A.J. Jacobs Returns
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend
Alison Rosen
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2017
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
A.J. Jacobs (Twice Removed, The Year of Living Biblically) is back to talk about his new book, It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree and his experience attempting to throw the world's largest global family reunion. We talk about being an immersion journalist, what he learned hosting the critically acclaimed and very demanding podcast Twice Removed, the popularity of genealogy, tribalism and family, compassion, exercise, his writing process and so much more. We also took questions over Twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I was in, rose in, I was in, rose in, you best friend. |
| 0:06.0 | I was in, I was in, we perfect good times never end. |
| 0:12.0 | I was in, rose in, we perfect again. |
| 0:17.0 | I was in, rose in, I was in, you best friend. |
| 0:23.0 | Hey everyone, hi, hello, it is me, Allison Rosen. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to another episode of Allison Rosen, |
| 0:28.0 | you best friend. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm sitting here in a very swanky hotel room with AJ Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello AJ. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello Allison. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:38.0 | I want the lighted to be back. |
| 0:40.0 | Are the author of many New York Times best-selling books. |
| 0:44.0 | The most recent is its all relative adventures up and down the world's family tree. |
| 0:49.0 | And also, you were the host of a popular and critically acclaimed podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, I'm just saying twice removed. |
| 0:57.0 | But you don't do that anymore. |
| 0:59.0 | No, it was a huge pain in the ass. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm glad that some people liked it, but it was the most labor intensive thing I've ever done. |
| 1:10.0 | So it was not sustainable. |
| 1:12.0 | But we got five episodes. |
| 1:13.0 | It took a year and a half to put on five episodes. |
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