Writer/storyteller Samantha Irby joins It's All True host Tim Barnes in a conversation about the origins of her blog, Chicago's booming storytelling scene and what it's like having a day job while pursuing your art. She also tells an incredibly funny true story.

Samantha Irby is writer/performer with work that has appeared on The Rumpus and Jezebel. She created the popular blog, b*****s gotta eat and has published a collection of essays in a book titled MEATY. She opened for Baratunde Thurston during his "How to Be Black" tour and has been profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times and Time Out Chicago.

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