The death and life of Julie Yip-Williams (sponsored by Pineapple Street Media)

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

What if you knew you were dying? How would you prepare your family, and yourself? In a special episode sponsored by Pineapple Street Media, we talk with Eleanor Kagan, producer and host of a new podcast, Julie, that explores the extraordinary life and death of Julie Yip-Williams.

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0:00.0	Welcome to a sponsored episode of Call Your Girlfriend.
0:03.6	A podcast for long-distance besties everywhere.
0:06.0	I'm Amina Tussaud.
0:07.2	And I'm Anne Friedman.
0:08.5	Today's episode is brought to you by Julie,
0:10.6	the unwinding of the miracle,
0:12.6	a podcast from our friends at Pineapple Street Media.
0:15.6	This podcast chronicles the life and the death of Julie Yip Williams.
0:19.8	The podcast revisits the events of her extraordinary life
0:22.6	through hours of intensely personal and revealing conversations.
0:26.0	It's an immigrant story, a love story, and a ghost story.
0:29.4	The series is a companion to her posthumous memoir,
0:31.9	which is also called The Unwinding of the Miracle,
0:34.4	which is out from Random House on February 5th.
0:59.3	I'm really excited to listen to this, and I think, uh, you know, it's made by somebody
1:15.3	who we have a lot of professional respect for.
1:17.8	That's the incredible Eleanor Kagan.
1:19.6	I know, like, Queen of podcasts.
1:21.6	And like, the subject matter is also super, uh, you know, like, it's hard,
1:25.8	but it's really good.
1:27.0	I think it gives, it's that new meaning to, uh,
1:29.3	gone but not forgotten.
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