In-Sight Publishing July 27, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What was the Kissing Booth? This was when Carole was calling you “Loudy.” Rick Rosner: You’re going to be reading a transcript of this. When I am very interested in a subject [Laughing], I get louder and was shouty discussing high school. Jacobsen: …
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In-Sight Publishing July 23, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the Auschwitz Memorial? Rick Rosner: I’ve started following the Auschwitz Memorial on Twitter. Most of what the Auschwitz Memorial does is show a picture and say, “Here is so and so,” when they were born, sent to Auschwitz, and when they …
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In-Sight Publishing July 21, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: It is 15 weeks until the election. What is the deal now? Rick Rosner: Trump has gone from 45.8% approval to 40.3%. That’s the difference between making it a close election and it being not close. So, I look at those approval numbers …
In-Sight Publishing July 8, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We’ve had some pretty ongoing severe cases in the United States. It is not doing well alongside Brazil, India Russia. Rick Rosner: There’s that Anna Karenina, where it starts with every happy family is happy in the same way and every miserable family …
In-Sight Publishing July 2, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: In terms of reform in the United States, what governance needs restructuring? Rick Rosner: Right now, in America, the focus is on fixing the police Although, the latest thing is on Trump. But what I think needs to be reformed is the news, …
In-Sight Publishing July 2, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How bad is Trump? Rick Rosner: The people on Twitter have been asking each other a lot, “Would Trump be this bad?” Some were saying, “Yes, he would get us into nuclear war.” Others said, “Yes, we didn’t know the form.” I am …
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In-Sight Publishing June 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You live in a place with a lot of famous people. What is it like living in a place like that? Rick Rosner: For a long time, I worked for a famous guy who kind of got famous as I worked for him. …
June 29, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You are really into mosaics. When we met years ago, you had a bunch. Rick Rosner: Micromosaics, Carole decided she likes micromosaics. These are very, very, sometimes incredibly, small mosaic is showing flowers, which are for poor tourists who can spend $10 or the 1920 …
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In-Sight Publishing June 25, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Are things better in terms of people’s knowledge of sex and sexual behaviour compared to when you were growing up in the ‘70s? Rick Rosner: Yes, I think with MeToo and with knowledge in general. Things are generally better, but the whole culture …
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In-Sight Publishing June 25, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s your deal around micromosaics and surveillance? Rick Rosner: We’ve talked about it. My wife likes micromosaics, which are these very small mosaic pieces, mostly jewellery where the sliver of glass can be less than a millimetre in length and width. We’ve collected …
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