Angie speaks with award-winning journalist Bianca Bosker about how hearing of the existence of ‘The Best Sommelier in the World Competition’ sparked an obsession to become a sommelier herself, a decision that upended her life and led to her best-selling book Cork Dork: A Wine-FUELED Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste. We also touch upon her latest obsession—the art world—which will be captured in her forthcoming book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See, out February 6, 2024. Bianca will be back on the pod in February, to talk about her next riveting read!
Christopher Hermelin of So Many Damn Books on how to break out of a reading rut.
Lisa Taddeo returns to talk GHOST LOVER.
Abi Morgan on This Is Not A Pity Memoir.
Elizabeth Day on on the struggles that define us and make us stronger, and her new novel MAGPIE.
From Talk Easy: Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
Zarqa Nawaz on her career and making fun of ISIS in her new book Jameela Green Ruins Everything.
Clemency Burton-Hill on surviving a brain injury and how it changed her relationship to music.
Re-Release: Max Porter on love through grief.
Pamela Paul on the art of boredom, buying a one-way ticket to Thailand, and what we've lost to the Internet.
Stephan Lee on the phenomenon that is K-Pop.
Jason Diamond on suburbs, cardigans, Russian literature, the Martini, and more.
Sheila Heti on God's First Draft, social anxiety in the metaverse, and Feldman, the, loyal, snoring dog beside her.
A Valentine's Day Re-release: Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
Maeve Higgins on her big family, migration, and making fun of Angie.
Wajahat Ali on 9/11, being American, and how his sense of humor landed him love.
Book and TV critic Hillary Kelly on her most anticipated books of 2022, and why she doesn't *get* books about happy people.
Angela got you a Christmas present! Plus an end-of-year review.
Uli Beutter Cohen on subways, stillness, and the next 10 thousand years.
Ann Patchett on a remarkable friendship, the importance of Snoopy in her life, and much, much more.
Emily Ratajkowski on why writing feels like a feminist act.
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