Journalist, author, and podcast series creator Sarah Hepola and Nancy Rommelmann met online two weeks ago and decided they needed to speak for about 80 hours. On deck today: Hepola's recent essay "The Things I'm Afraid to Write About" and why she isn't afraid anymore; her 2015 memoir, "Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget" and the difference between a blackout and passing out; why both she and Rommelmann needed to keep up with dudes (and some hazards therein), and how cancel culture is like bulimia. Tune in for what turned out to be the first Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em convo!

"The Things I'm Afraid to Write About", by Sarah Hepola, published in The Atlantic on March 12, 2022

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola

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