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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
Description: Lists feel especially suited to the digital age, but humans have been creating lists for a long time. So why are we drawn to lists? This hour, the art and the utility of the list. GUESTS: Matthew Dicks: A West Hartford elementary school teacher and the author of Twenty-One Truths About Love Dan Kois: Editor and writer at Slate, where he recently wrote the list “The 50 Greatest Fictional Deaths of All Time” Ann Powers: NPR Music’s critic and correspondent Liam Young: Author of List Cultures...