Graydon Carter

Hearing from Graydon reminded me of the good old days of New York publishing and magazine life — his decadent parties at the Puck building were absolutely unforgettable, equipped with mountains of pâté, all-girl swing bands, and filled with women in Madonna-style bubble dresses. Once co-founder of the satirical Spy Magazine and editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair , Graydon has escaped New York for the Cote d'Azur, where he has been staying with his family and surrounded by an international crowd of friends and acquaintances. Currently writing a memoir that he anticipates will be both "illuminating" and "slightly mortifying," the editor is also working on his weekly digital publication, "Air Mail", and loves seeing his team on Zoom every Friday evening for the office's Happy Hour tradition. I spoke to Graydon over Zoom about why he loves newsstands, how he imagines Cannes becoming a drive-in film festival, and why he stays off of social media altogether.

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Graydon Carter is an episode from The Thing About France by Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S..

This episode is 33:33 long.

This episode was published on Sep 8, 2020.

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