Hello lovely Smoke ‘Em people, Nancy here with a newsletter/update-y thingy. It’s been a BIZZEE week (not to be confused with the greatly-named WaPo executive editor Sally Buzbee, who herself has a bizzee week last week, and more on that below) for the Smoke ‘Em gals. Sarah has been rassling a 10,000-word story about… wait for it… Depp-Heard, which that should be ready for you within the next 24 or so. And I’m just back in NYC after driving halfway across the country and staying in not one but two super scary hotels, the second in Wheeling, WV, the location of which at least provoked repeated fits of laughing from my daughter, who, as we amscrayed out of there before 8am, kept quoting back to me what I’d said when I’d picked it blind off the Hotels.com site: “‘It’s right on the waterfront!’”
I’d love to hear you talk to Sarah Koenig, she seems super smart and always balanced and empathetic, which are qualities the two of you show, which is why I subscribe. And a little behind-the-scenes talk on making great podcasts would be interesting.
If you ever need to drive through the Wheeling area again, I can recommend a very cozy, affordable impeccable AirBnB cabin I’ve used half a dozen times on trips. I love it tho my wife does refer to it as the murder cabin cause it is a little too isolated for her taste. 😀
I'd love to get a trio of interviews with each of the Fifth guys solo. I think Sarah and Nancy would draw out different, more personal stories from each.
So many topics! Matt and Nancy's long friendship, the conception of Paloma Media, Kmele on having young kids and the parallels between BLM and #metoo, Michael on Lizzo (I kid, I kid). Really, the possibilities are endless!
If I'd known about Wheeling (about 100 miles from me in Columbus), I would have recommended "Sarah's On Main" at 2122 Main St for a delicious breakfast and friendly greeting. We stopped there last December. They had a collection of rolling pins on their wall, arranged as art; I have a pic; also the menu written on a large roll of brown wrapping paper. Obviously a different Sarah... ;-)
Possibly a topic for your listener's emails podcast -- what was it like to read your own book to produce the audiobook version. I have been re-listening to "To the Bridge", which Nancy wrote and read, and I'm about to start "Blackout", for which Sarah is in the same boat. I hear that it's quite a bit of work, not at all like reading a bedtime story to a child. I quite like how Nancy read "Bridge" and I'm guessing I'll enjoy Sarah's rendition of "Blackout" as well.
re: "The Snakehead" -- about an hour into this story (audiobook version, of course), which I know nothing about and don't remember anything from its opening story about the 1993 shipwreck near New York.
Thanks for sharing the Sarah’s On Main” recommendation. I drive through Wheeling at least half dozen times a year. Sounds like a place I might like to try.
I’d love to hear you talk to Sarah Koenig, she seems super smart and always balanced and empathetic, which are qualities the two of you show, which is why I subscribe. And a little behind-the-scenes talk on making great podcasts would be interesting.
If you ever need to drive through the Wheeling area again, I can recommend a very cozy, affordable impeccable AirBnB cabin I’ve used half a dozen times on trips. I love it tho my wife does refer to it as the murder cabin cause it is a little too isolated for her taste. 😀
I'd love to get a trio of interviews with each of the Fifth guys solo. I think Sarah and Nancy would draw out different, more personal stories from each.
I would love this, too, will discuss with my better half. -- SH
So many topics! Matt and Nancy's long friendship, the conception of Paloma Media, Kmele on having young kids and the parallels between BLM and #metoo, Michael on Lizzo (I kid, I kid). Really, the possibilities are endless!
I just realized I “saw” this podcast live on YouTube the other day.
Ha! I'M EVERYWHERE
As you should be, Nancy! I am hoarding this episode as a reward for after my writing quota. Cheers!
First person who came to mind for a guest is Katherine Mangu-Ward. I don’t what she’d talk about at the moment but she is hilarious.
Love her even when I disagree with her. I imagine that would be a fun episode to listen to.
Stan for KMW! I want to give her the title "Our Lady of Reason." #ourladyofreason
If I'd known about Wheeling (about 100 miles from me in Columbus), I would have recommended "Sarah's On Main" at 2122 Main St for a delicious breakfast and friendly greeting. We stopped there last December. They had a collection of rolling pins on their wall, arranged as art; I have a pic; also the menu written on a large roll of brown wrapping paper. Obviously a different Sarah... ;-)
Possibly a topic for your listener's emails podcast -- what was it like to read your own book to produce the audiobook version. I have been re-listening to "To the Bridge", which Nancy wrote and read, and I'm about to start "Blackout", for which Sarah is in the same boat. I hear that it's quite a bit of work, not at all like reading a bedtime story to a child. I quite like how Nancy read "Bridge" and I'm guessing I'll enjoy Sarah's rendition of "Blackout" as well.
re: "The Snakehead" -- about an hour into this story (audiobook version, of course), which I know nothing about and don't remember anything from its opening story about the 1993 shipwreck near New York.
Thanks for sharing the Sarah’s On Main” recommendation. I drive through Wheeling at least half dozen times a year. Sounds like a place I might like to try.