We are so excited about today's guest: Alyssa Mastromonaco. Alyssa is the co-host of the Crooked Media podcast Hysteria, a New York Times Best Selling Author, AND was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the Obama administration! We ask her a million questions, from how to stay calm in a high pressure job, to how to talk productive conversations with people whose political views differ from yours, to three things she would take to a desert island. This episode is one of our all time favorites!

Also in this episode, Grace is obsessed with @averagefashionblogger, and Becca is battling with overly-optimistic “Past Becca.”

You can find Alyssa on Twitter at @alyssamastro44, and on Instagram at @Mastro175

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Books Mentioned:

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?

So Here’s the Thing

Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Why Not Me?

The Unhoneymooners

I’m Fine and Neither Are You

Normal People

Daisy Jones & the Six: a Novel

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: a Novel