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<p>Liana Finck’s cartoons explore life’s big predicaments: what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to feel like more than a snack machine once you have a child. In today’s episode, Liana shares how drawing has become a practice for her to answer questions, solve problems, and why creating art helps humans understand ourselves better. Liana also discusses why she’s not bothered by impostor syndrome (okay maybe it helps that she regularly contributes to The New Yorker) and how she navigates the feelings of doubt we all experience with honesty and humor.</p>

How to solve your problems through drawing (w/ Liana Finck)

You're listening to How to Be a Better Human.

I'm your host Chris Duffie. When I think about the artists,

comedians, writers, when I think about the people that I admire the most, they run the gamut

when it comes to the topics that they cover and their styles and the formats that they work in.

But the thing that ties everyone who I admire together, the thing that they all share is that they

found a way to be distinctly and uniquely themselves.

That is the trait that I admire the most.

And that is why I am so excited about today's episode of our podcast, because our guest,

the cartoonist Leanna Fink, makes work that could only be made by her.

You can see her cartoons in places like the New Yorker, but her style is so distinct from what a classic

You would never mistake her work for something by anyone else.

Because Leanna's drawings, they're much simpler,

And they're also very, very, very very very funny.

Leana is hilarious and her humor comes from this deeply honest

It's some of the best proof I've ever seen that the more specific and the more true to yourself you go,

Join How to Be a Better Human as we take a look within and beyond ourselves.How to Be a Better Human isn’t your average self improvement podcast. Each week join comedian Chris Duffy in conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can be a better human.From your work to your home and your head to your heart, How to Be a Better Human looks in unexpected places for new ways to improve and show up for one another. Inspired by the popular series of the same name on TED’s Ideas blog, How to Be a Better Human will help you become a better person from the comfort of your own headphones.

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0:09.0	You're listening to How to Be a Better Human.
0:11.0	I'm your host Chris Duffie. When I think about the artists,
0:15.0	comedians, writers, when I think about the people that I admire the most, they run the gamut
0:19.8	when it comes to the topics that they cover and their styles and the formats that they work in.
0:24.5	But the thing that ties everyone who I admire together, the thing that they all share is that they
0:29.5	found a way to be distinctly and uniquely themselves.
0:34.2	That is the trait that I admire the most.
0:36.1	And that is why I am so excited about today's episode of our podcast, because our guest,
0:41.2	the cartoonist Leanna Fink, makes work that could only be made by her.
0:46.1	You can see her cartoons in places like the New Yorker, but her style is so distinct from what a classic
0:51.2	New Yorker cartoon is.
0:52.4	You would never mistake her work for something by anyone else.
0:55.5	Because Leanna's drawings, they're much simpler,
0:58.3	but they're also more impressionistic,
1:00.0	and they convey so much emotion.
1:02.1	And they're also very, very, very very very funny.
1:05.0	Leana is hilarious and her humor comes from this deeply honest
1:08.8	confessional place.
1:10.0	It's some of the best proof I've ever seen that the more specific and the more true to yourself you go,
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How to solve your problems through drawing (w/ Liana Finck)

How to Be a Better Human

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