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Kari Hull in Rio Rico AZ's avatar

Anand, this is incredibly creative. I appreciate you leaning in to the YouTube world. I will definitely watch your series and can’t wait to get my signed copy of your new book! Currently reading The Persuaders! Thank you for all your contributions to help keep us informed and educated. Good luck on your book tour!

Letters from Bird Creek's avatar

One of the values in using video to go deeper into a topic could well be that it helps some, like those who get bound up in the minutiae of grammar, to see the creative enterprise and, yes, perhaps the rawness, lying within what you have created. I look forward to this next step in your work.

Anand Giridharadas's avatar

Yes, exactly, EL!

Louise Pillai's avatar

I thank you for your efforts and applaud all like you who are practicing real journalism and truth-telling. It's everything.

Dr Surekha Davies's avatar

What a great idea to use video to show the rich and messy backstory to the book! Looking forward!

Susannah Kennedy, DPhil's avatar

I love the trailer and the concept. I especially appreciated your intro description of what book promotion entails in the 'new world', which is to engage the public conversation via many media forms. Not easy for me personally as an author, but I see it can be powerful and effective. I'm looking forward to your project.

Rick Phipps's avatar

Excellent promo. Somehow gritty yet professional.

Deb Chrystal's avatar

I spend more time on Substack than YouTube but will look

Diana Chapman Walsh's avatar

Thanks, Anand. I have Man in the Mirror in preorder and have tickets for your SF appearance. I have read, admired, and absorbed your previous books and am a long time Ink subscriber and follower.

This new show looks exciting and part of what I see you doing that intrigues me is reinventing the various communications media that have stopped serving us well, that have in fact driven us closer and closer to the permanent loss of “the republic” that Franklin challenged us to work hard to earn and protect. I see you working very hard to do that and I am deeply grateful to you.

Heidi K.'s avatar

I tried to Subscribe to the YouTube channel (from the Trailer link). Kept getting a YouTube "Oops" thing. Tried a Search for "Anand"—and got some unrelated movie that uses your first name.

As an Ink subscriber, do I have ALSO to have an Account with YouTube to watch your episodes on Man in the Mirror?

Geoff Tanner's avatar

I love this idea! Definitely looking forward to watching the videos.

MCNB's avatar

I am so thrilled about this. It's so generous to include "us" in your process. I will definitely take of your sharing and insights.

Bonnie Neumeier's avatar

Anand,

The trailer definitely makes me want to watch further episodes. I suspect we will be challenged to look at what judgements we make without seeing the full picture. Thanks for all this heavy work.

Abby Yanow, Leadership Coach's avatar

I think it's a brilliant approach - and I think it makes the story come even more alive, in a way that we, the viewer, gets to be "inside" the story, and accompany you on the journey of discovery.

Debbie Kitchen's avatar

OMG! What an incredible idea. My hubs and I are mystery/thriller fans. But I’m a fan of your writing so this will be a treat to view. Thanks for “meeting people where they are!” I’ll see you in St Louis! 📚

Jan's avatar

You never cease to amaze me!