222. Jia Tolentino: The 1% of Life that Makes It All Worth It

Published: June 27, 2023, 4:01 a.m.

b'Jia Tolentino joins us to discuss how to finally accept all sides of you:\\xa0\\n\\nWhy your un-productivity matters most;\\xa0\\n\\nWhen your shame is good;\\xa0\\n\\nHow to make your real life bigger than your internet life;\\n\\nHow to let motherhood energize you instead of drain you; and\\xa0\\n\\nHow to stop scrolling in the middle of the night.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\nPlus, we talk acid trips, the sorority rush that Jia and Amanda shared, why Glennon\\u2019s friends track Jia\\u2019s words \\u2013 and whether Glennon\\u2019s mug shot will inspire Jia\\u2019s next show.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nAbout Jia:\\xa0\\nJia Tolentino is a staff writer at\\xa0The New Yorker, a screenwriter, and the author of the\\xa0New York Times\\xa0bestseller\\xa0Trick Mirror. In 2020, she received a Whiting Award as well as the Jeannette Haien Ballard Prize, and has most recently won a National Magazine Award for three pieces about the repeal of Roe v. Wade.\\xa0Trick Mirror\\xa0was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle\\u2019s John Leonard Prize and the PEN Award and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the\\xa0New York Times Book Review, the\\xa0Washington Post, NPR, the\\xa0Chicago Tribune,\\xa0GQ, and\\xa0the Paris Review.\\xa0Jia lives in Brooklyn.\\nTW:\\xa0@jiatolentino\\nIG:\\xa0@jiatortellini\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'