Aikshrees Kanduraja
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He has taken many forms here on Earth.
For the last 20 years, millions have been worshiping a man they say performs miracles.
Magician, Messiah, the Chosen One.
And he looks, in some ways, kind of anonymous, like nobody special.
He's soft-spoken, shy even.
The legends about this man are many.
But very few of his devotees have ever actually met him, let alone talked with him.
Writer Daniel Alarcon is one of them, one of the very few mere mortals to have met Lionel Messi.
arguably the greatest soccer player of all time.
Danielle talked about it on the podcast he hosts with his longtime friend, who's also a writer, John Green.
Danielle adapted it for our show.
So, John, once upon a time, there were many, many magazines that were published in the United States and around the world.
As you know, I've written for many of them.
And magazines for our younger listeners are like very thin little books.
It's like Instagram, but text-based and printed.
And there was a specific niche among these that were called glossies.