Anne Lamott
Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Anne Lamott

B1IntermediateJuly 28, 20261 hr 9 min

For Anne Lamott, it goes Jesus, the cat, and then everyone else. Amy hangs with the 'Bird by Bird' author and talks about how she deals with bad reviews, binging on 'Below Deck' and People magazine, and dating someone who's allergic to cats. Host: Amy Poehler Guests: Tina Fey and Anne Lamott Executive producers: Bill Simmons, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Weiss-Berman For Paper Kite Productions: Executive producer Jenna Weiss-Berman, coordinator Sam Green, and supervising producer Joel Lovell For The Ringer: Supervising producers Juliet Litman, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin; video producers Jack...

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Good Hang. Very excited to have our guest on today. It is the great writer Anne Lamott. And I know we've had writers on before and authors, but this is an author, author.

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This is a writer, writer. You know what I mean? Anne Lamott is a bestselling author who has written such books as Bird by Bird and Traveling Mercies and Operating Instructions.

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And we're going to talk to Anne about so many good things today. We're going to talk about Jesus. And we're also going to talk about Mary. We're going to talk about being a, you know, a sweet and tender kid in San Francisco trying

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