These are crazy times. Everybody's apart and personally I miss squeezing people. I'm physically seeing

people but our sponsors on Pust still give you loads of ways to stay connected. So for that I am very

thankful. Homemade chips with lachens of garlic and the skins still on. Planting seeds with my little girl in the sunshine

and finally hanging shelves that I bought nine months ago.

There are a million things that I'm thankful for today,

but what is my guest thankful for?

Twitter could be a really lovely place to be over the coming months.

I'm an introvert, so I'm well used to self-isolating,

but there's a lot of people out there who aren't used to it at all.

Welcome to Thanks a Million. I'm Angela Scanlon, and this is the show that takes a sneaky

look at my guest's gratitude list to find out the things that have shaped their lives.

So today it is the turn of writer John Ronson, a fascinating fellow whose books have been turned

into numerous feature films, The Man Who Stared at Goats, Frank and Oakja.

He's hunted aliens with Robbie Williams for crying out loud.

Before we go to him, a huge thank you to you for listening to this show, particularly in

these crazy, crazy

times. I'm hoping that we're bringing a little bit of comfort and perspective into your lives.

On Instagram, I have been posting pretty regularly since all of this stuff kicked off the three

things that I am grateful for every day. Well, most days when I get right into it. The hashtag

is thanks a million trio and they can be really monotonous, very exciting, deeply profound,

basically whatever floats your boat and you, some of you, but also people that just

follow me on Instagram and don't

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