The woofer and the tweeter

The long and the short of it: Whales, crying babies and the origins of Substack

A friend and I frequently talk on the phone while he waits to move his parked car out of the way of New York City street sweepers, which makes for a slightly uneven conversational dynamic, subject to interruption and, occasionally, odd segues. 

I enjoy unstructured discussions when they have an underlying theme. On our most recent call, Sebastian and I w…