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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 30 MIN

A Book in the Mind of A Consumer with Brendan Curry

from Open Book with David Steinberger

Brendan Curry has spent 24 years at W.W. Norton—the largest and oldest employee-owned publishing company. Norton is renowned for nonfiction and higher education publishing. In this episode, we discuss the rise and recent challenges of serious nonfiction, exploring how political upheaval, cultural fatigue, and fragmented digital media environments have reshaped readers’ engagement with big-idea books.

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