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Working: How Scrapbooking Connects Craft and Personal Reflection

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Tv & Film, Arts, Music

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week host June Thomas talks about the underrated art of scrapbooking with Ali Edwards, who managed to turn her love of crafting into a full-time career. In the interview, Ali discusses her most popular scrapbooking projects, like “December Daily,” and explains why the practice of pairing photographs with words and artistic flair can lead to personal growth and reflection.  After the interview, June and co-host Rumaan Alam talk about the benefits of documenting memories.  In Slate Plus, Ali reminisces about one of her favorite high-school teachers.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It’s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial. Sign up now to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey Tom Sharpling here, the host of the Best Show. And if you've never heard of the Best

0:06.2

Show before, everything you need to know is right there in the title. Each week we put on the

0:11.3

best live podcast you're ever going to hear.

0:13.6

Featuring live callers, celebrity guests, music, plenty of surprises.

0:19.5

Who knows what's going to happen?

0:21.2

Last month alone we were joined by Conan O'Brien, Patricia Arquette,

0:26.0

Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Nathan Fielder, Sunan Archives, John Oliver, the list goes on and

0:31.5

on. So what are you waiting for?

0:33.0

Join us live every Tuesday night on Twitch at 6 p.m. Pacific time

0:38.0

and find us the next day on the Forever Dog Podcast Network

0:41.0

and wherever you find podcasts.

0:44.0

You know,

0:45.0

You know when I go out with my friends here locally like none of them scrapbook

0:58.0

they don't they're always just what you know wondering what I'm doing and I try to explain it.

1:04.0

At the same time I can jump on my computer and talk to people all over the world

1:08.0

who have the same passion for memory keeping as I do and that sort of connection is really I think life giving.

1:16.0

Welcome back to Working.

1:20.0

I'm your host, Raman Alam.

1:22.0

And I'm your other host, June Thomas.

1:25.0

June, we just heard the voice of Ali Edwards, who is your guest this week.

1:29.0

I'm trying and failing to figure out the best single noun to describe Ali's work.

1:35.7

So I've decided I'm just going to lob that challenge right back to you.

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