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Sean Fennessy is the editor-in-chief of The Ringer and a former Grantland editor. He hosts The Big Picture.\n\n "What I try to do is listen to people as much as I can. And try to be compassionate. I think it\u2019s really hard to be on the internet. This is an internet company, in a lot of ways. We have a documentary coming out that\u2019s going to be on linear television that\u2019s really exciting. Maybe we\u2019ll have more of those. But for the moment, podcast, writing, video: it\u2019s internet. [The internet] is an unmediated space of angst and meanness and a willingness to tell people when they\u2019re bad, even when they\u2019ve worked hard on something. That\u2019s like the number one anxiety that I feel like we\u2019re dealing with on a day-to-day basis with everybody, myself included."\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Mubi, and "Dear Franklin Jones" for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@SeanFennessey\nFennessey on Longform\n[01:45] On Air Fest 2018\n[02:20] The Big Picture\n[02:40] Fennessey\u2019s Archive at The Ringer\n[03:10] The Bill Simmons Podcast\n[03:45] Longform Podcast #62: Malcolm Gladwell, Longform Podcast #204: Malcolm Gladwell\n[05:50] Longform Podcast #196: John Favreau\n[10:15] "An Oral History of Michael Bay, the Most Explosive Director of All Time" (GQ \u2022 June 2011)\n[12:05] Fennessey\u2019s Archive at Pitchfork\n[13:50] Chauncey Billups\n[14:30] "Don't Front on Kanye" (Complex Magazine \u2022 Aug 2005)\n[14:30] "The Business of Carmelo Anthony: How Baltimore's Finest Plans to Take Over the World" (Complex Magazine \u2022 June 2005)\n[17:40] Longform Podcast #66: Andy Ward\n[23:00] Longform Podcast #268: Jim Nelson\n[23:55] Longform Podcast #257: Jay Caspian Kang\n[26:50] "Derek Jeter\u2019s Diary" (Mark Lisanti \u2022 Grantland)\n[27:50] Longform Podcast #44: Jonathan Abrams\n[37:00] "How LeBron Can Finish His Fairy Tale Better Than MJ" (Bill Simmons \u2022 The Ringer \u2022 Feb 2018)\n[40:45] "Yance Ford Made \u2018Strong Island\u2019 to Face Down the Past" (The Big Picture \u2022 Feb 2018)\n[41:10] "Greta Gerwig on \u2018Lady Bird,\u2019 One of the Year\u2019s Best Movies" (The Big Picture \u2022 Nov 2017)\n[47:42] Longform Podcast #183: Jia Tolentino\n[48:00] "Calm, Well-Adjusted Nation\u2019s Reading Comprehension Hits 100 Percent" (Rob Harvilla \u2022 The Ringer \u2022 Oct 2016)\n[64:00] "If You Want to Have a Staring Contest With the Oscars, You Will Lose: On a Historic Set of Nominations" (The Ringer \u2022 Jan 2018)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices