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Reporter’s Notebook #2: Who She Took With Her

Another Reporter’s Notebook, about a feature article that more than any other exemplifies why you can never pre-decide what the story is. I still recall shaking when I go

280. The Mask That Eats Into the Face

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah talk about Kimberly Guilfoyle, media lightning rod and former ambass

279. On Love, Spiraling Rage, and Ethereal Fashion

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah are going to talk about L-O-V-E, and Nancy thinks she knows what it

278. About the Cornell Campus Case

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah talk about the Cornell case. Maybe you’ve heard about it? They talk

277. The Only Podcast There Is To Want

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah talk about Sarah’s new legal name—“Pre-orders Matter”—and her memoir

276. The Snobbery of Jonathan Franzen, Emmy Fashion Debate, and … LOVE

“You get at most one cliche per book,” the writer Jonathan Franzen said in a recent interview. Cue: Literary Twitter exploding. Snob! Hypocrite! But as Nancy and Sarah po

275. The Very Dark Side of Celebrity

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah discuss a Netflix documentary called The Unabomber in His Own Words,

274. Understanding the Lindsay Clancy Case

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy explains the tragic case of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who strangled her three k

273. Ethan Strauss on How We’re Werewolves In the AI Revolution

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah welcome Ethan “crackerjack mouth” Strauss back to Smoke ‘Em for roun

271. Everyone Loves Dolly. Nancy Hates GREASE

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com For her birthday today, Sarah had one request: Please, Nancy, will you PLEASE watch

Pie Talk #47: “Your Mom’s Red Sauce” Redux

Good morning. Many times in the past few years, including the dark times of 2020, I have thought how easy it is to turn your face to the sun, if you remember it is there

270. Warning: The Death Episode

Nancy and Sarah talk about the death of Hayden Panatierre at the age of 36, which just so happens to be the age that Marilyn Monroe died. Sarah wants to know why child ac

269. The Nihilistic Glamour of '80s LA

Nancy and Sarah discuss the Hulu/FX series The Shards, the new Bret Easton Ellis and Ryan Murphy jam. The 1981 LA vibes are right in Sarah’s sweet spot (Bonne Bell! Xanad

268. The Odyssey Is a Real Odyssey, Man

There’s this movie everyone is talking about, have you heard of it? The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan, he of the sweeping historical sagas. Sarah’s theory is tha

267. Dr. Fauci and the Death of Responsibility, with Mary Katharine Ham

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com There are a lot of things Dr. Anthony Fauci might have said during his Senate hearin

266. The Soul-Eaters and Their Unlucky Targets

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah discuss a two-part HBO docuseries called “What Happened, Brittany Mu

265. Welcome to the End of Reading

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah discuss the latest Atlantic cover story, “The End of Reading Is Here

264. The Graham Platner Implosion

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Nancy and Sarah discuss Graham Platner and an explosive Politico story accusing him

263. America 250: F*ck Yeah — or Nah?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.smokeempodcast.com Are you proud of America? It can be a complicated question. Sarah and Nancy tackle t

262. Justine van der Leun on Women Who Kill Their Abusers

Note: Our recording app crapped out at the one-hour mark (rude!), but we include our hot boxes in the copy below, which you ALL get since we’re making this episode free x