Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. It was edited by Andrea Bruce and Willa Paskin. This podcast was written by Katie Shepherd. We hear from Ross Cellino, Rich Barnes, Jeremy Kutner, John Fabian Witt, Trish Rich, Ken Kaufman, Mike Breen, and David Rafailedes. It’s a bumpy ride full of ambition, accidents and tragedy and at its center are two men who, for 25 years, wanted to be at the front of our minds when we got hurt, but who we didn’t really notice until it all fell apart. In this episode, we’re going to look at their rise and everything that happened after. They poured millions of dollars into ads that did more than just bring in clients: it turned the duo into household names and faces-at least in New York. Ross Cellino and Steve Barnes were two Buffalo-based lawyers who became the literal poster-men for personal injury advertising. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. Derek John is Slate’s Executive Producer of Narrative Podcasts. Thanks to Steve Geck, Maris Kreizman, Emma Straub, Jacob Bernstein, Gary Hoover, Peter Glassman and June Thomas.ĭecoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. This podcast was written by Willa Paskin and produced by Benjamin Frisch and Cleo Levin was research assistant. Miller, author of Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption, Joel Fram, founder of Eeyore’s Books for Children, and Boris Kachka, book editor for the Los Angeles Times. Some of the voices in this episode include Delia Ephron, the co-screenwriter of You’ve Got Mail, the illustrator Brian Selznick, Laura J. This conflict illustrates how, for a brief time, Barnes & Noble was a symbol of predatory capitalism, only to be usurped by the uniting force at the heart of the film: the internet. On this episode of Decoder Ring we revisit the real-life conflict that inspired the movie and displaced independent booksellers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The 1998 romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, is about the brutal fight between a beloved indie bookstore, the Shop Around the Corner, and Fox Books, an obvious Barnes & Noble stand-in. (This episode originally aired in March 2020.) So please go to /decoderplus to join Slate Plus today. Their support is also crucial to our work. Slate Plus members get to listen to Decoder Ring without any ads. If you’re a fan of the show and want to support us, consider signing up for Slate Plus. If you haven’t please yet, subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was also produced by Sam Kim. This podcast was written by Willa Paskin who produces the show with Katie Shepherd. Thank you to Mark Liberman and Susan Schulten. It’s an eclectic assortment of subjects that come to us thanks to you. We’re taking on five listener questions that run the gamut-from kids menus to succulents to the chicken that crossed the road. In this episode, we’re going to dig into a handful of the most fascinating ones that we’ve yet to tackle on the show. We’re really lucky to get a lot of listener emails, suggesting topics for the show.
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