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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast149. America, Fuck Yeah!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe hustle, the friendliness, the informality, the unshakeable faith…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast148. Make Sex Great Again
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe first Trump-Biden debate is hours away, and pundits are predicting…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast147. BRATS! West Coast Liberals + '80s Movie Stars
Nancy and Sarah are one-on-one today for a roving conversation that covers: Nancy’s Portland story in a Nicholas Kristof NYT column about West Coast…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast146. Mike and Milo Pesca on the "Boy Crisis" and Whatever Toxic Masculinity Turns Out To Be
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com“Boys in crisis.” People write books about it. Melinda Gates just…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastThe Slow Leave Taking: On Watching My Mother Slip Away
by Nancy RommelmannI’d like to introduce you to my mother. Not the woman I am sitting one foot away from in a Connecticut hospital bed, the skin on her hands…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast145. Kat Rosenfield on Women's Right to Shuck Over-Ripe Husbands AND All Those Nudes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOur guest Kat Rosenfield is one of the best cultural critics of our…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast144. GUILTY! Olivia Nuzzi on the Strange Sadness of Donald Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOlivia Nuzzi is the Washington correspondent for New York Magazine…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast143. Magic Wade on Gun Violence, Media Gaslighting, and Rational Outrage
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comEveryone knows gun violence is a problem, but whose problem, exactly?…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast142. Dirty and Delicious and Not Celibate
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comPeople are mad, version five million: A recent anti-celibacy ad on…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast141. Ken Ilgunas on How Podcasts Saved Our Lives
Ken Ilgunas may be the coolest writer you haven’t heard of yet. Sarah worked with him at Salon, where he wrote personal essays about: living in a van while…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast140. Andy Mills on How Curiosity Can Save Journalism -- and Us
You may not recognize Andy Mills’ name, but you likely know his work: He co-created The Daily podcast for The New York Times, where he also produced Rabbit…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast139. Kegels for Peace: The Great Smoke 'Em Anniversary Letters Show
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comApril 22, 2022 will go down in the history books — for some reason…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast138. Coleman Hughes and The View of a Better Racial Future
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comColeman Hughes was still an undergrad at Columbia in 2018 when the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast137. Harvey Weinstein, Interrupted
Married journalists Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer are the forces behind “The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered” podcast, in which actors read daily…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast136. KC Johnson: What the Hell Just Happened with Title IX?!
Title IX started as a modest part of the Education Amendments of 1972; it was the part that prohibited sex-based discrimination in education programs. In the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast135. Eli Lake on Campus Protests, Israel, and Marijuana as Jewish Kryptonite (updated)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comEli Lake is a longtime journalist, but we know him best for the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast134. Michael Moynihan and the Eternal Orgasm (updated)
Michael Moynihan, FIFTH COLUMN co-host and man about town, joins Nancy and Sarah to discuss The Incomparable Mr. Buckley, the new PBS documentary about…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast133. OJ Simpson and the Crash of Celebrity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy’s still pissed they interrupted the 1994 Rockets-Knicks NBA…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast132. Mike Mooney on the Free Speech Warriors We Deserve
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comMike Lacey and Jim Larkin launched Phoenix New Times in 1970. Working…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastSmokeshow Special: Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, and "The Long Goodbye"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comParticipants in April’s First Sunday Zoom kindly submitted to being…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast131. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Internet
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comCorrection to this episode: In our discussion of the late comic Ed…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast130. The Purity Decade With Porn Slipped in the Side Door
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe new HBO docuseries about Nickelodeon’s dark side, Quiet on Set…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast129. Squee, Boof, and the Devil's Triangle: Kavanaugh Trial Returns to Haunt Us
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comChristine Blasey Ford is back with her memoir One Way Back, and Nancy…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast128. Leigh Stein Has a Squeaky Clean Colon*
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comLeigh Stein worked at Richual, a fast-rising women’s wellness company…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast127. Bryan Burrough on '70's Political Violence, Youthful Activism, and "Days of Rage"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comDays of Rage by Bryan Burrough is a modern classic. Nancy gushed over…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast126. You're Just Ken
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comIt was Hollywood’s big night! Oscars 2024, a spectacle Nancy hadn’t…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast125. Tucker, Everlasting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com“I need to be clear that I don’t want to like Tucker Carlson,” Sarah…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast124. Spicy Chicken Sandwich With a Side of Culture War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com“I Was a Heretic at the New York Times,” an Atlantic essay by Adam…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast123. NUDES! NUDES! NUDES!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah discuss male nudity: Barry Keoghan going bare for…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast122. Knives Out! The Great Personal Essay Debate
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThis is a hot one! Nancy and Sarah fundamentally disagree about Emily…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast121. Walter Kirn: "Everybody's Learned to Love the Bomb Except Me"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWalter Kirn sees the world with a spooky clarity. He’s an acclaimed…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast120. Dan Savage Gives the World's Best Valentine's Advice, Then Picks Bone With Nancy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comIt’s Valentine’s Day, like it or not. To celebrate, Nancy and Sarah…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast119. The Curious #MeToo Case of Yascha Mounk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOn Jan 2, a writer named Celeste Marcus published an essay entitled…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast118. Jon Ronson on How We Lost Our Minds in 2020
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comJon Ronson’s 2021 podcast Things Fell Apart was that rare example of…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast117. Not Just a Nightmare, but an "American Nightmare"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comAmerican Nightmare is a docu-series on Netflix that has everyone…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast116. Oscars So Male
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe Oscar nominations dropped, and folks are MAD. Despite breaking…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast115. The Great Polyamory Debate!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah get down (!) to the serious business of ethical…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast114. Matt Welch Doesn't Care How You Vote, As Long As You Laugh
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWith Nancy off in Israel, Sarah sits down with Matt Welch, crackerjack…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast113. Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream, or Was It an American Fiction?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOur MLK Day episode kicks off with stories about the chain-smoking…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast112. A Taste for the Humiliation of Others
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe Bill Ackman-Neri Oxman-Claudine Gay-whoever else storm continues…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast111. Kat Rosenfield Holds a Party on Our Faces
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah welcome their first-ever repeat guest, Kat Rosenfield…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast110. 2023 Best and Worst of Everything
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWhose DNA does Sarah want to roll around in? What does “uncanny…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk 38: A Little Chocolate Cake
Good New Near’s Eve morning! I did not make that cake, a glacage miroir brilliant au chocolat but if you read French, have at! My better half Sarah Hepola is…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast109. It's a Christmas Sex Scandal Special!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWe’ve reached that joyous time of year when Sarah listens to the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast108. Sherman Alexie Wants His Scars
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWe interview Sherman Alexie, Native American author and top-tier…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast107. Kerry Howley on Getting Lost to Find the Story
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comWriters write. And sometimes talk shop! This week, Sarah and Nancy…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast106. Immoral Clarity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comSarah and Nancy dive into that mess of a Congressional hearing on…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast105. Just the Tip
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comAmid the protests that have shut down more than one New York bridge…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast104. Love and Rockets and Whoever the Heck Parson Brown Is
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comSarah and Nancy are together in New York, along with a pink tree and…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast103. Second Thoughts on the Revolution
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe Fall of Minneapolis is a crowd-funded documentary that raises…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk #33: Thanksgiving Stuffing
Good morning! There are five days to Thanksgiving and a lot of us are already making shopping lists, if as yet for me only in my head. I love grocery shopping…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast102. Protesting the Protesters
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comProtests are the gift of a free society. But also: Annoying! We talk…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast101. The Intimacy and the Horror: Footage of October 7
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comAfter an update about how mice might have gotten into Nancy’s…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast100. Hollywood Behaving Badly
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comIt’s our 100th episode! Time for a pop quiz, then on to the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast99. Mike Pesca, Turbocharger of Sensible Political Commentary
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOur guest is the “Long Island-accented, turbocharged” Mike Pesca, host…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast98. Campus Clashes, Power Grabs, and a Scary Anti-Semitism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThis week has left many of us on a razor’s edge, watching posters of…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast97. Yael Bar Tur on Israel, Moral Cowardice, and Heroism Among Strangers
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comAn air raid siren went off the moment we sat down to interview Yael…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast96. Killers of the Golden Bachelor Moon
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah are here to talk about beauty and wonder and love and…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast95. Bridget Phetasy on Slut Years, Grief-Scrolling, and Late Motherhood
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah chat with the charming Bridget Phetasy, host of the…
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast94. Greg Lukianoff on the Canceling of the American Mind
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOur guest is Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of FIRE (The Foundation…