Week of May 16, 2022
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About me: I am a documentary film editor. You can learn more about me and my work at ericmaierson.com. Occasionally, I link to my own work, like this piece for The New Yorker about the environmental effects of the border wall.
Hope you’ll stick around.
Kirby Ferguson (Everything Is a Remix) is heading in to semi-retirement. His 2020 opus This is Not a Conspiracy Theory will now be available for free, one installment every two weeks. Catch the first episode here.
Seth Godin on The Beatles’ creativity.
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were announced last week.
IBM’s Asshole Test.
Music: After years as a staple of the company, Apple is discontinuing the iPod. Plus, The Untold Story of the White House’s Weirdly Hip Record Collection.