The most fascinating news on the internet always seems to find its way into Dave Pell’s carefully curated — and always entertaining — NextDraft email newsletter.   Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By   Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! Mr. Pell has turned his addiction for getting the scoop into a vast and loyal following of A-list media heads. He calls NextDraft his “modern-day column,” and the infectious, one-man curation engine is hard to delete (although he believes his friends do it often). In addition to being a successful venture capitalist, Dave carves out time to do a weekly podcast with veteran journalist Phil Bronstein called What Hurts, a unique blend of “fascinating news and personal angst.” In this file Dave Pell and I discuss: The Downside of Technology How to Turn an Addiction to News into an Audience Video Game Music as a Productivity Hack Why You Should Always Delete Your First Paragraph The Real Difference Between Writing and Podcasting How Tony Soprano Raised Dave Pell’s Stock Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes NextDraft: The Day’s Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell ‘What Hurts’ Podcast By Phil Bronstein and Dave Pell Dave Pell on Medium Publishing Lessons from Dave Pell, the Most Fascinating Email Newsletter Writer in the Business Dave Pell on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter