S6 Ep266: ADVICE GIVING: Jessica Weisberg (The Next Step)
Update: 2024-03-26
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This interview is with Jessica Weisberg. Jessica Weisberg is an award-winning writer and producer. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, Harper’s, and Atavist, among other publications, and been nominated for a National Magazine Award. She ran the features unit at Vice News Tonight on HBO, for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and is a senior producer at Serial Podcast. Her first book, Asking for a Friend, came out in 2018.
Katherine read it last year and LOVED it. The book is about advice givers – people who have offered up advice to others throughout time.
Some examples of prominent advice givers featured are:
Katherine read it last year and LOVED it. The book is about advice givers – people who have offered up advice to others throughout time.
Some examples of prominent advice givers featured are:
- Dale Carnegie who wrote, How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Cheryl Strayed, author of Dear Sugar
- Dear Abby, a popular newspaper column in 1950’s
- Life coach Martha Back
The books is super interesting, as is Jessica. We talk about a bunch of stuff including the fact that her intention for the book was to take advice givers seriously.
Check out show notes for this episode, subscribe for regular updates or get in touch via katherinecollette.com or Instagram @katherinecollettewriter.
Check out show notes for this episode, subscribe for regular updates or get in touch via katherinecollette.com or Instagram @katherinecollettewriter.
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