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hew! After months of obsessively listening to political podcasts such as FiveThirtyEight, The Run-Up, and Keepin it 1600, I think we’re all ready to get back to our regular shows and discover some new ones. You probably know Guy Raz from NPR and as host of the TED Radio Hour. He’s got a new podcast, How I Built This, in which he talks to innovators and entrepreneurs about their paths to success, from the woman who invented Spanx to the guy who created the Clif Bar. “The news business is filled with folks who are cynical and sometimes even negative and I loved how different and positive the tech and business world was—it was all about ‘yes’ and ‘let’s do it’ instead of ‘impossible’ and ‘can’t be done,’” says Raz in our interview with him. We also talk to Nick van der Kolk, creator and host of the popular Love + Radio podcast and learn how he creates his intimate portraits of the human condition, especially delving into a recent episode that is both his and my favor-
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ite from Love + Radio, “A Girl of Ivory.” It starts with a young couple in love, unexpectedly adds another partner, and then the real twist unfolds. Give it a listen. And to provide you all with some postelection levity, our column Episode 17 spotlights the Mousetalgia podcast, which provides secrets and travel tips for visiting Disneyland. And on that note, I’ll close this out with a song from the Magic Kingdom. “It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears. It’s a world of hope and a world of fears. There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware it’s a small world after all.” Enjoy the issue. MARGARET BROWN PUBLISHER/EDITOR 5