HeyJaredSmoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
a podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist smokeempodcast.substack.com
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276. The Snobbery of Jonathan Franzen, Emmy Fashion Debate, and … LOVE (opens the original)
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“You get at most one cliche per book,” the writer Jonathan Franzen said in a recent interview. Cue: Literary Twitter exploding. Snob! Hypocrite! But as Nancy and Sarah point out: Franzen is also awesome! And the journo babes love The Corrections and Freedom , etc. A discussion ensues about writerly rules (made to be broken) and the role of snobbery in the arts. The journo broads also debate Emmy fashion, including Emmy host Mariska Hargitay’s teen daughter in what Nancy sees as a cute dress and
275. The Very Dark Side of Celebrity (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com Nancy and Sarah discuss a Netflix documentary called The Unabomber in His Own Words , which came out years ago but has taken on new depth in our current mess. Ted Kaczynski’s random violence and mythologizing finds echoes in the Luigi Mangione case and the bizarre heroizing of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children. The journo babes talk revolutionaries vs. terrorists, how humans are still evolving,
274. Understanding the Lindsay Clancy Case (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com Nancy explains the tragic case of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who strangled her three kids, to Sarah, who has only been barely paying attention. Nancy has written several stories about mothers who kill their children, including the nonfiction book, To the Bridge, a True Story of Motherhood and Murder . She and Sarah delve into the strong reactions people have to the case, the dangers of postpartum depression a
273. Ethan Strauss on How We’re Werewolves In the AI Revolution (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com Nancy and Sarah welcome Ethan “crackerjack mouth” Strauss back to Smoke ‘Em for round three, this time inspired by his recent piece about a fake 49ers player who scammed scores of women out of more than a million dollars. Dark? Yes. Also hilarious, in terms of perpetrator Daejon Love’s come ons, e.g., telling women his family owned part of the Gucci store “on Saks Fifth Avenue.” They also talk Ethan’s recen
271. Everyone Loves Dolly. Nancy Hates GREASE (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com For her birthday today, Sarah had one request: Please, Nancy, will you PLEASE watch the 1978 super-musical that launched a million imitations, the much-cherished film that Sarah calls “ Star Wars for girls” and one of her all-time favorites? As the poet says: Grease is the word. So, how’d that go? But first, the gals talk about the unrivaled beautiful soul of Dolly Parton, whose death at 80 arrived yesterda
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