First Draft Episode #311: Doree Shafrir

Doree Shafrir, co-host of the Forever35 podcast and author of Startup, joins us to talk about her debut memoir, Thanks For Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer.

This episode was brought to you by The Great Godden by Meg Rossof, out from Candlewick Press now. Read sample chapters here.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Harriett the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Slate

• Gawker

• Ben Smith, founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News and now a reporter on the media for the New York Times

• Acast, podcast network

• Carrie Frye, book editor

• Doree and Kate’s column for InStyle

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• Kate Spencer, comedian, author of Dead Mom’s Club: A Memoir, and the forthcoming In a New York Minute, and co-host of fabulous podcast Forever35

• Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow, media mavens, co-hosts of the phenomenal CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND podcast, and debut co-authors of friendship memoir BIG FRIENDSHIP.

• Koa Beck, former editor-in-chief of Jezebel and co-host of “The #MeToo Memos” on WNYC’s The Takeaway, discusses her debut non-fiction work, White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind.

   

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