#280 - Evan Puschak on ESCAPE INTO MEANING

Evan Puschak, the guy responsible for the wildly popular The Nerdwriter channel on YouTube, chats with Trey Elling about ESCAPE INTO MEANING: ESSAYS ON SUPERMAN, PUBLIC BENCHES, AND OTHER OBSESSIONS. Topics include:

• Coming into his own as a writer (1:46)
• Lessons learned from Emerson (6:35)
• Articulating like Jerry Seinfeld (10:03)
• The brilliance of standup comedy (12:43)
• Facebook's true customers (15:37)
• The greatness of public benches (23:38)
• Why Venice, Italy is Evan's favorite place to sit (28:11)
• Probing Superman's psyche (30:34)
• The perfect Superman movie (35:13)
• Identity with respect to friendship (38:23)