Oct 7, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min · 11 segments
First published in 1899, “The Real Right Thing” by Henry James is the shortest of his ghost stories, a subtle and cerebral unraveling of a spectral presence in the library of a great mind.
Mallory SmartGuestBrad KellyHostUm, o- on the Midwest stuff, you know, you have a couple lines in here sort of directly at the Midwest, and I, I wanna kinda start with them and talk a little bit more about the Midwest sorta generally, how to think of, you know, what it is to write about or in the Midwest.
Stand very still, act like you don't see it, call it discipline." And then you've got another line that's kinda similar but different.
Routine dressed as truth, silence dressed as manners." Based on, you know, those and, you know, other things you're, you're, you're writing about in here, this idea of Midwest rot, uh, what is up with the Midwest? [laughs]
... no, for me it, it is so funny because, um, when I had Scott on Textual Healing, he was like, "I fucking love the Midwest," and I'm like, "'Cause you're not from here." [laughs]
Um, o- on the Midwest stuff, you know, you have a couple lines in here sort of directly at the Midwest, and I, I wanna kinda start with them and talk a little bit more about the Midwest sorta generally, how to think of, you know, what it is to write about or in the Midwest.
Stand very still, act like you don't see it, call it discipline." And then you've got another line that's kinda similar but different.
Routine dressed as truth, silence dressed as manners." Based on, you know, those and, you know, other things you're, you're, you're writing about in here, this idea of Midwest rot, uh, what is up with the Midwest? [laughs]
... no, for me it, it is so funny because, um, when I had Scott on Textual Healing, he was like, "I fucking love the Midwest," and I'm like, "'Cause you're not from here." [laughs]
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