Not a Dick: Bill Plaschke

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

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3.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Sarah talks to award-winning writer and Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke about how writing was the only way he could express himself as a kid because he stuttered when he spoke, how a box of Cocoa Puffs led to a big break in his career, his rise to columnist at The Los Angeles Times, why he prefers to write human interests stories, and his battle with COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sarah and you know about first take, but how about first take her take a brand
0:06.3	new podcast hosted by Charlie Arnold Kimberly Martin and Cheney Ogumake.
0:11.0	They discuss and debate the biggest sports stories and delve into topics about their lives
0:14.8	and culture.
0:16.0	Subscribe, rate and review first take her take wherever you get your podcasts.
0:26.7	Welcome to That's what she said with Sarah Spain.
0:29.0	A podcast about well, whatever the hell I want actors and musicians, athletes, comedians,
0:35.0	neuroscientists, wine experts.
0:36.7	If I find somebody interesting, I'm bringing them to you.
0:40.2	We'll talk about how they became who they are, how they found success, battle failures
0:45.2	and how they ended up here talking to me.
0:47.1	My name is Bill Plashky.
0:48.1	My dilemma is when do I take down my Christmas decorations?
0:51.6	The tree is gone, but the mantle still up, the piano still up, the back coffee table still
0:57.8	up.
0:58.8	I don't want to take them down, I want the lights, I want the flashing, I want the stockings,
1:03.2	I want it all up for the whole year, what do I do?
1:06.2	Okay, so we finally took our Christmas tree out last night and it involved a small door,
1:13.7	a saw, pine needles everywhere, a lot of arguing, scratching of walls, scratching of doorways,
1:21.2	a new paint job required and it involved the unthinkable in this household, which was
1:26.2	someone actually uttered the phrase artificial Christmas trees are starting to make a lot
1:30.8	more sense right now.
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