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That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

Beginners: Tom Vanderbilt

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Sarah talks to Tom Vanderbilt about how his daughter's desire to learn how to play chess led him to do the same as well as to try surfing, juggling, and singing in a choir, all of which he chronicled in his book Beginners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.4

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0:08.3

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0:16.6

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0:20.2

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0:23.0

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0:26.0

Welcome to That's what she said with Sarah Spain, a podcast about,

0:36.0

well, whatever the hell I want, actors and musicians, athletes,

0:39.3

comedians, neuroscientists, wine experts.

0:41.6

If I find somebody interesting, I'm bringing them to you.

0:45.0

We'll talk about how they became who they are, how they found success,

0:48.7

battle failures, and how they ended up here talking to me.

0:52.2

Hi, my name is Tom Vanderbilt and I have a dilemma,

0:54.7

which is that I am not sleeping lately.

0:57.0

I was awake at 4 a.m. this morning and that's been about normal for the week.

1:03.2

So that's my dilemma.

1:04.1

Oh, and that's going to bed at midnight.

1:08.0

I'm not saying I go to bed at 9 and wake up at 4.

1:10.7

Okay, well, we'll start with the obvious easy fixes.

1:13.2

Do you have any lights in your bedroom that could be covered or turned off?

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