This is the way to live
Last night I met my in-laws, Barbara and Gerry Green, at a restaurant in New York for dinner before performing in a storytelling show down the street. As Elysha and…
A sign, a grade book, and a bathtub are just a few of my memories of Hyde School
I had the honor of spending two days in Bath, Maine, recently, visiting with the eleventh and twelfth grade students of Hyde School. I taught them about storytelling, performed my…
4 good ideas and 4 bad ideas about book clubs
PopSugar's Elyssa Friedland offers 10 tips for a successful book club.I've been a member of a book club for more than a decade. Six people - three couples - meet…
Being a jerk and needing food stamps are mutually exclusive conditions
I was standing in line behind a man at a local convenience store, waiting. His credit card was being rejected, and he was clearly getting frustrated.He turned to me. "Do…
I performed in the dark. Without amplification. The results were surprising.
The worst experience I ever had while telling a story was on election night 2016 at a live show of Slate's The Gist. I was telling the story about my…
One of the best podcast episodes of all time
I started listening to podcasts when podcasts first became podcasts. Way back in 2005, as Elysha and I were moving from an apartment on one side of the street to an…
Resolution update: February 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I had the flu in February, but I recovered in less than three days. Record time. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Still four pounds down. After a great start in…
I killed a whale. Also, I played golf in the snow.
I've been reading Slate and listening to Slate's podcasts for about 15 years. Though I've had the honor of appearing regularly on two of the podcasts, I've always dreamed of…
Anatomy of a friendship: Shep
In a recent interview, someone asked me how I've met some of my closest friends, and it occurred to me that although the path to friendship is oftentimes as simple…
A bit of unsolicited, surely unwanted advice for my millennial friends
I have, on occasion, offended a millennial friend by making a gross generalization about their generation. I know that generalizations can be annoying, inaccurate, and offensive. I know that I…
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