Eric M. Johnson's guest appearances

Eric M. Johnson

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series

Drinks with Tony

Shaun Scott

Annalee Newitz

ChrisTiana ObeySumner

Nikkita Oliver

Darnell L. Moore

Annabelle Gurwitch

LaNesha DeBardelaben

Ijeoma Oluo

Steve Scher

Keith Rosson

Marcus Harrison

Ross Reynolds

Eli Sanders

Daphne Gottlieb

Ian Manuel

OwlTail

Evan Osnos

We are all connected. We are all far apart. This is our American reality as we all become more and more polarized. Inequities of wealth, class, and culture are pulling us further away as we struggle to define what America is, was, and should be. In Wildland, Evan Osnos focuses on three places he’s lived in the United States: Greenwich, Connecticut, where Wall Street tycoons gut the heartland’s economy for their own profit; Clarksburg, West Virginia, where opioid abuse is rampant and white identity politics take center stage; and Chicago, Illinois, where violence and poverty run deep. Bookended by the attacks of September 11, 2001, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Osnos examines the seismic changes in American politics and culture by focusing on the lives of everyday Americans in three cities across two decades. Much has changed. Much has stayed the same. This is our American reality. Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a CNN contributor, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His first book, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Eric M. Johnson is an American journalist, author, and outdoorsman. His current journalistic focus is aerospace – from Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis to Elon Musk’s SpaceX – and he has covered former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, breaking national news, and transportation since joining Reuters in 2011 in Chicago. He has also been a staff reporter for Sun-Times Media Group and covered sports for the Observer, in London. Buy the Book: Wildland: The Making of America's Fury (Hardcover) Third Place Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation online click here.

We are all connected. We are all far apart. This is our American reality as we all become more and more polarized. Inequities of wealth, class, and culture are pulling us further away as we struggle to define what America is, was, and should be. In Wildland, Evan Osnos focuses on three places he’s lived in the United States: Greenwich, Connecticut, where Wall Street tycoons gut the heartland’s economy for their own profit; Clarksburg, West Virginia, where opioid abuse is rampant and white identity politics take center stage; and Chicago, Illinois, where violence and poverty run deep. Bookended by the attacks of September 11, 2001, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Osnos examines the seismic changes in American politics and culture by focusing on the lives of everyday Americans in three cities across two decades. Much has changed. Much has stayed the same. This is our American reality. Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a CNN contributor, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His first book, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Eric M. Johnson is an American journalist, author, and outdoorsman. His current journalistic focus is aerospace – from Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis to Elon Musk’s SpaceX – and he has covered former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, breaking national news, and transportation since joining Reuters in 2011 in Chicago. He has also been a staff reporter for Sun-Times Media Group and covered sports for the Observer, in London. Buy the Book: <a href="https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780374286675" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wildland: The Making of America's Fury (Hardcover)</a> Third Place Books Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a>. To become a member or make a donation online <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.

257. Evan Osnos and Eric M. Johnson: American Fury, from 9/11 to 1/6

Thomas McGuane

One thing that seems to be true in all generations of American life is that it can be challenging to summon the courage to follow your dreams in a material world.  In this conversation with writers Eric M. Johnson and Thomas McGuane, they considered this difficulty paralleled with their own work and lives. Through the lens of Johnson’s debut novel—a story of a young man who must decide what he stands for in the midst of Wall Street greed and family civil war—and McGuane’s fiction and life, they shared their struggles and triumphs on the path to following their own dreams. With short readings from their respective works, they touched on writing, life, and fly fishing. Don’t miss this riveting discussion from two consummate American writers. Thomas McGuane is an American writer. He began contributing fiction to The New Yorker in 1994. He has written ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated Ninety-Two in the Shade, as well as six nonfiction essay collections and two short-story collections. His work has been anthologized in the “Best American Stories,” “Best American Essays,” and “Best American Sporting Essays.” His most recent book is Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories. Eric M. Johnson is an American journalist, author, and outdoorsman. His current journalistic focus is aerospace – from Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis to Elon Musk’s SpaceX – and he has covered former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, breaking national news, and transportation since joining Reuters in 2011 in Chicago. He has also been a staff reporter for Sun-Times Media Group and covered sports for the Observer, in London. Buy the Books Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories by Thomas McGuane Whenever a Happy Thing Falls by Eric M. Johnson Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

One thing that seems to be true in all generations of American life is that it can be challenging to summon the courage to follow your dreams in a material world. <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/thomas-mcguane-with-eric-m-johnson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> In this conversation</a> with writers Eric M. Johnson and Thomas McGuane, they considered this difficulty paralleled with their own work and lives. Through the lens of Johnson’s debut novel—a story of a young man who must decide what he stands for in the midst of Wall Street greed and family civil war—and McGuane’s fiction and life, they shared their struggles and triumphs on the path to following their own dreams. With short readings from their respective works, they touched on writing, life, and fly fishing. Don’t miss this riveting discussion from two consummate American writers. Thomas McGuane is an American writer. He began contributing fiction to The New Yorker in 1994. He has written ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated Ninety-Two in the Shade, as well as six nonfiction essay collections and two short-story collections. His work has been anthologized in the “Best American Stories,” “Best American Essays,” and “Best American Sporting Essays.” His most recent book is Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories. Eric M. Johnson is an American journalist, author, and outdoorsman. His current journalistic focus is aerospace – from Boeing’s 737 MAX crisis to Elon Musk’s SpaceX – and he has covered former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, breaking national news, and transportation since joining Reuters in 2011 in Chicago. He has also been a staff reporter for Sun-Times Media Group and covered sports for the Observer, in London. Buy the Books <a href="https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780345805928" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories</a> by Thomas McGuane <a href="https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780578789262" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whenever a Happy Thing Falls</a> by Eric M. Johnson Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a>. To become a member or make a donation <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.

164. Thomas McGuane with Eric M. Johnson: Following Your Dreams in a Material World

Eric M. Johnson is the author of Whenever a Happy Thing Falls. He’s also a journalist and writes for Reuters. Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

<a href="http://www.drinkswithtony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/imageeric.jpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Eric M. Johnson is the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3bVhVDJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whenever a Happy Thing Falls</a>. He’s also a journalist and writes for Reuters. Drinks with Tony is on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drinks-with-tony/id1445353970?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1VedfBHT1tHoxpaajUTfcc?si=QnSWg_xLS0uk6_r5wvEK0w" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://u12069013.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=akDMSBsYXYO7u5ic2o3BiA32UcU2MKDB5W18aBSaJzImBDnad9zjNLd9IyfNNnoMPHZjAU91R118SDZrDb-2FJzv9-2BIFwouS-2Fe0znXOwb5CouZXgbZf-2B-2BwWXAJpSzHHjdVZ0-2BcANTIiBFFxQtlcGcTgRrMkIBCaat-2B82CTLKYs-2BShoMGrqpKd-2Bh5B6mcwi4Uo2OnahXjtri-2B6M7fRQhMGD3t6CbXrqoNFlVd-2B-2BanXtaX8-3D_72CseOIxlI4ajms1-2BVCsrdCssHzkWWUkxWrT6Q17hkJEXX-2BvqyLS18CKuKGtrePKagys0euxtQKGYcphJnI2HujmCRr8xS8eFC7sbNpDtA7wVynZAdcjdGykm8cWtBDhJv5cW013uw0Si93GOJm4RgrtyEH60X6t3e2etN7-2Bc8SkUGCO7KnQrFU9HsiqVvzsHayU0XB46XPSQyZ2rutCpzDhkU7rOG0HRuIQrfq6sGu4uyoU9u0quPHr2VHu0ig7GPgZwHRzKYqFCI7QexLMyZmlhJyQ5DVU1UigFQLB2ue8qpNGfBuuKrr4LXNURND9XdO9HucnExNWAZhBIbf3R30yzUO06RbjByEvE-2BMJSXfd4TiwkgoJmgRtAH516LWC" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Pandora</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tony-dushane/drinks-with-tony" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

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