Samantha Irby + Brandon Taylor

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It's a book filled episode as Tobin and Kathy chat with authors Samantha Irby and Brandon Taylor.

— Samantha Irby is the author of Wow, No Thank You., as well as Meaty, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., and New Year, Same Trash.

— Brandon Taylor is the author of Real Life.

— Matt Ortile is the author of The Groom Will Keep His Name.

— Rachel Matlow is the author of Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir Of Miracle Cures And Other Disasters.

— Meredith Talusan is the author of Fairest.

— Alok Vaid-Menon is the author of Beyond the Gender Binary.

— Kacen Callender is the author of Felix Ever After, as well as other books.

Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Albert Behar, Alexander Overington, & Kevin MacLeod ("Slow Burn"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Kath, before we get started, I just wanted to do like a quick check-in with you.
0:06.1	We are recording this on May 29th, right before we release this next episode.
0:12.6	How are you?
0:13.6	How are you doing?
0:15.7	I guess I'm feeling pretty exhausted.
0:18.9	Yeah.
0:19.9	Yeah, yeah, I hear that.
0:22.7	I stayed up until 2.30 in the morning, last night scrolling on Twitter.
0:28.8	I'm going to be doing the protests happening in Minnesota and around the country right now
0:32.6	because of the killings of George Floyd and Brianna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery and Tony
0:38.6	McDade.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.6	And I just want to say, you know, I know it can feel very bleak right now.
0:45.0	The only thing I know to do to quote Mr. Rogers is to look for the helpers.
0:52.0	So what's giving me hope right now is reading and looking into how Asian-American communities
0:58.2	can be supportive and not participate in anti-blackness.
1:02.8	That is the main thing I'm thinking about.
1:05.4	What about you?
1:06.4	I guess I'm also feeling a little helpless right now, but I do want to say to our black
1:13.3	and brown listeners that we are here for you and we hope this show is a source of joy
1:19.2	and comfort.
1:20.9	And speaking of which, the episode you're about to hear was recorded a couple weeks ago.
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