Episode 93: Michael Paterniti

Published: May 21, 2014, 4:58 p.m.

b'Michael Paterniti, a correspondent for GQ, has also written for Esquire, Rolling Stone and Outside. His latest book is The Telling Room.\\n\\n"I want to see it, whatever it is. If it\'s war, if it\'s suffering, if it\'s complete, unbridled elation, I just want to see what that looks like\\u2014I want to smell it, I want to taste it, I want to think about it, I want to be caught up in it."\\n\\nThanks to this week\'s sponsors: TinyLetter and Hari Kunzru\'sTwice Upon a Time, the new title from and Atavist Books.\\n\\nShow notes:\\n@MikePaterniti\\nPaterniti on Longform\\n[4:30] Driving Mr. Albert (Dial Press \\u2022 Jun 2001)\\n[5:00] The Telling Room (Dial Press \\u2022 Jul 2013)\\n[9:30] "He Might Be A Prophet. That, Or the Greatest Chef in the World." (Esquire \\u2022 Jul 2001)\\n[13:00] "XXXXL" (GQ \\u2022 Mar 2005)\\n[42:45] "The Man Who Sailed His House" (GQ \\u2022 Oct 2011)\\n[46:00] Paterniti\'s Outside archive\\n[47:30] "Driving Mr. Albert" (Harper\'s \\u2022 Oct 1997) [sub. req\'d]\\n[48:15] "The 15 Year Layover" (GQ \\u2022 Sep 2003)\\n[48:15] "The Suicide Catcher" (GQ \\u2022 May 2010)\\n[50:00] "How to Drake It In America" (GQ \\u2022 Jun 2013)\\n[50:00] "On the Cover: Javier Bardem" (GQ \\u2022 Oct 2012)\\n[50:45] "The Luckiest Village in the World" (GQ \\u2022 May 2013)\\n[51:15] "The House That Thurman Munson Built" (Esquire \\u2022 Sep 1999)\\n[56:00] "The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy" (Esquire \\u2022 Jul 2000)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'