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‘Happy’

by Michael Yessis on April 22, 2011

Read Keef’s memoir months ago. I’ve had this on repeat ever since.

I found this analysis of the Lennon-McCartney partnership through the lens of a moment during the “Let it Be” rooftop concert profound and beautiful.

Our Lives as Stories

by Michael Yessis on April 26, 2010

Douglas Coupland and his beard on storytelling and the fate of our personal narratives in the digital age. The conversation gets rolling about four minutes in.

‘How to Report the News’

by Michael Yessis on January 31, 2010

Hooray for Charlie Brooker. Brilliant.

I left the World Hum editing cave recently to see “Up in the Air” and ask director Jason Reitman and novelist Walter Kirn a couple questions about their work. Even broke out the Flip camera. Great movie, and one of my favorite recent assignments.

Check out the videos of the interviews at World Hum, or after the jump.

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Do You Like Silly Voices? How About ‘Hamlet’?

by Michael Yessis on August 9, 2009

I recently unleashed my announcer voice to narrate the video for my wife’s book, Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don’t Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook.

Brace yourself for finger puppets.