Episode 23: Ann Dowsett Johnston

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Laura McKowen & Holly Whitaker

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2015

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

"The world opens when you begin to tell your own story and others come forward." -Ann Dowsett Johnston. Ann is an award-winning writer, journalist, public policy advocate, and the author of the stunning book "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol." She's also one of the most gracious women Holly and Laura have ever met. In this interview they talk about Ann's personal and professional path, including her gains and losses in sobriety, her relationship with her son, heartbreak, depression, dating and her incredible work on alcohol policy. Music by Radiation City.

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0:00.0	There is hope for us yet.
0:08.0	I am Laura McCallin.
0:10.0	And I am Hollywood occurred.
0:14.0	This is Home Podcast.
0:18.0	And so it would begin.
0:20.0	Hey.
0:22.0	Hi, I just had a little bit
0:25.0	a little bit. Oh, that sounds like you're crying.
0:27.0	No, I had a the quabur.
0:29.0	Or actually...
0:30.0	Oh, again.
0:31.0	I know.
0:32.0	No, it was like an air bubble. I didn't bulge.
0:34.7	A little quopper come out like a flower.
0:38.3	It does. It's pink. It's a pink cloud. It's very dainty.
0:47.0	So sweet.
0:48.0	Yeah, so how are you?
0:51.0	So, I'm wonderful. Yeah. I'm doing great. You just got back from Maine.
0:57.0	Just got back from Maine again and spent time. I made my own fire and kept it going for hours and I read and I'm reading
1:09.8	Walk in the Woods which is hilarious and fabulous and yeah it was a great weekend.
1:14.8	You had like great pictures with that book. I'm doing so good. I am I am in the middle of
1:22.0	pulling together a lot of stuff right now and also I I want to
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