Episode 359: Paul Tough
b"Paul Tough is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cThe nice thing about a book as opposed to a magazine article is that it\\u2019s less formulaic. As a writer, it gives you more freedom \\u2014 you\\u2019re trying to create an emotional mood where ideas have a place to sit in a person\\u2019s brain. And when people are moved by a book, it\\u2019s not by being told, \\u2018Here\\u2019s the problem, here\\u2019s the answer, now go do it.\\u2019 It\\u2019s by having your vision of the world slightly changed.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\\n\\n\\n[03:25] The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \\u2022 2019)\\n\\n\\n[04:00] \\u201cTerminal Delinquents\\u201d(Esquire \\u2022 1990)\\n\\n\\n[04:50] Tough\\u2019s Harper\\u2019s archive\\n\\n\\n[05:50] 2600: The Hacker Quarterly\\n\\n\\n[09:00] Longform Podcast #104: Lewis Lapham\\n\\n\\n[10:30] \\u201cThe Alchemy of OxyContin\\u201d (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 2001)\\n\\n\\n[11:40] Tough\\u2019s New York Times Magazine archive\\n\\n\\n[16:15] \\u201cThe Harlem Project\\u201d (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 2004)\\n\\n\\n[16:20] Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada\\u2019s Quest to Change Harlem and America (Mariner Books \\u2022 2009)\\n\\n\\n[17:15] Open Letters\\n\\n\\n[26:00] Longform Podcast #347: Michael Pollan\\n\\n\\n[45:20] Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \\u2022 2016)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"