Everything’s garbage. Sam Irby makes it better.
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 36 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 | I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still |
| 0:06.1 | watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you, |
| 0:12.7 | soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making, |
| 0:18.0 | Stories Without End from WB EZ Chicago. |
| 0:25.7 | Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. |
| 0:28.3 | Listen wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. This week's episode is a super special one. I'm very excited to share it with you. I had the great privilege of talking with Sam Irby last week on a stage to celebrate her newest book release here in Chicago. And as you will hear, the conversation was just as fun as you would want it to be. |
| 1:06.3 | If you somehow are not already familiar with Sam, buckle your fucking seatbelts because this is a delightfully wild ride. |
| 1:11.6 | Her newest book is called Quietly Hostile. It's an essay collection. and it spans a huge variety of topics. We've got lesbian nun porn fantasies, living with teenage stepkids, why her |
| 1:17.6 | wife has so many condiments in their fridge, and of course there's a lot about chronic illness, |
| 1:22.1 | which means there is a great lot about diarrhea, which is extremely on brand for Sam. In addition to her essay, Sam has also |
| 1:30.6 | started writing for TV. She wrote for End Just Like That, which is the New Sex and the City |
| 1:34.8 | reboot. She also worked on the HBO Max cartoon Tuka and Birdie and the Hulu adaptation of |
| 1:40.2 | Lindy West's book, Shrill. As you will hear, Sam is just the best. |
| 1:45.1 | She grew up in Evanston, which is the suburb just north of Chicago. |
| 1:48.9 | So we were all very happy to welcome her back home. |
| 1:52.6 | She lives in Michigan now. |
| 1:54.3 | We started the conversation with a question from a nerd out listener, which was, |
| 1:58.2 | How are you the coolest and funniest person ever? |
| 2:03.5 | It's true. |
| 2:05.0 | No, I'm just kidding. |
| 2:06.3 | I'm just kidding. |
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