The Artist known as JR

Here’s an interview I cut w/ @hari & artist @jrart covering some of the work JR’s done recently. He connected from his studio in Paris and spoke about that TIME cover and his work on sites – and virtual – in the US.

Sarah Lewis with Walter Isaacson

Last week I edited this interview between @walterisaacson and @sarahelizalewis which gives an interesting perspective on the current lack of visual documentary…in the context of the history of photography during other times of crisis.

Ableton made a cool book free.

Attention home-bound musicians (ie all of us right now): @Ableton has made downloads of “Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers” free. I love this book. Don’t snooze. Download links here.

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Ahmed Albasheer

We’ve got more good ones coming, and this is a great time to dig through our archive. One of my favorites is this interview with Ahmed Albasheer, who has a show sort of like the Daily Show, in Iraq. Watch here:

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So that happened.

Folks in TV mostly spent last week scrambling to find ways to get our shows done without studios or control rooms. On Amanpour & Company, we managed to continue with our long form interviews and to get them on the air the next day.

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