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Call Your Girlfriend

Zadie Smith

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re taking a break from our Summer of Friendship to bring you a very special guest: Zadie Smith!! Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, and Swing Time, as well as two collections of essays, Changing My Mind and Feel Free. Her latest is Intimations.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend!

0:03.5

A podcast for long-distance besties everywhere.

0:06.2

I'm Amina Tussou and I'm Anne Friedman.

0:09.3

This week we are taking a break from the summer friendship kind of because we have a special

0:14.2

guest Zadie Smith in the house this week.

0:16.8

Oh my god, I am fully screaming.

0:44.2

Hello!

0:53.0

Hello, hello, hello.

0:54.6

How's it going over there?

0:56.2

You know, deep summer malaise.

0:58.1

How are you?

0:59.5

Well, I have some good news for you Anne.

1:03.2

We are taking a break from the summer friendship this week so maybe your malaise will be slightly

1:08.1

eased.

1:09.1

I love the idea of me being like, I am feeling met this summer and you're like, guess

1:12.7

what?

1:13.7

No more friendships.

1:14.7

We are on a different route.

1:15.7

I know.

1:16.7

And I have to say I'm sorry it's tough right now.

1:22.3

That really blows.

1:23.6

You know, it's hard for everyone right now.

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