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Cheese and Chat
by Dana Vachon and Peter Foges
Peter Foges is a film and television producer. He worked for the BBC in London for fifteen years as a correspondent, an anchor, a producer, and a director before moving to the United States to serve as BBC TV's bureau chief. He sits on the Editorial Board of Lapham's Quarterly. Dana Vachon is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the co-author, with Jim Carrey, of the novel Memoirs and Misinformation, and the author of the novel Mergers and Acquisitions. His essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vanity Fair. Together they eat cheese. And chat.
Episodes
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Dining Late with Albert Speer Pt. 2: Sponsored by Pontiac
The conclusion of Peter's long lunch with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, best friend and Minister of Armaments. A defense of curiosity, a consideration of evil's basic mystery, an exploration of the wonder and limits of confession...for Peter and Albert both. All things shining, all cups…
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Dining Late with Albert Speer Pt. 1: A Cheese and Chat Thanksgiving Special
Peter recalls his long lunch with Hitler's architect, best friend and Nazi Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer. We then discuss: Speer's genial evil and staggering denial; his dark genius for self-preservation; and the plans for Hitler's tomb that he shared with Peter nearly four decades ago. The...
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Cheese and Chat No. 10: Tea with Wernher von Braun
Peter reads a memory of the time Nazi slave-driver and rocket engineer Wernher von Braun came over for tea, set to a song Ken Burns once used to make people feel cozy amid horror in history. And we chat: about America's decision to forget von Braun's war crimes; the modern legacy of "just…
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Cheese and Chat No. 9: The Diana Debacle
A chat about Princess Diana, conceived as pandering ear-candy, gets derailed by argument over the legacy of Lord Louis Mountbatten, England's last Viceroy of India. Peter and Dana step back from the brink, however, to repair their friendship and consider a secular saint. This is the best…
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Cheese and Chat No. 8: Love and Marriage
Peter reads a memory of the college love he nearly married, set to Facades by Philip Glass. And then we chat: about the power of the dead over the living; how slavery enriched both David Cameron and JP Morgan; and the human glory of the New York City marathon. Primo conversation with a cameo by...
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Cheese and Chat No. 7: Westminster
Peter shares a memory of his first love with another boy at boarding school, set to Handel. And we chat: about gay love in antiquity; Halloween as a holiday of masks and love; and John LeCarre's final, radical masterpiece, Silverview. More primo autumn listening, all cups runneth over.
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Cheese and Chat No. 6: Memory of Snow
A very special Cheese and Chat. Peter reads from his memoir-in-progress set to the magnificent pianist Bruce Levingston's rendition of Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90. We receive our very first sponsorship, set to Amazing Grace on bagpipes. And discuss: the idiocy of Woodrow Wilson; the haunted…
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Cheese and Chat No. 5: As Dada Does
After a brief hiatus in honor of Saint Gouda's Day...me and Peter made a cheese plate and chatted: about Dada as a reaction to fear and horror; Peter's belief that Americans will reject digital serfdom; and the trip we took to Istanbul many years ago. Best of all, Peter made good on a promise to...
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Cheese and Chat No. 4: Met Gala, Bad Bistro
Me and my friend Peter Foges just keep making these cheese plates and chatting: about the Met Gala as an unlikely hope for democracy; about the legacy of 9/11 on its 20th anniversary; about Peter's brief, secret, brutal life as a Brooklyn restaurant critic.
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Cheese and Chat No. 3: Meghan Markle
Me and my friend Peter Foges made yet ANOTHER cheese plate and chatted: about Harry and Meghan; monarchy and celebrity; Peter's aristocratic Prussian lineage and deep love of Irish peasants.
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Cheese and Chat No. 2: American Psychosis
Me and my friend Peter Foges made another cheese plate and chatted: about American psychosis, the freedom of defeat, the state of "internal exile" that so many people I know are experiencing now.
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Cheese and Chat No. 1: Kabul Falls
Me and my friend Peter Foges made a cheese plate and had a chat: about Afghanistan, the legacy of the 2008 crash, and why our brains are wired to erase memories of love.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Peter Foges is a film and television producer. He worked for the BBC in London for fifteen years as a correspondent, an anchor, a producer, and a director before moving to the United States to serve as BBC TV's bureau chief. He sits on the Editorial Board of Lapham's Quarterly. Dana Vachon is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the co-author, with Jim Carrey, of the novel Memoirs and Misinformation, and the author of the novel Mergers and Acquisitions. His essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vanity Fair. Together they eat cheese. And chat.
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Dana Vachon and Peter Foges
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Peter Foges is a film and television producer. He worked for the BBC in London for fifteen years as a correspondent, an anchor, a producer, and a director before moving to the United States to serve as BBC TV's bureau chief. He sits on the Editorial Board of Lapham's Quarterly. Dana Vachon is a...
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