<description>&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Colin Winnette* joins &lt;a href= "http://twitter.com/red_scott"&gt;Red Scott&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/emteehall"&gt;Maggie Tokuda-Hall&lt;/a&gt; to talk about the Susan Orlean article, &lt;a href= "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/01/23/orchid-fever"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Orchid Fever&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and the 2002 Spike Jonze film &lt;em&gt;Adaptation.&lt;/em&gt; written by Charlie &amp; Donald Kaufman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;* &lt;a href= "https://www.colinwinnette.net"&gt;Colin Winnette&lt;/a&gt; is the author of &lt;em&gt;Haints Stay&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Job of the Wasp&lt;/em&gt;. His new novel &lt;em&gt;Users&lt;/em&gt; is one of the New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" and was called "a timeless and moving story about fatherhood and one man's yearning for a more meaningful life” by the NY Times. His writing has appeared in McSweeney's, Playboy, and BOMB magazine as well as numerous others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Order Maggie’s newest book, &lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737601/the-siren-the-song-and-the-spy-by-maggie-tokuda-hall/"&gt; The Siren, the Song, and the Spy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="ul1"&gt; &lt;li class="li1"&gt;Following the pod on instagram: &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/failuretoadaptpodcast/"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/failuretoadaptpodcast/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li1"&gt;Following the pod on X: &lt;a href= "https://x.com/FailureAdapt"&gt;https://x.com/FailureAdapt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Failure to Adapt

Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Red Scott

Colin Winnette, Adaptation

NOV 29, 202348 MIN
Failure to Adapt

Colin Winnette, Adaptation

NOV 29, 202348 MIN

Description

Colin Winnette* joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about the Susan Orlean article, Orchid Fever, and the 2002 Spike Jonze film Adaptation. written by Charlie & Donald Kaufman.

* Colin Winnette is the author of Haints Stay and The Job of the Wasp. His new novel Users is one of the New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" and was called "a timeless and moving story about fatherhood and one man's yearning for a more meaningful life” by the NY Times. His writing has appeared in McSweeney's, Playboy, and BOMB magazine as well as numerous others.

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