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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

How Do We Touch Untouchable Topics? with Jodi Picoult

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jodi Picoult is an American writer who currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. She joins Jonathan to talk the process of writing, what goes into being a successful author, tackling tough subjects, and more. Find Jodi’s work at https://www.jodipicoult.com. She’s on Twitter and Instagram @jodipicoult. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Johnathan Vennes.

0:01.0

I wonder if he has anyone he totally what?

0:02.0

Anyway, every week I sit down for a gorgeous little 30 minute conversation with a brilliant

0:12.8

expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.

0:15.2

This week I'm curious about what it takes to be an author which is why I sit down with

0:18.2

Jodie Pico.

0:23.4

Welcome to Getting Curious.

0:24.4

This is Johnathan Vennes.

0:25.4

I'm very excited to get this question you know, first of all.

0:29.7

It's very rare that I interview someone where they can be a boozled me with their own

0:33.8

intellect and verbalogy before we even get going.

0:36.6

Because usually I'm like, I'm in a way, I was like, don't say anything else like, let's

0:39.3

start recording.

0:40.3

But in your case, we had so much to gab about pre-interview, honey.

0:44.0

I feel like we've already done 18 podcast.

0:47.0

We totally could.

0:48.0

So welcome without further ado, gorgeous Jodie Pico, who is, I'm grateful to say last name

0:55.4

that I'm guessing is like French and derivation.

0:57.4

And I butchered before we started recording.

0:59.3

Thank gosh.

1:00.3

I used to butcher it right on air, but now I have enough.

1:02.9

You know, I can do it.

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