#leon neyfakh

[tomorrowusa]

« Given that Hollywood is often caricatured as a hotbed of liberalism, it’s surprising that Republicans seem so much better than Democrats at the showbiz side of politics. »

— Author and podcaster Leon Neyfakh in an op-ed at the New York Times last May.

While I'm not 100% on board with the points Leon's essay, he does have a number of excellent points.

When Democrats win presidential elections, it's usually with candidates who are either entertaining (in some way) or rather atypical for politicians. Yet we aren't learning from that pattern.

Perhaps we should look for potential candidates who are entertaining but also good at politics rather than the other way around.

In a fantasy presidential election where Matthew McConaughey ran as a Democrat, he would wipe the floor with pseudo-hillbilly J.D. Vance.

BTW: Leon Neyfakh is very cool. It's not about politics, but read his book The Next Next Level.

[immigrationnewsdigest]

What Historical Moment Is Leon Neyfakh Learning From Now? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/style/leon-neyfakh-boston-busing-slow-burn.html

[stillunusual]

Slow Burn

Season 1 - Watergate, Season 2 - The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

[whatchareadinbtch]

After coming face-to-face with all the sad young literary men and women, a 20-year-old blogger swears off the literati — and New York.

[gwydionmisha]

DoJ loses senior leader who handled 'all the hottest potatoes'

Leon Neyfakh, reporter for Slate.com, talks with Rachel Maddow about the surprise resignation of Scott Schools, an associate deputy attorney general and the senior career official at the Department of Justice.

[melvillehouse]

Hey, say, do you wanna talk about rap, art, fandom, friendship, and this great book called The Next Next Level? We are going to do that, at Rough Trade NYC, over coffee and cookies!

RSVP here. 

[warbyparker]

The Next Next Next Next Next Next Level

We hosted a party to celebrate The Next Next Level, which is a new book by Leon Neyfakh about rap, music, friendship, and what it means to be a fan. The book is incredible. The party was nice, too!

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[warbyparker]

The Next Next Level

It was the year 2003 when writer Leon Neyfakh first encountered a performer known as Juiceboxxx. Juiceboxxx was a fifteen-year-old white rapper from the Milwaukee suburbs. The climate for rappers of this particular demographic profile was iffy at the time. As Neyfakh puts it in his new book, The Next Next Level: “Despite the fact that Eminem was at the height of his powers, deciding to be a white rapper was still an uncomfortable proposition.” Juiceboxxx went there anyway. And Neyfakh followed.

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