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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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'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…
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…
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…
As the victim of a violent, armed robbery that began with bricks through the windows of a McDonald's restaurant and led to a lifetime of post traumatic stress disorder, this…
