Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
Alternate Futures17 Maalis 2023

Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles

In this episode, I chat with Jinwoo Chong about his upcoming book FLUX (available March 21 this year!), published by independent press Melville House. Some themes from the book we discuss are 80s nostaligia and larger-than-life characters, Silicon Valley bubbles, indentity boxes, and childhood trauma. Oh, and there's also some time travel :) As usual, there's also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.

Books of his we discuss are: Flux (currently available for pre-order on Amazon UK and Amazon US )

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