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\\u201cI didn't want to brag but I did want to impress on you that I'm probably the biggest bitch you've ever encountered!\\u201d

Who else but Hrag Vartanian could help us to break through another boundary? Our guest for this episode of TOB is our first self-identified, \\u2018biggest bitch\\u2019 you\\u2019ve ever encountered\\u2019 man. We spent nearly two thought-provoking, hilarity-inducing and adoration-filled hours with the 45-year old Hrag. His identities are multitudinous, ranging from writer, curator, critic, artist, culture vulture, Syrian-Armenian-Canadian and \\u2013 highly treasured \\u2013 New Yorker. His accomplishments are also numerous, as the co-creator (with his husband) and editor \\u2013in-chief of Hyperallergic, the heralded on-line forum for arts, culture and politics that now reaches more than a million readers. Hrag\\u2019s insights into conquering FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), friendship (with TOB guest and artist Sharon Louden), intersectional feminism and art\\u2019s discontents kept us riveted. And his reflection that \\u201cwe all become our own mentors eventually\\u201d left us comforted. So have a listen, laugh along and become a Hyperallergic subscriber. You\\u2019ll be so glad you did!