Lindy West’s Memoir Adult Braces (with Guy Branum)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chelsea welcomes comedian and writer Guy Branum to dive into “Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane,” the essay collection by writer and former podcast guest Lindy West. They explore Lindy’s journey on the road to Kokomo (yes, the place referenced in the Beach Boys song) while unpacking body image, burnout, life after working on the TV adaptation of “Shrill,” and whether or not to be polyamorous!! Is this what Eat, Pray, Love was supposed to be?? A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics, including body image talk. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Thank you to our sponsors: Quince - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at ritual.com/glamorous. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Show Notes: Dringo! Card Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong. (NY Times) *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.0	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.0	They think they're better than us.
0:08.0	Who do you think you are?
0:10.0	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.0	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.0	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.0	I'm saying, say I'm saying I don't like you. A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:27.3	Welcome to Glammerous Trash.
0:33.3	This is a podcast that book clubs viral articles, celebrity memoirs, and trashy discourse to elevate your life.
0:35.0	I'm your host, Chelsea DeVantes.
0:39.5	I'm a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
0:54.0	And today, we are book clubbing Lindy West's new memoir titled Adult Braces, which comes out the exact day this episode is dropping March 10th, 2026. It is very hot off the presses. Now, Lindy is famous for many things.
0:57.5	Lindy is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Shrill, Notes from a Loud Woman,
1:03.3	which then became the TV show Shrill on Hulu, which ran for three seasons, starring 80 Bryant.
1:12.9	Lindy has written for so many publications,
1:19.6	but wow, did I really know her from Jezebel? She was speaking political and comedic commentary about women for women in the early 2010s, and I was hooked. I was up in those comments.
1:26.0	I loved so much of her writing. She spoke out for abortion
1:29.2	rights and went on the Daily Show and she was just a mouthpiece for a lot of really important
1:34.2	thoughts. And so Lindy also went through extreme trolling. And I remember a phase when she would
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