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Clancy Martin

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Clancy Martin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where he has taught since earning his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. (Robert C. Solomon and Louis H. Mackey chaired his committee) . He is married to the writer Amie Barrodale, and has three daughters, Zelly, Margaret and Portia, and an unruly labradoodle, Simha Mukha. A Guggenheim Fellow, his work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a contributing editor for Harper's magazine and Vice magazine, and has published academic and popular articles, essays and Op-Ed pieces in such diverse...

Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin is an American record executive and record producer. He is the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularise hip hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal, alternative rock, hard rock, nu-metal, and country. In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100...