In Her Shoes: Maggie Smith

The Cut

New York Magazine

Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In 2016, Maggie Smith experienced what it was like to go viral. Her poem, Good Bones was shared all over the internet. Celebrities shared it. Mothers who could relate shared it. Even Meryl Streep read at an award show. After that moment, her life changed. In her memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, She details for us exactly how her life changed in the most painful but necessary ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to In Her Shoes, I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm Editor-in-Chief of the Cut.
0:14.5	On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire, or some that we just
0:18.6	find interesting.
0:19.6	We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and
0:24.2	how they brought others along now that they've arrived.
0:32.9	In 2016, Maggie Smith experienced what it was like to go viral.
0:37.2	Her poem Good Bones was shared all over the internet.
0:40.6	Celebrities shared it.
0:42.4	Mothers who could relate shared it.
0:44.3	Even in Meryl Streep read it at an award show.
0:47.5	After that moment, her life changed.
0:49.9	In her memoir, you could make this place beautiful.
0:52.5	She details for us exactly how her life changed in the most painful, but incredibly necessary
0:57.8	ways.
0:58.8	We got a chance to talk about it and all the nuances in between.
1:02.7	So I always ask my guess since our podcast is called In Her Shoes, either what shoes
1:07.2	are you wearing right now or what are your favorite shoes to wear.
1:10.7	I am barefoot right now because I'm in my house and I can be.
1:18.0	My favorite shoes to wear.
1:20.1	It kind of depends on the season.
1:22.1	I have a pair of sandals that I wear a lot in the summertime and during the year, I'm
1:28.4	either wearing Chelsea boots if it's cool out, flat little flat ankle boots or I'm
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