The Georgia Senate is controlled by bigots in the pocket of the NRA
In the last two weeks, the Georgia Senate has made two unfortunate decisions:Last week, they approved a bill eliminating a tax break for Delta Air Lines after Delta eliminated its…
From genius to Bart Simpson
When I stepped out of the shower, I found my five year-old son, Charlie, reading the graphic novel version of A Wrinkle in Time on our bed. Charlie's full name…
Boy vs. Girl: Our 100th episode
Boy vs. Girl, the podcast that I produce with my partner, Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, just published our 100th episode. While I don't often get excited about round numbers, 100 is a pretty…
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…
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