A Very Funny Episode About Being a "Childless Freak"
I've written a bunch of mildly serious stuff about having BIG NO-KIDS ENERGY. I've talked with so many others — and published interviews with them! — about how they've negotiated conversations with ot...
18 Feb 57min
The Ridiculously Interesting History of Weird English Words
Why is weird spelled like that? Why is yacht pronounced like that? Why is a firefighter a person who fights fires... but a pickpocket is neither a pick nor a pocket? We're so lucky to have linguist Co...
11 Feb 1h 3min
The Heartbreaking (and Largely Unregulated) Business of IVF
What happens when the "move fast and break things" start-up philosophy comes for infertility treatments? Exactly what you'd expect: cut corners, bad service, aesthetically pleasing offices that can't ...
4 Feb 1h 4min
How an Audiobook Gets Made (with Julia Whelan!)
How does an audiobook narrator know how to pronounce everything? Do they have editors? How many books can they do a year? What differentiates the live voice from AI — and how do they get paid (vs. how...
28 Jan 1h 5min
Is Everyone an Influencer Now?
If you don't make your living creating content online, you probably think of yourself as the furthest thing from an influencer — a designation that has developed the same slightly dirty connotation as...
21 Jan 1h 12min
Let's Collectively Fantasize About a Family-Friendly Society
"Family-friendly society" sounds SO BORING but listen: it's what we all want. It's what singles and elders want, it's what parents and partnered people without kids want, it's what KIDS WANT. A societ...
14 Jan 1h 8min
How Did Dating Get THIS Difficult?
This episode is the result of years of listener requests: how did dating get SO bad, and how can we possibly make it better? Melody and I have been out of the dating game for a hot minute, but we knew...
7 Jan 1h 7min
What's So Great About a Freaking Hobby?
Is there something in your life that you do — with some sort of regularity, and without direct compensation — that you find tremendously satisfying? Something you do just because you like it? CONGRATS...
31 Des 202556min
