A Conversation with Lesley Wake Webster
The Mess Around with Hannah and Lamorne
Headgum
4.6 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Welcome back to our show! Today's episode is super special because we're talking to the writer who brought True American to New Girl. Lesley tells the origin stories of the game at Vassar. Plus, she plays our version of the game, live!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Joel Stein. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch. |
| 0:05.7 | It's moving from side to side. You're getting very sleepy. |
| 0:11.6 | Great. Now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long-form journalism. |
| 0:16.2 | Like so much. You're going to listen to a podcast where the host interviews a writer about their long-form story every week. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm that host. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen to Story of the Week on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | Where were you in 92? Bouncing your butt to Sir Mixla? |
| 0:34.3 | Wondering if you, like Billy Ray Cyrus, could pull off a moment? |
| 0:37.1 | Now I had as a podcast all about it. I'm Jason Longfied and on my new show, Where Were You in 92, |
| 0:42.1 | we take a ride through the major hits. One hit wonders and shocking scandals that shaped the |
| 0:45.6 | wildest 12 months in music history. |
| 0:47.3 | You know, the president came after me. Everybody's home, Warner with madness. |
| 0:52.0 | Music was magic and I had completely burned that to the ground. |
| 0:56.2 | I realized I'm the forbidden fruit. |
| 0:59.1 | So listen and follow Where Were You in 92 on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. |
| 1:06.1 | I'm Danish Forz, host of Stealing Superman, a new I Heart original podcast about the most unlikely art heist of all time. |
| 1:15.8 | It was Nick Cage's own personal national treasure. |
| 1:20.1 | At a 1999 New Year's Eve party, someone snatched Cage's priceless comics. |
| 1:27.1 | But who? Listen to Stealing Superman on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows. |
| 1:35.7 | Ring Ring Ring Ring. |
| 1:41.1 | May I please speak with Zoe? |
| 1:43.1 | Oh hello Lamorn. Let's patch in Hannah. |
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