Telling The Story

You can imagine my surprise when a childhood friend of mine wound up being the 2nd-most popular person named Adam Levine. But I was completely unsurprised when this Adam Levine -- now going as Adam Seth Levine -- became a published author. A faculty member at Cornell University for several years, Levine recently embarked on the journey of writing a book. Nearly three years later, that journey is complete, and the result is American Insecurity: Why Our Economic Fears Lead to Political Inaction. Levine joins me for Episode #26 of the Telling The Story podcast. He is an atypical guest for the podcast; he does not work in journalism or storytelling by trade. Levine has, though, at least partially, made it his trade. His background is academic; the potential audience for this book is far wider. He thus faces the challenge of producing a book that both general and academic readers can find useful. And when Levine discusses the process of writing a book -- the surprises, the triumphs, the difficulties -- he unearths