This restaurant's spice level menu is chaos and I love it.

I just wrote the line in my script, "And when Ralph Nader smells something, he says something," and now I think I can retire. If they ask me to cut this line, I will quit.

It's so good I want to listen to it twice to try to figure out how it got that good. It's just so immersive, so deeply in Yohance Lacour's voice and world, and in a way that manages to be both authentic and artful all at once.

Was just looking into a meditation class and it lists this as a rule, and now I definitely have to go, I have questions.

Just here with my weekly reminder to make sure Descript is syncing your files as you go, or you too can lose the hours of edits you just made while you were on deadline.

For Black Maternal Health Week, we raise awareness about the alarming rates of maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women. Our episode, "The Birth of Solomon," sheds light on the issue and shares personal stories from Black mothers. Listen here: apple.co/3mnHg1P

You could fund all of US government’s contributions to NPR for *one hundred years* with the money California spent to help Tesla.

The problem with being trained in how to tell a good story is that my therapist thinks I’m a lot saner than I actually am.

Teens in all 50 states have checked out 100,000 books from Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned initiative in the past year! thecitylife.org/2023/04/28/bpl…

Loved this episode, glad we got to eavesdrop in on this conversation… what a tough but thoughtful discussion, nuanced in a way you don’t hear quite like this very often.

Hey @SAG members make sure to vote YES takes just a few seconds. If you didn’t get a postcard, you just need your ID # & last 4 of your SSN. This is big vote. #SAGAFTRAStrong sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-stri…

I’m going to two high school graduations in a row today, please send thoughts and prayers, also a medal.

It's a rough day. I'm one of the 200 people 'affected' by the shut down of @gimletmedia. The slim silver lining is that some incredibly talented, creative, ambitious, funny people are now available. Click this thread for my thoughts on who from Gimlet you should hire right now.

Next Weds 8/9, join me for a class on editing narrative stories + series! We shall speak of the sit / skim / skip method, surgical tools to fix boredom and confusion in a story, and how to find the coffee cup in the world of your story. That last thing will make sense, I promise.

Okay I thought it was a joke, but I texted my brother and... what, why?! Please text a man in your life and report back.

Story structure is such a tough thing to nail. (Sigh.) But I come bearing good news: there are tips and tricks that can make it easier! Join me and your fellow story-structure-curious this Saturday.

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the Washington Post after she says her cartoon depicting Bezos and other billionaires on bended knee for Trump was killed. Her piece here: bit.ly/3Pk1g07