Episode 182: Heather Havrilesky

Published: March 2, 2016, 1:29 p.m.

Heather Havrilesky writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York and is the author of the upcoming How to Be a Person in the World.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t give a shit if I succeed or fail or what I do next, I just want to do things that are strange and not sound bitey. I don\u2019t want to be polished. I want to be such a wreck that no one will ever say \u2018let\u2019s put her on her own talk show.\u2019\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Audible, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@hhavrilesky\nrabbitblog.com\nHavrilesky on Longform\n[01:00] "What Romance Really Means After 10 Years of Marriage" (New York \u2022 Feb 2016)\n[19:00] "\u2019Mad Men\u2019 Finale Recap: \u2018The Moon Belongs to Everyone\u2019" (Salon \u2022 May 2014)\n[20:00] "\u2018Mad Men\u2019 Cartoon Countdown: The Seventh- and Sixth-to-Last Episodes" (New Yorker \u2022 Apr 2015)\n[26:00] "Chicks \u2018n\u2019 Shit" (Suck \u2022 Dec 1995)\n[30:00] Havrilesky\u2019s Filler Archive (Suck \u2022 2001)\n[36:00] Havrilesky\u2019s Ask Polly Archive at The Awl\n[36:00] Ask Polly archive at New York\n[44:00] "Katy Perry and the Fear of a Female Planet" (New York \u2022 Oct 2015)\n[49:00] Mystery Show\n[57:00] How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly\u2019s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (Doubleday \u2022 2016)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices