Joan Didion in Less Than a Day

Episode 118

23rd January 2023

House knows no one who is busier than author, activist, advocate and 2022 Thurber Prize Finalist  Annabelle Gurwitch. Listeners of the show have heard Annabelle tell us about frogs she heard at a Belgian farmhouse, the birds flying in the skies of Rome, or stumbling into a workshop she discovered by happenstance by the Central […]

Episode notes

House knows no one who is busier than author, activist, advocate and 2022 Thurber Prize Finalist  Annabelle Gurwitch. Listeners of the show have heard Annabelle tell us about frogs she heard at a Belgian farmhouse, the birds flying in the skies of Rome, or stumbling into a workshop she discovered by happenstance by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir. This week, Annabelle tells us about how she over-extended herself, and then did something she’d never done before that made her feel recharged.

Plus a listener’s email that gets Annabelle and Laura in their feelings.

Mentioned in the Show

The Hammer Museum’s exhibit on Joan Didion

Things You Should Stop Worrying About This Week

Worries

Banished words

Boba tea robot 

Billionaire brain implants

Pillows that breathe

 

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Tiny Victories is the 15 minute podcast that pushes back on the notion that you have to “go big” or “go home”. Sometimes just going is the victory. Each week, hosts Annabelle Gurwitch and Laura House invite listeners to adopt a TINY victory frame of mind, and share tales of fleeting joys and minor accomplishments in this majorly messed-up world.

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