Posts Tagged ‘slate’
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 run for the Presidency of my college when things started to turn in the election returns and eyes quickly shifted from me to phones. Trump…
Read MoreAwful human being alert
It’s hard to believe that someone could be as lacking in self awareness as the woman who wrote this letter to advice columnist Dear Prudence. How could anyone read this letter and not think they are coming across as an classist, elitist, repulsive snob? Dear Prudence, Recently my friend Amy made a new friend, Mary.…
Read MoreI broke into the Brooklyn Navy Yard and committed a crime (I think)
I went to Brooklyn at the end of August to record a podcast at Slate. Slate moved its offices from a fairly convenient location in Manhattan to a terribly inconvenient location in Brooklyn that I had been to only once before. So I plugged “Slate Magazine” into the Waze app on my phone and was…
Read MoreMike Pesca’s favorite sentences of 2015 (and mine)
Back in January, Mike Pesca of Slate’s The Gist discussed some of his favorite sentences of 2015. When Pesca attributed the sentence to someone., I included the attribution. Bill Raftery on how he enjoys learning something and immediately sharing it: “That’s why I went into broadcasting rather than espionage.” “It’s easier to condemn than to…
Read MoreMy latest appearance on Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Discussing violent tragedy with children
I made another appearance on Slate’s parenting podcast Mom and Dad Are Fighting, talking about how to handle discussions with children about horrific tragedies like the terrorist attacks in Paris or the mass shooting in San Bernardino (which was actually taking place while we recorded my segment).
Read MorePresidential Job Application Question #3 (with my answers): What’s your greatest political triumph?
Slate’s John Dickerson recently published a piece entitled: The Presidential Job Application: Seven questions we should ask anyone who wants to become President. Over the course of the next seven days, I plan on completing Dickerson’s application by answering each of the questions. I’ve always wanted to be President, so perhaps my answers will be…
Read MoreStorytelling on The Gist
If you’re not already listening to Slate’s The Gist, the daily podcast hosted by Mike Pesca, here’s another reason to do so: I’ll be appearing on The Gist as a part of a new project that seeks to teach the art of storytelling to listeners. Whether you are telling stories at a dinner party or…
Read MoreSlate might actually be stealing my ideas. Not really, but you have to admit that it’s getting a little suspicious.
About two weeks ago, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post accusing Slate of stealing my ideas. On the same day, Slate published pieces defending skipping and arguing that climate change skeptics can no longer use the word skeptic when describing themselves because it’s simply not true. I had previously published blog posts that were eerily similar.…
Read MoreMy Story of the Day exercise will change your life. I promise. And you’ll find a bunch of stories in the process.
Slate editor Allison Benedikt sent the following tweet around the holidays. Julia Turner, who was referenced in the tweet (Benedikt may actually be quoting her) is Slate’s editor-in-chief: @juliaturner “You live your life. Most days are pretty much the same. You forget most things you’ve done. Then it’s over.” Happy holidays! This tweet struck a…
Read MoreSomeone at Slate magazine has been reading my blog and stealing my brilliant ideas. Seriously. Sort of.
On October 23, 2012, I came out in favor of skipping after skipping down the deserted streets of Brattleboro, Vermont. “The swinging of the arms, the momentary, almost violent liftoff into the air in the midst of each skip and the inability to do anything but smile throughout the process, make it something we really…
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