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In this final installment of the Finding the Throughline interview with James Beard Award-nominated journalist Hannah Selinger (whose book, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, will be released in 2025 and is available for pre-order now), we talk about what’s coming up next for her as well as what she’s been reading, watching, and eating, including:
- The badass Martha Stewart documentary
- “Health and Safety,” a memoir by Emily Witt, staff writer at “The New Yorker”
- Her invention of the term #Scandivol
- How “The Real Housewives” series rope you in
- Her best friend who gives her major writer’s envy
- Her goal to get off the hamster wheel of freelance
- Why she hopes her book “Cellar Rat” will piss people off
- The most pleasurable books she read this year
- An ode to French vanilla coffee creamer, McDonald’s french fries, and the Indigo Girls
Connect with Hannah at https://www.hannahselinger.net/ or on Instagram @druishamericanprincess.
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thank you for listening!
And thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Kate Hanley4.8
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In this final installment of the Finding the Throughline interview with James Beard Award-nominated journalist Hannah Selinger (whose book, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, will be released in 2025 and is available for pre-order now), we talk about what’s coming up next for her as well as what she’s been reading, watching, and eating, including:
- The badass Martha Stewart documentary
- “Health and Safety,” a memoir by Emily Witt, staff writer at “The New Yorker”
- Her invention of the term #Scandivol
- How “The Real Housewives” series rope you in
- Her best friend who gives her major writer’s envy
- Her goal to get off the hamster wheel of freelance
- Why she hopes her book “Cellar Rat” will piss people off
- The most pleasurable books she read this year
- An ode to French vanilla coffee creamer, McDonald’s french fries, and the Indigo Girls
Connect with Hannah at https://www.hannahselinger.net/ or on Instagram @druishamericanprincess.
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thank you for listening!
And thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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