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Nancy Rommelmann on podcasting, getting cancelled, and sympathizing with straight white guys
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Nancy Rommelmann is a journalist and an author of many books, including her latest, Forty Bucks and a Dream: a collection of nonfiction pieces about her time in Los Angeles. She is also the co-host of one of my favorite podcasts—Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em.We discuss…. Nancy’s favorite books. Nobody “snows you” like your kids. What percent sociopath are you? If you got a voucher for a free strip-o-gram, would you take it?Would you? Team Sarah (yes to love life writing) vs Team Nancy (not as much so)A book I recommended to Nancy I ask why and how “Sarah and Nancy work as a podcasting duo.” Smoke Em Dramas:Sarah and Nancy debating “negging.”Nancy and Walter Kirn debating Viktor Orbán.Sarah’s botched introduction to Michael Tracey. Nancy writing about the Ristretto Roasters saga. Where the “Hot for Due Process” swag idea was borne. The art of not falling apart: having something important and unselfish to do? The first of the Musings of the Night Nurse series.Music by Duncan Barrett, who you can follow and listen to, here and here.
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Nancy Rommelmann is a journalist and an author of many books [https://www.amazon.com/Bridge-True-Story-Motherhood-Murder-ebook/dp/B073FCH41F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CRGU3DWCNGDT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.v2ODV0ImnVea3kWOvvOXNTKOhyCDm_Ha0cly4-Lp9UFxAi5fSy9wJRTW8r2XdVYMOTqASPXmh7KfF2OjJ42vnOikjo8CtZ1Oor_2mS0BcRYPWN58J8cziQ2S80tVydxTIOp4QunlS5SXDYofrOB5bgpAiN5y-Gq8APGMz7pQ827UBtANJicpLphR3ebwvxzeHuIrY9Lm5zRUdp1wVlwEEIXHHd7hWNAKlIoxlkD9OUA.DSp-GkQtN3bU140PnBQA2zxwtAoYReD4nh3tKynsJ_s&dib_tag=se&keywords=to+the+bridge+nancy+rommelmann&qid=1768070589&sprefix=to+the+bridge%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1], including her latest, Forty Bucks and a Dream [https://www.amazon.com/Forty-Bucks-Dream-Stories-Angeles/dp/B0DGGC2JMN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20LPCNJ3NDX3H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vYqDr8-z8FdPbn7zNxVlZxVRtcQqnRGaaIiZxmgSRbQSYlgITdVaZEERPyJhjiUfg70vCQDL5IUx9k5-4-cu3Jg6xYukMHFVRpKl_j5Vd9AO7oxN7yQ8BeERwdsPULn17QyvwlM3iPZC8_LdGpC85g.ztjpuhkTJ56k1K3t9LpeaTKhfQjnlzUj3qdPV3TDwAo&dib_tag=se&keywords=Forty+Bucks+and+a+Dream&qid=1768070694&sprefix=forty+bucks+and+a+dream%2Caps%2C386&sr=8-1]: a collection of nonfiction pieces about her time in Los Angeles. She is also the co-host of one of my favorite podcasts—Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em. We discuss…. * Nancy's favorite books [https://x.com/NancyRomm/status/1768272841386955032?s=20]. * Nobody "snows you" like your kids. * What percent sociopath are you? * If you got a voucher for a free strip-o-gram, would you take it? Would you? * Team Sarah (yes to love life writing) vs Team Nancy (not as much so) A book I recommended to Nancy * I ask why and how "Sarah and Nancy work as a podcasting duo." * Smoke Em Dramas: Sarah and Nancy debating "negging." [https://smokeempodcast.substack.com/p/214-the-trouble-with-writing-about]Nancy and Walter Kirn debating [https://smokeempodcast.substack.com/p/121-walter-kirn-everybodys-learned]Viktor Orbán. Sarah's botched introduction to Michael Tracey. [https://smokeempodcast.substack.com/p/222-michael-tracey-on-kirk-epstein] * Nancy writing about the Ristretto Roasters saga [https://quillette.com/2019/02/18/the-internet-locusts-descend-on-ristretto-roasters/]. * Where the "Hot for Due Process [https://smokeempodcast.substack.com/p/21-the-destruction-of-others]" swag idea was borne. * The art of not falling apart: having something important and unselfish to do? * The first of the Musings of the Night Nurse [https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/musings-of-the-night-nurse] series. Music by Duncan Barrett, who you can follow and listen to, here [https://duncanbarrett.bandcamp.com/] and here [https://www.instagram.com/duncan.e.barrett/].
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