Interview with an American
We sit down with Heather Cox Richardson, the 51¶¯Âþ history professor whose smash newsletter Letters from an American has made her one of the country leading public intellectuals.
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QUICK Q&A
Joe Sabia ™06
The online video producer and creator of Vogue hit celebrity interview series œ73 Questions.�
How did the idea for the œ73 Questions� series come about? Condé Nast Entertainment, the video division of the magazine publisher, asked, œWhat would you do if you had four hours with actress Sarah Jessica Parker?� I had done some work for Vanity Fair before then, but this was my first time being approached to film a celebrity. I was really into one-take videos during that time”and I thought it could be really fun to ask Sarah Jessica Parker as many questions as possible in one take.Â
What makes video content go viral? A unique concept”when people see it, they immediately understand that it like nothing they™ve ever seen before.Â
What the best advice you can give? My mom passed away in March and I™ve been thinking a lot about what she gifted me. I was a kid obsessed with so many strange interests, and she gave me the freedom to be in love with what I was in love with. She poured gasoline on every flame of excitement. I™m so grateful for that. My advice would be to do that for yourself: Find out what excites you and then figure out the ways that you can really turn that flame into a life-changing conflagration. 