In my 20s I worked the overnight at NPR and wrote intros for Bob Edwards. He had a very specific wry way of delivering a funny line. Masterful. So fun to write, imagining it in his voice and then he'd nail it every time. Raising a bourbon to you today,Bob. npr.org/2024/02/12/165…

Yes this week for the first time ever we’re putting out an extra podcast. It’s not a full show. It’s a story about things happening right now that we worried might not hold for a few weeks, and it seemed better to get it out now.

NYC! Today! I'm doing a screening and Q&A with director Chris Wilcha & his new film Flipside WHICH I AM IN. YES I AM IN A MOVIE. 2:15 Sunday! IFC Center. Chris directed our TV show. His film is completely original and funny and thoughtful and great.
docnyc.net/film/flipside/

This is fascinating. A Jew in London tries to talk to his Jewish colleague in Israel about how the war looks to him – especially all the Gazan civlians being killed and maimed and blockaded – and they cannot see eye to eye. Illuminating and unusual. podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/unh…

I did a story at Lula Cafe in Chicago years ago, planting hidden mics on two servers to figure out which gets bigger tips: niceness or meanness. bit.ly/3Q1Fzlo Today at 7:30 I interview their chef abt his new cookbook in NYC at Greenlight Bookstore greenlightbookstore.com/event/jason-ha…

You might remember Lula Cafe from our 'Allure of the Mean Friend' show, when we wired two of their servers with hidden microphones. bit.ly/3Q1Fzlo
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Lula Cafe is the restaurant in Chicago I recommend to everyone who goes there. I've loved them forever. They catered my wedding. Now they have a cookbook! I'm interviewing chef/writer Jason Hammel Thursday night in New York! At Greenlight Bookstore bookstore!

greenlightbookstore.com/event/jason-ha…

The very simple but deeply complicated short story 'Cat Person' is now a film and I'm excited to interview the director Susanna Fogel at a screening Saturday night in NYC. Come out!
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Did my Grandma kidnap me? Full story on This American Life now:
bit.ly/3ZzLK4s

I had to look up 'chuffed' and apparently it's a good thing. Doesn't it sound like it should mean 'pissed off'? I really do recommend this show!

Hi NYC! Screening of the new film abt a 90's moment of odd mass hysteria - the Beanie Bubble - at the 92nd St Y Monday night. I'm excited to do a Q&A after with the directors Damian Kulash (my old friend from OK Go) and Kristin Gore. Come!

bit.ly/43lDTHV

This conversation between Jonathan Menjivar and Terry Gross from Fresh Air about uncomfortable class issues at work AND ON THE FRESH AIR STAFF was fascinating. This is a very enjoyable podcast series.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-c…

NYC! Damian Kulash of OK Go who's been on our show so many times has directed a film with his wife Kirstin Gore. I'm excited to do a screening and Q&A with them (and if there's no SAG strike the cast galifianakisz Elizabeth Banks ❄️ & @yoyogeraldinev) Tix:
bit.ly/43lDTHV

As a former Star Trek nerd, I loved being a guest reader on Andy Richter's and @stephenlevinson's podcast The Novelizers, reading a chapter of The Wrath of Kahn, as novelized by Stephen. It's funny! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kha…

It was so much fun co-hosting this week's episode with the incredibly funny Chandra Russell and #BashirSalahuddin , who invented all the stuff you hear them saying except peoples' names. See them on their great TV show South Side

Interviewed Pres Obama today about his new Netflix show Working ... and we discussed how weird it is that when he moves thru the world, he's this iconic historic figure like someone from Mt Rushmore .... and also just some guy. Video's up.
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Today I’ll be speaking with @IraGlass, Caroline Suh, and some of the great folks featured in the Higher Ground and Netflix documentary series, Working: What We Do All Day about finding meaning and purpose in work.

Check out our conversation on LinkedIn at 5pm ET.…

I get interviewed now and then, and this article in The Stranger came out unusually well. (And btw The Stranger interviewed me because I'm giving a talk in Seattle on Saturday).
thestranger.com/radio/2023/05/…

Congrats to my co-workers and our incredible collaborators.

Etgar Keret, who wrote those beautiful stories for this week's show, emails a free short story every week to his fans. They're good!

etgarkeret.substack.com