Parental Paranoia
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Danny Lavery welcomes Celeste Ng, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022.
Lavery and Ng tackle two letters. First, someone who is trying to find care for her friend’s paranoid mother. Another letter writer is upset that his friend group has befriended his stalker. Plus, a great deal on Sir Micheal Caine’s desk.
Resources for caring for the elderly
https://www.eldercaredirectory.org/state-resources.htm
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/free-services-for-seniors-or-caregivers-156443.htm
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon music. |
| 0:03.4 | Just a reminder that Big M. Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery happens twice a week. |
| 0:08.0 | Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode or Little Big Mood every Friday. |
| 0:12.8 | Sign up now to listen at slate.com slash mood. Hello and welcome back to the big Mood, Little Mood podcast. |
| 0:40.1 | I am your host, Danny M. Lavery, and with me in the studio this week is Celeste Ng, |
| 0:44.3 | the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. |
| 0:50.7 | Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022. Celeste, |
| 0:55.5 | welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me on. I'm so excited as you get to try to |
| 1:00.7 | answer some questions with you. Before we get started, a really quick note, I heard from an |
| 1:05.5 | eagle-eared listener last week that apparently if you download the podcast through like a third-party |
| 1:10.7 | platform, |
| 1:11.4 | not from Slate directly, but elsewhere, some of the ads that it gets fed come from the Spotify |
| 1:15.5 | ad network. And it was briefly running ads for Regent University, which is Pat Robertson's |
| 1:22.3 | university. Thank you very much for bringing it to my attention. Our ad team got in touch with |
| 1:27.2 | them and they have assured us that won't happen again. But do let me know if like a third party |
| 1:32.8 | platforms are like packaging the show with just really any any ads for like virulently, |
| 1:39.3 | you know, homophobic, right wing hypernationalist Christianist organizations, I'd love to hear about that |
| 1:46.9 | because I think it's bad for them because they're unlikely to find any students among my audience. |
| 1:52.9 | And it's not great for me because I don't like them and I hope Pat Robertson dies soon and in pain. |
| 1:59.6 | And that's fine to say on the air because it's my show. |
| 2:02.8 | Celeste, welcome to the show again. I am really thrilled to be here. Thank you so much for being here and for not being |
| 2:10.6 | associated in any way with Pat Robertson or Regent University. May they all die in a fire this week. |
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