Lit Up

Isaac Fitzgerald, author of New York Times best-seller American Rambler and Dirtbag Massachusetts, talks to Angie about reframing his childhood and confronting his fear of homelessness. They get into the strange, enduring legacy of Johnny Appleseed, and what pilgrimage really means: not just the miles you walk, but why you set out in the first place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show, Angie talks to Sister Monica Claire, an author whose book, , she helped publish. Angie and Sister Monica talk about what led Sister Monica to become a nun, and also listen to some unexpected and beautiful cello music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Angela welcomes Glynnis MacNicol, author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris. Angie and Glynnis chat about how travel can bring out our most seductive selves Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Angela talks to her old friend Annabell Hickson about her life in the country. They discuss how they came to be friends, life outside the city, creating and publishing Galah magazine, and why maybe we all need to let our kids be on their own a bit more. You can purchase the hardcover Galah collection here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cora Frazier’s New Yorker piece for Shouts & Murmurs, Writing Prompts for New Parents, struck a chord with Angie as soon as she read it. Having just had a baby, she identified with the bizarre hallucinatory thoughts of the writer/mother in Frazier’s piece. Cora Frazier has contributed to The New Yorker since 2012. She is a creator and writer of the podcast “I Think You’re Projecting.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.