(1/2) Melissa Broder on Limerence, Grief, Food, Writing, Grocery Stores & Much More (Part 1)

[COMEBACKS] Your Breakdown Might Be the Best Part of the Story

This is the second episode of the COMEBACKS series, featuring Liz Tran. I loved getting to talk with her again in this new format. In this episode, Liz shares her experience with divorce, reinvention,...

2 Jun 1h 20min

[COMEBACKS] What Are You Waiting For? Jessica Murnane on Reinvention, Nostalgia, Aging Narratives, and more!

In this first episode of the new COMEBACKS series, I spoke with my longtime friend Jessica Murnane about reinvention, knowing when to move on, and why I tend to linger in the past too long. We talk ab...

20 Mai 1h 6min

It's the Little Things with Sacha Jones [RERUN]

This week, a very important person in my life—Sacha Jones—hosts the podcast. Every year for nearly a decade Sacha has come back on to host the episode the last week of April (the week of my birthday)....

15 Mai 1h 37min

Fear Calcifying, Not Aging ft. Smiling Strange

This week I spoke with Kyle (Smiling Strange) about generations, the internet then vs. now, how we discover music as we grow up, and what it takes to keep evolving instead of calcifying with age. We t...

25 Apr 1h 20min

Extreme Reactions & the Risk of Sharing Art—with Emmalea Russo, author of Vivienne

This week I spoke with Emmalea Russo about her novel Vivienne, the strange experience of putting art into the world right now, and what it means to create something that doesn’t try to make everyone c...

13 Apr 1h 3min

Pleasure, Grief, and Sleep: Rachelle Robinett on Writing Naturally

This is part two of my conversation with herbalist and writer Rachelle Robinett, recorded live in LA in a very intimate room full of friends while talking about her book Naturally. In this part, we ge...

27 Mar 58min

so here's what happened... with Sophie Ragir : )

This week is a little different: usually I’m the one asking the questions, but this time I’m on the other side. My friend Sophie had me on as the first guest to her new podcast, Late to the Party, whe...

19 Mar 1h 56min

Desire, Dopamine, and Anticipation: Rachelle Robinett on Herbalism, Evolution and Redefining Ambition

This week I spoke with herbalist and writer Rachelle Robinett about her new book, Naturally, and some of my favorite ideas inside it: dopamine, novelty, primal motivation and strategies to regulate ou...

9 Mar 1h 4min