Person
Rob Walker
Researcher/journalist — eBay Significant Objects project
Co-creator, with Joshua Glenn, of the "Significant Objects" project, which paid professional writers to craft fictional backstories for cheap thrift-store objects, then sold them on eBay to measure how much a compelling story alone could raise an object's price. Referenced, not interviewed, in this episode. See Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn eBay Significant Objects Study.
Discussed in
- Episode 40 — 40- What Makes A Great Story