How to Quarantine, With Samantha Irby
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
Lifehacker
4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Comedian and author Samantha Irby joins us this week on The Upgrade to talk about how to make yourself comfortable with self-quarantine. This includes finding the right TV shows to binge-watch (she has a recommendation or two), the right books to escape with, and the right foods to cook while you huddle up at home. Samantha is the New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, Meaty, and most recently, Wow, No Thank You.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of |
| 0:21.4 | LifeHacker. And I'm Alice Bradley, LifeHacker's deputy editor. And today we're catching up with the |
| 0:27.0 | hilarious writer Samantha Irby. Samantha is a friend of the show, a delightful human being, |
| 0:31.9 | and knows a thing or two about the joys of the great indoors. That's right. She's an indoor cat |
| 0:36.4 | just like us, so we knew she'd have a few good TV and book recommendations for those of us with a little more free time on our hands than we plan for. |
| 0:44.2 | I mean, I am currently, like, the Target CBS viewer. |
| 0:50.3 | Like, I will watch not their comedies, but, like, all of their, like, procedurals give me six hours of blue bloods or whatever. |
| 0:59.7 | Sam has a new book out now called Wow, No Thank You. |
| 1:03.2 | It's her fourth collection of essays. |
| 1:05.0 | We highly recommend it if you're looking for a good laugh. |
| 1:07.3 | And who isn't? |
| 1:08.2 | We're all looking for a good laugh. |
| 1:09.7 | We also recommend checking |
| 1:10.9 | out Sam's first appearance on the upgrade back in 2017 when she joined us for the episode, |
| 1:15.7 | How to Not Give a Shit. Those were innocent times. It's true. Hey, Alice. Yes, Melissa. I believe |
| 1:23.2 | we have some exciting news to share. We sure do. We are nominated for a Webby Award. |
| 1:31.1 | And Upgrade listeners, we would love your vote if you can find it in your hearts. |
| 1:35.7 | Yes, please. |
| 1:36.3 | We are nominated in the category of Best Lifestyle Podcast, and we are including the link |
| 1:41.0 | to vote for us in our show notes. |
| 1:42.9 | You can also go to vote.webbyawards.com. |
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