Episode 165 - Sadie Dupuis and Navied Mahdavian
b"For the final\\xa0It's Real episode of 2023, Jordan Edwards and Demi Ramos talk to a couple of artists who have had great years.\\nSadie Dupuis, known for fronting Speedy Ortiz, was recently named one of the 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone. In September, the band released\\xa0Rabbit Rabbit.\\xa0Their first album\\xa0since 2018's\\xa0Twerp Verse, it was a hit with both fans and critics.\\nOutside of music, Dupuis is a poet and former journalist who has written the books Mouthguard\\xa0and\\xa0Cry Perfume. She's an avid reader and often posts about her favorite books on social media.\\nJoining Dupuis is Navied Mahdavian, a Utah-based cartoonist and author best known for his\\xa0contributions to\\xa0The New Yorker. This fall, he released his first book\\xa0This Country:\\xa0Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America. The bittersweet graphic memoir covers the time he spent with his wife and young daughter in Central Idaho.\\nWatch Dupuis and Mahdavian talk to Jordan and Demi about their favorite books of the year, as well as the music they've been listening to."