Everything’s garbage. Sam Irby makes it better.
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette had the great privilege of hosting a live WBEZ event with Samantha Irby to celebrate the release of her newest book Quietly Hostile. Like her other books, it’s a collection of essays that span a huge variety of topics. She writes about lesbian nun porn fantasies, living with teenage stepkids, why her wife has SO many condiments in their fridge, and chronic illness. (If you’ve read Sam’s work before, you won’t be surprised to hear it includes a lot of diarrhea.)
In addition to her essays, Sam also writes for TV. She wrote for And Just Like That…, the new Sex and the City reboot, along with the cartoon Tuca & Bertie and the Hulu adaptation of Lindy West’s book Shrill.
We chatted about her relationship to fans who know intimate details about her life, why she hates New York, and her favorite toilet paper.
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| 0:00.0 | Talent that hasn't been seen ever before. |
| 0:03.0 | She had the talent. |
| 0:04.0 | It was evident that she had major talent. |
| 0:08.0 | I already knew this guy was talented and hilarious, |
| 0:10.0 | but that's like another wing of the Smithsonian inside of him. |
| 0:17.0 | The greatest talent in history dissected. |
| 0:20.0 | Here are the origin stories of iconic figures on making |
| 0:23.0 | from WBEZ Chicago. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Greta Johnson. |
| 0:38.0 | We did it. |
| 0:39.0 | We made it to another weekend. |
| 0:40.0 | This week's episode is a super special one. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm very excited to share it with you. |
| 0:44.0 | I had the great privilege of talking |
| 0:46.0 | with Sam Irby last week on a stage |
| 0:49.0 | to celebrate her newest book release here in Chicago. |
| 0:52.0 | And as you will hear, the conversation was just as fun |
| 0:55.0 | as you would want it to be. |
| 0:57.0 | If you somehow are not already familiar with Sam, |
| 1:01.0 | buckle your fucking seat belts |
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