Hi everyone, I'm Susie Weiss, and I've noticed there's just simply not enough podcasts in the world. So I'm launching my own. Let's go. Let's go, baby. Second Thought is a weekly show about pop culture. The stuff everyone's been binging, arguing about, obsessing over. Here's the thing about heated rivalry. I mean, even the most devoted swifties, I think we can agree, not our best work. We'll be hosting thoughtful conversations with culture's most important figures. Talk about genius.

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Coming to headphones near you on can agree not her best work. We'll be hosting thoughtful conversations with culture's most important figures.

Talk about genius.

Talk about generational talent.

Coming to headphones near you on April 17th with a first guest you won't want to miss.

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

My intention as a mother, as a writer, as a lover of books was to surround my daughter

with a library that was representative

of her life and her upbringing and her family and the love that was going to be surrounding

her. And it was darn near impossible to find.

You're listening to How To. I'm Amanda Ripley.

When you write for a living, people are always sending you quotes about writing,

some of which are a little too painfully accurate.

Like Ernest Hemingway, he once said,

there's nothing to writing. You just sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Or this line from

Christopher Hitchens.

Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where I think it should in most cases.

Remain. Ouch. Okay, so maybe not everyone should write the Great American novel. Fine.

But what about a simpler story?

Like a children's book?

I've had this idea for children's book, and I have a manuscript and everything.

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