{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/667313c0dc8bd7c687329bd8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Samantha Irby on being a person","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/1718819806280-c248dda1e198d611da567027b6c1d7b2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Join me for a recent conversation with comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer Samantha Irby. Recorded as part of my True Stories Book Club hosted on Substack, we talked about realising you have a body again after lockdown, dogs that don’t love us enough/love us too much, writing about the darkest parts of our life, and terrorising&nbsp;<em>Sex and the City</em>&nbsp;fans by writing on&nbsp;<em>And Just Like That…&nbsp;</em>If you haven’t read it already, do check out her latest essay collection,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/17787/9780593315699\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Quietly Hostile</em></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Katherine's new book, Enchantment, is available now:<a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667813/enchantment-by-katherine-may/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> US/CAN</a> and<a href=\"https://linktr.ee/enchantmentbook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> UK</a></p><p><br></p><p>Links from the episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Samantha’s <a href=\"https://www.samanthairby.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></li><li>Samantha’s book, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/17787/9780593315699\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Quietly Hostile</em></a></li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Join Katherine's<a href=\"https://katherinemay.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Substack</a></li><li>Find show notes and transcripts for every episode by visiting Katherine's <a href=\"https://katherine-may.co.uk/podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>.</li><li>Follow Katherine on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/katherinemay_/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Katherine May"}