Amanda Petrusich is a music journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, of whom we are both fans. We spoke with her from her home in upstate New York about donating Zyn to first responders, the Australian Open, Chris ate a new bean in Singapore, the Bryan Johnson documentary, Amanda shares her writing practice, shes in the middle of reporting a story on Phish, engaging with the haters, Poptimism, mobbing in a shirtless Iggy Pop's Rolls Royce down in Miami, a subject who she's had a crush on, being "sneaky" in a good way, illegal file sharing as a form of social media, and her thoughts on Timmy's Dylan performance.

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