"Alex Wagner knows the secret to belonging (spoiler alerts!)"

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Arts, Business, Performing Arts

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, Alex Wagner, co-host of Showtime’s The Circus, contributing editor at The Atlantic, a CBS News contributor and the author of the new book Futureface: A family mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging, sat down with Ana. They discussed her family history and how the writing process facilitated her own search for belonging. They also addressed the white privilege inherent in DNA testing, and the what it means for Alex to replace Mark Halperin on The Circus during this unique political moment. Get in touch with us on Twitter at @crooked_friends or at withfriendslikepod@gmail.com. Check out our sponsors! Get a free sample box at kindsnacks.com/friends. You can try a 7-day free trial at texture.com/friends. For up to $55 in free postage, a four-week trial and a digital scale, visit stamps.com, click on the radio microphone at the top and enter FRIENDS. Go to thirdlove.com/friends for 15% off your first purchase! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I have someone to ask this question now.
0:02.2	Oh.
0:03.0	Have you ever tried a kind bar?
0:05.2	You said that to me.
0:06.2	Hi, it's John Lovett.
0:07.0	I'm here.
0:07.9	You said that to me in such a kind of, um, uh, coquettish way.
0:12.7	And I hated it.
0:13.7	I love kind bars.
0:15.9	I eat kind bars all the time.
0:17.2	I actually have a very specific endorsement vis-a-vis kind bars, which is I find that, you
0:23.1	know, I'm busy.
0:24.1	Uh, we have this media empire.
0:26.3	It's on this on which.
0:27.6	I'm crawling.
0:28.6	It's just crawling on which the sun never sets.
0:30.7	But, um, I'll, I definitely like, you know, I don't miss a meal on it.
0:35.2	I wasn't going to say anything, but, and then what I find is if I don't eat a snack at
0:41.8	around three or three 30, my dinners become insane.
0:45.3	So for instance, yesterday I didn't have a snack.
0:46.8	And so I walked out of this office and I walked down the street to norms, the diner by myself
0:50.5	and sat at the counter and ate a turkey burger with cheese and, and french fries.
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