Emmy Potter

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Emmy has written for publications like Bright Wall/Dark Room, the Belladonna, CultureSonar, and more! Emmy can be found on Twitter @emmylanepotter and Instagram @emmylanepotter. Mentioned in this Episode: Mindy Kaling Matt and Ben Martin Scorsese The Departed The Light in the Piazza Chicago Cabaret A Little Night Music Oklahoma! I'm Not at All In Love Great American Songbook My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall The Souvenir Nick Nadal Ray Bradbury short stories Truman Capote short stories Walking as Creative Fuel - Brainpickings Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Reese Witherspoon Ava DuVernay Parasite Mad Men Matt Weiner on what he learned working on The Sopranos Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Girl, Interrupted directed by James Mangold See Jane Write by Sarah Mlynowski and Farrin Jacobs Ready Player One (movie) by Steven Spielberg Ready Player One (book) by Ernest Cline Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese End of the F***ing World on Netflix Life Isn't Everything: Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends by Ash Carter and Sam Kashner Fleabag on Amazon Prime Call My Agent! aka Dix Pour Cent on Netflix The Good Place Heartburn (movie) directed by Mike Nichols, written by Nora Ephron Heartburn (book) by Nora Ephron Postcards from the Edge (movie) directed by Mike Nichols, written by Carrie Fisher Postcards from the Edge (book) by Carrie Fisher Schitt's Creek Clueless Succession Open Book by Jessica Simpson Angels cover by Jessica Simpson Angels by Robbie Williams Miss Americana Taylor Swift documentary on Netflix Gaga: Five Foot Two Lady Gaga documentary on Netflix Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn On Becoming a God in Central Florida on Showtime Dolly Parton Bright Wall/Dark Room A League of Their Own About Us: Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy. You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].

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