Recode Decode: Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her popular profiles of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and her new novel, "Fleishman Is in Trouble." In this episode: Why Brodesser-Akner started writing profiles; how she got to the New York Times; working with editors and fact-checkers; Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop; Paltrow’s “radical” personality; her story about the transformation of Weight Watchers and contemporary fatness; how Brodesser-Akner chooses the topics of her stories; why they thrive online; “Fleishman Is In Trouble” and the rise of dating apps; how she figured out the story she wanted to tell in “Fleishman”; "What's the most horrifying thing I could do right now?"; what does Brodesser-Akner like writing better: Fiction or nonfiction?; and her advice for other writers. Recode Decode has been nominated for best technology podcast in this year’s People’s Choice Podcast Awards! Cast your vote for Recode Decode at https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup before July 31st. One vote per category. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.6	Hi, I'm Karris Fisher, Editor-large of Recode. You may know me as someone who
1:10.5	could be wearing a Jade egg with me right now, but I'm not going to tell you
1:14.7	where. But in my spare time, I talked tech and you're listening to Recode
1:18.4	decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network. Obviously that Jade egg thing I
1:22.4	absolutely would never do such a thing because Jen Gunter told us not to on my
1:26.2	podcast. But today in the red chair, we have someone even better. Taffy
1:29.6	broadest sir, Ackner. Is that right? Yes, sir. Ackner.
1:32.0	Yes, sir. Ackner.
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