Millennial Ennui: The Sequel (with Emily Henry)
Be There in Five
Kate Kennedy
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2024
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
This week, beloved #1 best-selling author Emily Henry (Beach Read, Book Lovers, Happy Place, etc.) is back for Millennial Ennui: the Sequel to chat about her latest romance novel, Funny Story. Kate and Em Hen (she delusionally thinks they’re BFFs/on a nickname basis) talk about a variety of topics, from gift shop enthusiasm to the characters we problematically root for in RomComs, to the prevalence of fudge in touristy areas. They also discuss female friendships, what it’s like behind-the-scenes to adapt books to the big screen, and explore the intricacies of female characters in Emily's books and the related challenges faced by women in their 30s—touching on breakups, motherhood desires, and societal expectations. The convo also dances through Taylor Swift's songwriting, the struggles of writing deadlines, and the wonders of libraries as havens for diverse stories and support. Enjoy!
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Interview, Author, Romance Novels, Emily Henry, RomComs, Taylor Swift, Michigan
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the Be There in Five podcast. I'm Kate Kennedy, a person with a podcast. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm an author, a puff culture commentator. You know the drill. You've been here for a |
| 0:23.3 | minute. But what you might not know if you're a regular Beth is, did you know that? I've been |
| 0:28.4 | putting more episodes on YouTube. Just I'm trying to get with the times. I'm trying to stay |
| 0:35.0 | relevant. I don't really have shareable content. So I'm trying to |
| 0:39.0 | figure out how to play ball. Anyway, I think I have, I think I have like 80s YouTube subscribers, |
| 0:45.0 | which I don't like, I'm, I feel awkward bragging. But I just sometimes with these interviews, |
| 0:51.0 | when there's video content, if you want to watch us chit chat, this interview will be up on YouTube as well. |
| 0:57.6 | If it's not now, it will be up in the very near future, and I'm trying to get better about it. |
| 1:04.0 | But I'm so excited because today I have on one of your favorites. |
| 1:07.4 | She, like, honestly needs no introduction, so I like, you know, won't take up too much of your time. |
| 1:10.7 | But Emily Henry, number one, New York Times bestselling author of amazing |
| 1:16.3 | romance novels like happy place and book lovers, people we meet on vacation, beach read, |
| 1:24.3 | and what we're talking about today, which is her novel funny story. And last year when I |
| 1:30.2 | interviewed Emily Henry, not only was it a really popular episode, it was one of my favorite |
| 1:33.8 | interviews I've ever done just because I love when I vibe with people. And she was fun. She gets it. |
| 1:39.6 | She's just like kind of quintessentially millennial. And you can tell in her books that through the banter |
| 1:46.5 | she writes that she herself is a very funny dynamic person but she also doesn't take herself |
| 1:53.5 | too seriously and she was just such a joy to talk to and I can tell she has the same appreciation |
| 1:57.3 | for nostalgia that I do and I just was obsessed with her and I've wanted to be her best friend ever since. And so I'm honored that she was willing to talk to me again. |
| 2:05.3 | Slash, I tried to get her to come with me to meet Travis Kelsey when I was in Cincinnati. |
| 2:10.5 | I think it was her anniversary. So I guess she had priorities, madam. Anyway, since she's a huge |
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