Hi everyone, I'm Susie Weiss, and I've noticed there's just simply not enough podcasts in the world. So I'm launching my own. Let's go. Let's go, baby. Second Thought is a weekly show about pop culture. The stuff everyone's been binging, arguing about, obsessing over. Here's the thing about heated rivalry. I mean, even the most devoted swifties, I think we can agree, not our best work. We'll be hosting thoughtful conversations with culture's most important figures. Talk about genius.

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Coming to headphones near you on can agree not our best work. We'll be hosting thoughtful conversations with culture's most important figures.

Talk about genius.

Talk about generational talent.

Coming to headphones near you on April 17th with a first guest you won't want to miss.

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Carvo Wallace and welcome to how to's quick fix.

In this bonus episode for Slate Plus members,

more from my conversation with Mercury Stardust, the author and TikToker known as the Trans Handyman.

After our two-part advice session with journalist, podcaster, and first-time homeowner Sam Sanders,

Mercury and I got to talking about her upcoming book. It's about her own experience

buying a home, from fighting and bidding wars to dealing with structural damage. And as someone who

doles out a lot of home improvement advice online, Mercury talks about the creative, or as she

calls it, unhinged strategy she uses when she needs to listen to her own advice.

I actually was just struck by what you said at the end.

Like, this has been so uplifting and wonderful, but, you know, I am a journalist and a writer,

and I'm always interested in what the other side is.

Can you tell us a little bit about some of the more difficult things that you talk about in

your next book?

It took me about nine months to get the house.

So it was one, you know, it was one bid after another and I kept getting denied and

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