Working: How to Interview Celebrities, With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
b'This week, host Isaac Butler talks to novelist and celebrity profile writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner. In the interview, Taffy shares how she\\u2019s able to land interviews with celebrities and how she structures her pieces. She also explains why she\\u2019s a \\u201cchampion advice-taker\\u201d and tells the story of how her bestselling novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, started as a failed magazine pitch. Don\\u2019t miss her New York Times Magazine profiles of Gwyneth Paltrow and Val Kilmer.\\nAfter the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas discuss a couple of Taffy\\u2019s most ingenious pieces of wisdom. Check out Isaac\\u2019s profile of Nathan Lane.\\nSend your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com.\\nAnd if you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence\\u2014and you\\u2019ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It\\u2019s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial. Sign up now\\xa0to help support our work.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'