John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and The New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Now, if you're a fan of John Wilson's TV show and films, then then you don't really need this introduction, but if you haven't heard of him, his work is not really easy to explain. He's a documentarian who's also a comedian.
a kind of would-be philosopher. So do you have strong thoughts about scaffolding? He had a hit show on HBO called How to with John Wilson. Is there a place I can go where referees hang out? Where he wandered around New York City, filming everyday life, pontificating, and asking strangers questions that could be mundane or bizarrely
esoteric. Is it a sin if I cheat on my taxes? Was that making you uncomfortable? No. Actually, yeah, a little bit.
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