2022 Jun 2016)\\n[21:30] "No Matter What Trump Says or Does the GOP Will Never Abandon Him" (New York \\u2022 Jun 2016)\\n[24:00] The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush\\u2019s America (Penguin Press \\u2022 2006)\\n[27:30] Barack Obama at the 2008 DNC (YouTube)\\n[32:45] "Donald Trump Is Saving Our Democracy" (New York \\u2022 Sep 2015)\\n[34:15] "Dewey defeats Truman" (Tim Jones \\u2022 Chicago Tribune \\u2022 2016)\\n[37:00] Veep\\n[42:00] Nathaniel Rich on the Longform Podcast\\n[42:30] Spoiled Brats: Stories (Simon Rich \\u2022 Little, Brown, and Company \\u2022 2014)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'