This week on Tasteland we're joined by Rax King, a James Beard Award-nominated writer and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. Rax is the author of the 2021 book Tacky, and her new release Sloppy is out now.

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Rax

• Sloppy
• Podcast
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Bluesky

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Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Rax

02:37 Write sober, edit sober

07:26 The goal of personal writing

13:20 Reframing past experiences

20:25 Service industry draft

29:11 Banjos in the sky

31:27 Drink the Kool-Aid but know your dosage

35:21 Reverse abundance mindset

38:00 Nobody does bread anymore

42:59 Didn't make the cut

45:55 Sex tourism and calamari

48:40 Noble savage reply guys

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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.