Brené and Celeste Ng on Little Fires Everywhere

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.6 • 24.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

My conversation with Celeste Ng is the first of two episodes on Little Fires Everywhere, where I’ll cover the book and the series. We talk about the writing process, the stories that we tell, and the stories that define us. We also cover how our hometowns shape us, how parenting is a shame minefield, and how we all have the power to mourn moments even while we’re in them. Celeste also fills us in on what she thinks about the series and what it felt like watching Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington create a show from her novel. I love this episode as a reader, as a writer, and as an observer of what it means to be human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.0	Okay, y'all, this is Little Fires Everywhere, Week.
1:10.0	Not just this episode, but this week. We have two episodes.
1:14.0	The first one is with Celesteing, who wrote the book.
1:16.0	The second is with Carrie Washington and Reese Witherspoon,
1:20.0	who both star in the series on Hulu and Executive produced the series.
1:26.0	I am a huge fan of this book and a huge fan of the series. So first I talked to Celeste Ine. My favorite
1:36.5	bio of hers is really her Twitter bio that just says fiction writer, science
1:41.5	nerd, ex-cleavlander, embarrassingly sincere.
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