New Yorker writer Amanda Petrusich talks to us about all the complicated and gnarly feelings she's working through since the sudden death of her husband in August 2022. 
 
Show Notes:
<ul>

 * "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-sad-dads-of-the-national">The Sad Dads of The National"</a>   * <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/05/the-enduring-metal-genius-of-metallica">"The Enduring Genius of Metallica"</a>  * <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/nick-cave-on-the-fragility-of-life">"Nick Cave on The Fragility of Life"</a> *  <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/after-forty-years-phish-isnt-seeking-resolution">"After Forty Years, Phish Isn't Seeking Resolution"</a> * <a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national">"Th</a><a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national">e</a><a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national"> National" (TSB Essay)</a> 
</ul>

New Yorker writer Amanda Petrusich talks to us about all the complicated and gnarly feelings she's working through since the sudden death of her husband in August 2022. Show Notes: * "The Sad Dads of The National" * "The Enduring Genius of Metallica" * "Nick Cave on The Fragility of Life" * "After Forty Years, Phish Isn't Seeking Resolution" * "The National" (TSB Essay)

New Yorker writer Amanda Petrusich talks to us about all the complicated and gnarly feelings she's working&nbsp;through since the sudden death of her husband in August 2022.&nbsp;
 
Show&nbsp;Notes:
<ul>

&nbsp;* "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-sad-dads-of-the-national" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sad Dads of The National"</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/05/the-enduring-metal-genius-of-metallica" rel="noopener noreferrer">"The Enduring Genius of Metallica"</a> &nbsp;*&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/nick-cave-on-the-fragility-of-life" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Nick Cave on The Fragility of Life"</a> *&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/after-forty-years-phish-isnt-seeking-resolution" rel="noopener noreferrer">"After Forty Years, Phish Isn't Seeking Resolution"</a> *&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Th</a><a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national" rel="noopener noreferrer">e</a><a href="https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/the-national" rel="noopener noreferrer">&nbsp;National" (TSB Essay)</a> 
</ul>

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Welcome to the Small Bow Podcast. I’m your host, A.J. Daulerio. This is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where we talk to writers, entertainers, recovering addicts, recovering jerks, and even the occasional normal person — about their struggles with love, sex, money, loneliness, shame, grief, drugs, alcohol, ego, identity, fame, and other fun things. Whatever is bringing you down, you might find something here that you didn’t know you needed.

In addition to this podcast, the Small Bow is also a newsletter and recovery community that I started in 2018 to chronicle my own path toward sobriety and sanity following multiple rehab stints and a very public ordeal in which I was a co-defendant in Gawker's groundbreaking legal trial against professional wrestler Hulk Hogan for publishing a portion of his sex tape. A Florida jury voted in favor of Hogan and awarded him $115 million, which bankrupted the company and torched my former life.

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Welcome to the Small Bow Podcast. I’m your host, A.J. Daulerio. This is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where we talk to writers, entertainers, recovering addicts, recovering jerks, and even the occasional normal person — about their struggles with love, sex, money, loneliness, shame, grief, drugs, alcohol, ego, identity, fame, and other fun things. Whatever is bringing you down, you might find something here that you didn’t know you needed. In addition to this podcast, the Small Bow is also a newsletter and recovery community that I started in 2018 to chronicle my own path toward sobriety and sanity following multiple rehab stints and a very public ordeal in which I was a co-defendant in Gawker's groundbreaking legal trial against professional wrestler Hulk Hogan for publishing a portion of his sex tape. A Florida jury voted in favor of Hogan and awarded him $115 million, which bankrupted the company and torched my former life. But out of the ashes of that ordeal grew the Small Bow. If you like what we do, consider subscribing to our newsletter and joining our community. We publish essays, interviews and other musings on recovery, and have online recovery support meetings seven days a week. Sign up for the Small Bow newsletter & community at: http://www.thesmallbow.com IG: @smallbowmedia

Welcome to the Small Bow Podcast. I’m your host, A.J. Daulerio. This is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where we talk to writers, entertainers, recovering addicts, recovering jerks, and even the occasional normal person — about their struggles with love, sex, money, loneliness, shame, grief, drugs, alcohol, ego, identity, fame, and other fun things. Whatever is bringing you down, you might find something here that you didn’t know you needed.

In addition to this podcast, the Small Bow is also a newsletter and recovery community that I started in 2018 to chronicle my own path toward sobriety and sanity following multiple rehab stints and a very public ordeal in which I was a co-defendant in Gawker's groundbreaking legal trial against professional wrestler Hulk Hogan for publishing a portion of his sex tape. A Florida jury voted in favor of Hogan and awarded him $115 million, which bankrupted the company and torched my former life.

But out of the ashes of that ordeal grew the Small Bow. If you like what we do, consider subscribing to our newsletter and joining our community. We publish essays, interviews and other musings on recovery, and have online recovery support meetings seven days a week.

Sign up for the Small Bow newsletter &amp; community at: http://www.thesmallbow.com

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