Tawny and Lisa welcome writer, teacher, and retired indie rock drummer, Freda Love Smith. Her new memoir, I Quit Everything explores addiction, intoxication, and the twilight of her musical career. They talked about Freda’s experiment taking time off from alcohol, sugar, caffeine, weed, and social media during the pandemic. For some people, those not experiencing full-blown addiction, quitting for a period of time can lead to intentionality when engaging with any substance later.

Music Minute features The Modern Lovers.

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Checkout Freda’s playlist for I Quit Everything

Read Freda’s essay for Lithub about narrating her audiobook

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