Episode 229 #Interviewing with NPR's Celeste Headlee

It&#8217;s a madcap, free-ranging episode where we go from figuring out how to get your important work done (and quit doom-scrolling through your phone) to embracing that same phone for its best use: nourishing conversations with the people you love and then launch into some fantastic tips for interviewing experts (or podcast guests!) that you won&#8217;t want to miss. <br/><br/>Links from the pod and the scoop on our guest: Celeste Headlee is an NPR journalist and the author of three books: <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984824738">Do Nothing</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062669018">We Need to Talk</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781523915651">Heard Mentality</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/03/21/do-nothing-book-celeste-headlee-working-from-home-dangers-salon-talk/">Celeste talks about the danger of working from home with Mary Elizabeth Williams on Salon.</a><br/><br/>You can find her at: <a href="https://celesteheadlee.com/">CelesteHeadlee.com</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Celeste: Studs Terkel&#8217;s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781595588104">Race</a> helped me understand race (as a black jew) like never before<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062938848">Motherland</a> by Leah Franqui<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780312315955">Magical Thinking</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780312424824">Lust and Wonder</a>, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250019950">Toil and Trouble</a> by Augusten Borroughs<br/><br/>Thanks to everyone who supports the podcast financially&#8212;we hope you&#8217;ve been loving recent treats like the Minisodes from Jess: <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/minisode-jess-on-what-really-sells">What Really Sells Books</a> and KJ: <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/minisode-why-kj-loves-books-about">Why I Love Plotting Books (and which to grab)</a> and the <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/top-5-things-to-know-about-