M.J. Franklin

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3,273 appearances 20 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 3d ago

M.J. Franklin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Book Review · Book Club: Let's Talk About 'Transcription,' by Ben Lerner · 29 May 2026 podcast
We haven't.
Yeah.
The COVID of it all.
But just this family in crisis.
And you're getting this portrait of that in a variety of ways I loved.
The thing that I love, though, overall, is just the theme of how something so artificial can be meaningful, real.
That comes up again and again with the idea that it's not the literal transcription of the interview.
It's a reconstructed interview, but that means something that is real in its way.
Or the idea that YouTube and unboxing videos helps you unlock a healthy behavior or it
Artificial flowers.
Yeah, the glass flowers.
The fact that, I mean, it's just mainlining sugar.
And they're like, that's enough.
That's good.
So I liked that consideration.
And so all of the pieces for me were working.
I loved this book.
And it felt, it didn't feel detached.
It felt very philosophical.
But for me, one of the things I love about a Ben Lerner book is how he's able to
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