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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast204. The Many Many Trials of Harvey WeinsteinHello, mighty listeners and readers. This post is free for all, with an ask: Please subscribe to our new YouTube channel. Even better, watch/listen on the YT. Smooch!Nancy has a “virus of unknown origin” while Sarah is rarin’ to go on a story she sunk her teeth into years ago: the trials of Harvey Weinstein, this time, his current NYC re-trial for criminal sexual acts. (His previous NY conviction was overturned in April 2024.)The Weinstein case is interesting, because most people think they know it, but they really just know the salacious details and hy...2025-05-301h 22
Make More PieLet’s talk about sociopathsHopefully looking somewhat less bedraggled than during last night’s live muffin tutorial, if on a subject less sweet: sociopaths - the charming ones, the murderous ones - and those with other personality disorders that, based on experience and comments in the scroll, many many of us deal with. Some tips, some solace, some links. Questions/comments, fire away - you people are so quiet over here! Related matter:The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha StoutDestination Gacy: A Cross-Country Trip to Shake the Devil’s Hand, by Nancy RommelmannTo the...2025-04-2332 min
Make More PieKing Donald Does Decree That Ye Shall SufferHow are you feeling on this fine Saturday morning? I’m apparently so turned around by how liberated I’ve been this week that I forgot, in the audio, that the markets are not open today. Be thankful for small favors.But man, what a week: the biggest two-day market drop ever, an estimated loss of $9.6 trillion since Trump took office, including yesterday Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk seeing $15.9 billion and $11 billion of their fortunes wiped out, respectively. How about you and me? I haven’t had the guts to check on my investments, though I was a bit...2025-04-0516 min
Where We Go Next124: Resisting the Arrogance of Certainty, with Andy MillsIf you listen to podcasts, you’re probably familiar with Andy Mills' work. He was a co-creator of The Daily, the award-winning podcast for the New York Times that attracts millions of listeners each week. He’s also created, produced, and edited Rabbit Hole, Caliphate, and The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, among others. Andy is a deeply thoughtful, intentionally curious human, and that is readily apparent in his newest show, Reflector, co-created with Matthew Boll. We get into a lot in this conversation, like why has storytelling become increasingly political over the last decade? What happe...2025-02-121h 27
Crazy Talk with Craig MahoneyEpisode #3 - Nancy RommelmannThe latest all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes journalist and author Nancy Rommelmann to the show for a conversation about her new book “Forty Bucks and a Dream: Stories From Los Angeles”, as well as musings on life, art, the creative impulse, our rapidly shifting and realigning politics and culture, the state of journalism, and why you can always make more pie. Order “Forty Bucks and a Dream: Stories From Los Angeles” here, and be sure to subscribe to Nancy’s Substack, “Make More Pie”, and listen to her podcast with Sarah Hepola, “Smoke...2025-02-071h 31
House of StraussHoS: Nancy RommelmannThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAuthor/Podcaster Nancy Rommelmann stops by to discuss a myriad of subjects both morbid and inspiring. This is the week I am, out loud, sorting out the current cultural moment. Nancy, in all her wide ranging curiosity, is an ideal thought partner in this venture. Topics include but aren’t limited to…* Freddie’s “After Liberal Cultural Hegemony”* Last Boys at the Beginning of History* Will legacy magazines become interesting again?* What young men see in...2025-01-2535 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast166: What Scares Us: Movies, Politics ... Moldy Cheese?Sarah is scared to fly, Nancy is freaked out by moldy cheese, and both of them have scary stories related to times they got in a car they shouldn’t have. In honor of Halloween, we talk about classic horror movies, break out some October 31 trivia, and discuss what scares Americans most. Also discussed:* Is Jaws a horror movie: a debate!* Nancy’s almost-star turn in said same movie* 2023’s #1 Halloween costume* Alligators in the sewers: real or urban myth?* The movie image that freaked out 12-year-old Sarah2024-10-311h 04
False Fact FixedNancy Rommelmann on Free Speech, Real Journalism, and the State of Protest CultureIntroduction: The Landscape of Modern Journalism In a world increasingly defined by division and outrage, Nancy Rommelmann stands out as a journalist committed to the essence of “shoe leather reporting.” This down-to-earth,2024-10-2600 minFalse Fact FixedNancy Rommelmann on Free Speech, Real Journalism, and the State of Protest CultureIntroduction: The Landscape of Modern Journalism In a world increasingly defined by division and outrage, Nancy Rommelmann stands out as a journalist committed to the essence of “shoe leather reporting.” This down-to-earth,2024-10-2600 minFalse Fact FixedNancy Rommelmann on Free Speech, Real Journalism, and the State of Protest CultureIntroduction: The Landscape of Modern Journalism In a world increasingly defined by division and outrage, Nancy Rommelmann stands out as a journalist committed to the essence of “shoe leather reporting.” This down-to-earth,2024-10-2600 min
Withdraw to freedom Archives - Randy Bock MD PCNancy Rommelmann on Free Speech, Real Journalism, and the State of Protest Culture
Introduction: The Landscape of Modern Journalism
In a world increasingly defined by division and outrage, Nancy Rommelmann stands out as a journalist committed to the essence of “shoe leather reporting.” This down-to-earth, immersive approach to journalism emphasizes firsthand experiences and personal interactions—qualities that can often feel lost in today’s digital frenzy. Rommelmann’s perspective sheds light on the complexities of free speech, the challenges facing today’s journalists, and the shifting dynamics of protest culture.
Table of contentsIntroduction: The Landscape of Modern JournalismThe Commitment to “Shoe Leather Reporting”What is Shoe Leather Reportin...2024-10-2600 minInterviews Archives - Randy Bock MD PCNancy Rommelmann on Free Speech, Real Journalism, and the State of Protest Culture
Introduction: The Landscape of Modern Journalism
In a world increasingly defined by division and outrage, Nancy Rommelmann stands out as a journalist committed to the essence of “shoe leather reporting.” This down-to-earth, immersive approach to journalism emphasizes firsthand experiences and personal interactions—qualities that can often feel lost in today’s digital frenzy. Rommelmann’s perspective sheds light on the complexities of free speech, the challenges facing today’s journalists, and the shifting dynamics of protest culture.
Table of contentsIntroduction: The Landscape of Modern JournalismThe Commitment to “Shoe Leather Reporting”What is Shoe Leather Reportin...2024-10-2600 min
Make More PieMichael Powell and the Permeability Between WorldsOne of the super-cool things about being a journalist is that you can contact people whose work amazes you and say, “Come on my podcast!” and they almost always say, “Sure!”As did Michael Powell, one of my favorite journalists working today, currently at The Atlantic and previously at The New York Times, where, during the height of our national meltdown (aka 2020 to 2022), Michael took on subjects many of his colleagues and others in media would not touch: DEI, Title IX, and using identity as a scythe to cut down those deemed not the right color or gender o...2024-09-191h 10
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast159. Michael Powell and the Permeability Between WorldsNancy here. One of the super-cool things about being a journalist is that you can contact people whose work amazes you and say, “Come on my podcast!” and they almost always say, “Sure!”As did Michael Powell, one of my favorite journalists working today, currently at The Atlantic and previously at The New York Times, where, during the height of our national meltdown (aka 2020 to 2022), Michael took on subjects many of his colleagues and others in media would not touch: DEI, Title IX, and using identity as a scythe to cut down those deemed not the right color or...2024-09-191h 10Where We Go Next117: The Things We're Afraid to Talk About (But Should), with Sarah Hepola & Nancy RommelmannNancy Rommelmann is an investigative journalist, columnist, and author - most recently of To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder. Her work appears in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reason Magazine, and her Substack, Make More Pie.Sarah Hepola is the author of the bestselling memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Atlantic, Texas Monthly, and Salon. She is a staff writer at the Dallas Morning News.Together, Nancy & Sarah host the Smoke 'Em If You...2024-09-041h 06
The Reason RoundtableWait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom?In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman reminisce on the supposed joy and freedom on offer during last week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) and assess Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to essentially drop out of the presidential race.
02:36—At the DNC, Democrats showcase their misunderstanding of freedom.
25:05—RFK Jr. suspends his campaign for president in 10 key states, endorses Donald Trump
41:22—Weekly Listener Question
48:27—Telegram founder Pavel Durov is arrested in France.
54:02—The continued fallout from Matthew Perry's death
56:14—Th...2024-08-271h 12Where We Go Next108: Investigative Journalism Is in Jeopardy, with Nancy RommelmannNancy Rommelmann is an investigative journalist, columnist, and author. Her on-the-ground reporting includes covering the war in Ukraine, the fight over abortion rights in Kansas City, and Donald Trump’s New York trial. Her work appears in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reason Magazine, and elsewhere, and she posts on her Substack - titled “Make More Pie” about “Portland, New York, media, murder, culture, and pie - both literal and figurative.” She also co-hosts the Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em podcast with Sarah Hepola.Make More Pie - Nancy's SubstackSmoke 'Em If You Got 'Em...2024-06-181h 08
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast147. BRATS! West Coast Liberals + '80s Movie StarsNancy and Sarah are one-on-one today for a roving conversation that covers: Nancy’s Portland story in a Nicholas Kristof NYT column about West Coast liberalism, a violation of privacy in the latest Free Beacon scoop, and revisiting the Gen X fever that was The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire.Also discussed:* Civics Bee!* In defense of plastic straws …* Purple states = the place to be* Keeping the memory of Rachael Abraham alive* West Coast liberalism, so bad even Nicholas Kristof admits it* Who cares...2024-06-181h 30
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 215: Making a Martyr (with Nancy Rommelmann)This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Nancy Rommelmann to discuss her trip to Alabama to discover the story behind the Bubba Copeland story. Plus, Nancy’s cancellation origin story, and why is Portland so Portland?To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and MurderNancy Rommelmann, Author at Reason.comControversial YouTube Show Lands Portland Coffee Company in Hot Water - The StrangerPortlandization: It Can Happen to a Place Near You - Tablet MagazineBubba Copeland | 1819 NewsAmerica's tragic war on...2024-05-111h 18
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableOne on One with Nancy RommelmannWriter, Substacker, and podcaster Nancy Rommelmann joins Noam to discuss being a defiantly un-woke female skeptical of #me-too accusations (even rape).https://substack.com/@UCng-b4AdOBk2UmAyDug3N7Ahttps://substack.com/@smokeempodcastpodcast@comedycellar.com2024-03-221h 09
The Karol Markowicz ShowThe Karol Markowicz Show: Cooking and Friends with Nancy RommelmannIn this conversation, Karol interviews journalist Nancy Rommelmann about her experience of making friends and building a community in New York City. Nancy shares her secret to attracting people and creating a welcoming environment, which involves opening her home and cooking for others. She emphasizes the importance of human connection and the joy of bringing people together. Nancy also discusses her career as a writer and the challenges and rewards of being in the industry. The Karol Markowicz Show is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Monday & Thursday.See...2024-02-2928 min
Make More PiePies for PeaceWaking up to the news that Hamas attacked Israel and that the country is now at war, I immediately texted my friend Yael Bar tur, who lives in NYC but is home in Tel Aviv visiting with family, a family I know and love.I had not yet read anything else, but for her tweet below. If you’re on Twitter, you can follow Yael, who will assuredly be posting updates.Ten minutes before I checked in with Yael I’d gone through the handwritten recipes I have sitting on top of the microwave, to choo...2023-10-0717 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk #29: Kugel (Pies for Peace)Good morning Pie Talk listeners. Waking up to the news that Hamas attacked Israel and that the country is now at war. I immediately texted my friend Yael Bar tur, who lives in NYC but is home in Tel Aviv visiting with family, a family I know and love. I had not yet read anything else, but for her tweet below. If you’re on Twitter, you can follow Yael, who will assuredly be posting updates.Ten minutes before I checked in with Yael I’d gone through the handwritten recipes I have sitting on top...2023-10-0717 min
House of StraussHoS: Nancy RommelmannThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comNancy Rommelmann is one of my favorite journalists, so I looked to her on the question of whether there are any actual rules in journalism. She did not disappoint. In this pod, we discussed Portland expert Nancy’s live reaction to the Damian Lillard trade, her take on WaPo vs. Portnoy, and that “Has the Sexual Revolution Failed” debate down in Los Angeles. Topics in this podcast include by aren’t limited to….* Aforementioned Lillard live reax* Wha...2023-09-2813 min
Rational in PortlandNancy Rommelmannhttps://nancyrommelmann.substack.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/health/portland-oregon-drugs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleSharehttps://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/11/portland-freedom-fund-terrence-hayes-bipoc-low-income-defendants-post-bail/?outputType=amphttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/a-murder-in-portlandhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1542048419/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/https://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1692876000915607672?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwhttps://x.com/rationalinpdx/status/1681908483648815105?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-data-say-about-police-11592845959https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/multnomah-county-board-approves-36-billion-spending-plan-20242023-08-221h 22
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergMasters of the UniverseThere’s been no shortage of disgruntled commentary in conservative media about the state of New York City recently, but it’s important to remember how bad things used to be in comparison. Today, Jonah is joined by old friends Tevi Troy and Vincent Cannato to reflect on what the Big Apple was like in the ‘70s. They dig into urban politics, criminology, and what it takes to reverse social decay, while also providing a few nostalgic musings that could serve as the foundation for an Odd Couple reboot. Just as Rodgers and Hart intended, they’ll have Manhattan, the Bron...2023-08-021h 07
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk #16: GravyGood Saturday morning, or I guess Sunday for you, from Buena Park, California, where the Knott’s Berry Farm rollercoaster shushes past every few minutes, accompanied by screaming. It’s like being in a Jordan Peele movie! Being in Los Angeles reminds me of coming to Los Angeles, which reminds me of Tim and what, as a rural Oklahoma boy, he wanted with every meal, an item a New York City ate maybe twice a year, at the holidays, namely: Gravy.But not this kind! Cleaning out my mom’s pantry earlier this year I...2023-06-0418 min
The Unspeakable PodcastThose College Students Might Surprise You: Sarah Hepola’s Report From The ClassroomFan favorite Sarah Hepola is back! Sarah has visited The Unspeakable to talk about everything from alcoholism to #MeToo to the changes in the media landscape and literary world. Today she returns to discuss a recent solo episode she recorded for Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, the podcast she co-hosts with journalist Nancy Rommelmann. In that episode, Sarah reflected on a semester spent teaching literature and writing to college undergraduates in Dallas, Texas, where she lives. Contrary to public assumptions, the students turned out to be relatively open to new ideas and not hell-bent on canceling their teacher. In t...2023-05-242h 08
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk #5: GuacamoleGood morning from Chinatown NYC, where there are no avocados in my 42-square foot (including counters and all appliances, listen, it’s like walking a gang plank) kitchen, just a COVID test in-progress and some excellent coffee from Panther Coffee, based out of Miami. The owners, Joel and Leticia Pollock, are friends from the iteration of my life after Los Angeles, we met them in Portland, from whence they decamped for Miami, to open a coffee roasting business.“Nency, Nency, can you write something for us?” This is Leticia - and here I am badly botching her Brazil...2023-03-1220 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastDispatch from Portland 2023: "What's Happening Here?"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comBy Nancy RommelmannI put most of my Portland coverage on my Substack, Make More Pie, where I almost never post audio. Since you all are audiophiles, and on the chance the story is of interest, I am cross-posting the episode here - NRThe streets of Portland may be calmer than during the 108 straight nights of violence in 2020, but are things better? Or are they just as bad but in different ways?Photographers Chelly...2023-03-0646 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastPie Talk #3: Hoisin ChickenWe are talking feeding people this week, and Portland, and who counts as family. Yes that’s the little one in the pic, and me in the ‘stache. What a weird party that was! We wound up in a long conversation with an editor from another city, a visitor who tried to laser-beam you with his charm. “Don’t you know the effect you have on men?” he later said, to one of us, a line I found kind of hilarious, like something from a book called, “Ninety Things To Say To A Woman That Might Get You in Her Pants.”...2023-02-2619 minThe Remnant with Jonah GoldbergPained in PortlandIn an attempt to overcome the trauma that developed after his recent visit to Portland, Jonah invites the prolific author and journalist Nancy Rommelmann onto the Remnant for the first time to explore how the city descended into something resembling Escape from New York. They discuss when Portland’s decline began, whether it can fairly be compared to the New York of the 1970s and ‘80s, and whether these problems will be fixed anytime soon. And shockingly enough, no references to The Warriors are included.Show Notes:- Nancy’s Substack, Make More Pie- Na...2023-02-011h 06
Make More PieThe Collateralists (audio)Portland's current judicial system/activist class could not have rolled out any more of a red carpet to the man who murdered Rachael Abraham, a mother of six, three of whom were in the next (or the same) room as their mother was stabbed and strangled to death. Which begs the question: What are we willing to give up on the road to criminal justice reform?A reading of "The Collateralists," by Nancy Rommelmann, published on Make More Pie Substack on January 18, 2023.Related: "A Murder in Portland," by Nancy Rommelmann, published in Washington Examiner Magazine...2023-01-2111 min
The Roundup PodcastA Murder in PortlandIf you’re like me, you didn’t know that a man named Mohammed Adan in June 2022 allegedly killed his girlfriend, Rachael Abraham in their children’s bedroom while their children were in the house. That Adan allegedly continued to stabb and beat Abraham even after she had died. That the children were, apparently, in the house with Adan and Abraham’s corpse for hours until the police arrived. That the alleged murder occurred after Adan had been previously charged with strangling and other assaults on Abraham and had been let out with no bail...2023-01-1331 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast51. "You're a Bimbo, a Stalker, a Seductress"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com2023 is off to a roaring start, as the Twitter vultures rip apart the carcass of podcaster Lex Fridman’s reading list of the classics. (On the Road? Biiig mistake.) We discuss the passing of TV pioneer Barbara Walters, whose gently probing style allowed her to act as a kind of collective consciousness. She merged soft celebrity and hard-hitting politics to become a fixture in the American home. (And we didn’t even mention “The View”!) Did you know Walters filmed a TV segme...2023-01-061h 11
Policing MattersNancy Rommelmann on meeting one of America’s most heinous serial killersAdvisory: Today’s conversation includes talk about a heinous murderer in the Chicago, Illinois area, and another case of murder in the Portland, Oregon area.
In 1994, journalist Nancy Rommelmann accompanied Rick Gaez, a 26-year-old pen pal of John Wayne Gacy, on a road trip from Los Angeles to Illinois to visit the serial killer before his execution.
Along the way, she took the moral temperature of people asking how they felt about Gacy and his being sentenced to death for the torture and murder of 33 young men and teenage boys. Her journey resulted in the pub...2022-11-0428 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastA Ukrainian Leaves the War for New YorkNancy Rommelmann was fortunate, through accident and the fog of war, to stay with Oksana Hutnyk and her family in Lviv, Ukraine this past March, two weeks after Russian forces invaded the country. Now, in mid-September, Oksana and her daughters, ages 13 and 7, have received special permission to leave Ukraine and visit America. First stop: Nancy's cramped apartment in NYC, where Oksana has a chance talk about why Ukraine banded together so quickly to fight Russia (hint: super-not interested to again live under a murderous Communist regime), why Ukrainian schoolchildren draw chalk pictures of "dead Putin," and what...2022-09-1737 min
KILLEDEpisode 3: The KillerA novice journalist tags along to meet John Wayne Gacy one week before his execution for Details. Featuring Nancy Rommelmann.To submit your KILLED story, visit www.KILLEDStories.com. KILLED is an audiochuck production. Connect with us on social media:Instagram: @audiochuckTwitter: @audiochuckFacebook: /audiochuckllcTikTok: @audiochuck
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast27. Trash-Talking the Boss (and Other Questionable Strategies)A New Yorker employee slags the company for lack of diversity on Twitter, and things get messy from there. Nancy and Sarah try to untangle the strange case of Erin Overbey, who was fired by the magazine earlier this week, following accusations that editor-in-chief David Remnick inserted errors into her own work. Nancy looks at a few other recent cases where attempts to oust the higher-ups have backfired, and we talk about how so many attempts at instant justice turn into circular firing squads. Also on deck: Is Twitter the new Gawker? Is the word “cocky” demeaning? Why...2022-07-291h 34
Ask a JewASK A JEW: The First LadiesYour two favorite Jews and backup Jew Nancy Rommelmann are back to talk about everything but abortions!We start with a historical overview of the hotness of First Ladies, a certain Israeli first lady's fondness for cases of pink champagne (I mean, who amongst us?), the royal family, getting older (related), gardening (super related) and Jews surviving in the wild in Peru (the Jews are related to the host).Also:* The Holocaust weight loss challenge* Bodega guy - friend or bro? A crisis communications disaster.* USA! USA! USA!2022-07-0556 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastOn Movie Stars and How I Got These Scars: An Audio Story for a Breaking HeartNancy here. After receiving a heartbroken text from Sarah a little ways back, I sent a pep-up message and a power pop playlist, which I made when writing the lead essay for Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop. … and speaking of Bill Pullman, I cannot highly enough recommend his reading The One Inside by Sam Shepard, which is seriously transcendent. Here’s a sample:Also, this book cover? My god. … and speaking of Sam Shepard, I cannot highly enough recommend the Netflix series Bloodline, which I loved and still think...2022-06-2800 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast21. The Destruction of OthersDid you know we’ve started “Smokeshow Specials” for subscribers to answer your burning questions? We’re just getting started. Sarah sings the praises of Nancy’s recent articles, which leads to a riff on dads and daughters at the movies, how to protect tender things, and the wisdom of Nancy’s late father-in-law’s M.O.: “Do it, then talk about it.” Our main course is a discussion of the controversial New York magazine cover story about a 17-year-old who shared a nude photo of his girlfriend and then watched his world fall apart. Elizabeth Weil’s article is a “prim...2022-06-241h 33
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast19. The Celebrity DelusionWe start with a discussion of Sarah’s Depp-Heard opus, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Depp v. Heard,” about which one reader on Twitter commented, “This is a Persian rug. It is exquisite, and among the finest things I've ever read. Sarah Hepola is what writers aspire to.” (See, Twitter can be nice too!) The story reminds Nancy (and readers) of what magazine writing can be, and why we will do more of it, and how you can make that happen …Oh look at that, the perfect moment to ask you to become a free or paid subs...2022-06-181h 33
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast18. Prison of Our Own MakingCan we talk about that Deep End finale? The saga of Teal Swan comes to a riveting close, and we discuss a group therapy session turned exercise in projection, the moment Sarah found herself sad for Teal Swan, and how putting fish in a tank became haunting television. Teal is a woman who “buries herself in a prison of her own making.” It’s becoming a running theme. We turn to Felicia Sonmez, the controversial Washington Post reporter we spoke about in our last episode, who’s now been fired. Was this inevitable? Will people ever stop turning...2022-06-111h 33
PI PerspectivesInvestigative Journalist, Author and podcaster: Nancy RommelmanEpisode 145:
Welcome to this week’s episode of Pi-perspectives. We have a great guest today. Author and podcaster, Nancy Rommellman joins us today to discuss her experience with Investigative journalism and how she covers hot button issues in our country. If you follow Nancy on twitter, you know she is not afraid to state her opinion. Please welcome Nancy Rommellman and your host, private Investigator, Matt Spaier
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast13. The Villains We NeededNancy and Sarah launch by talking about a slavering press desperate for sensational stories — but we’re not discussing today’s climate, we’re talking about the 1920s, when Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle became the doomed villain in a crime he never committed. We contemplate boobs (again), the greatness of Mariska Hargitay, the cruel online backlash against Amber Heard, and why we don’t like gender tribalism (or tribalism of any kind). We heap admiration on Joan Didion, along with the journalist who recently wrote about her, Caitlyn Flanagan. One of the best-loved journalists of her generation, Flanagan also became a f...2022-05-251h 34
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast11: Her Food Is the Misery of Others: Female Con Artist Edition!It’s the morning after the Super Flower Blood Moon, Sarah needs to pack for the Depp-Heard trial in Virginia, and Nancy’s in a hotel bed in Austin, but first! More on Grey’s Anatomy writer/fabulist Elisabeth Finch (in scrubs, above), who faked cancer (and a kidney transplant, and the suicide of her brother, and and and …) because “she loved the attention so much.” Sarah wonders why we’re so fascinated by female con artists, especially ones who go down in flames, and if we’re the suckers who are being taken in — or the ones being exposed...2022-05-201h 32
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastThe Smoking Diaries: Voice Memos of a Woman Traveling Aloneby Sarah Hepola It was my third morning at an Austin spa so dedicated to self-care they charged $375 if you lit up a cigarette. The sky was still dark, and I was sitting at a wedding spot tucked off the highway, a mile from where I was staying. I’d stumbled upon this place the first morning of my low-key rebellion, because I needed a quiet spot to smoke, and I’d followed a sign that said “historical landmark.” I expected a bench, a sweeping view of the Hill Country; I discovered a wedding tent with empty tables a...2022-05-1617 min
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast6. Does Twitter Suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?A forensic psychologist says Amber Heard has borderline personality disorder, and Nancy and Sarah diagnose social media with the same. Also on the docket: Johnny Depp’s blind spot on drinking + the possible decline of political correctness + the mediocrity of journalist Margaret Sullivan versus the greatness of journalist Tom Junod + a gripping piece on sexual violence at Penn State + the invisible strings of Twitter come for Nancy, but never forget the real star of every episode is YOU, dear listener.EPISODE NOTESThe Price Is Right: Big Wheel, big money.The celebrity that Sa...2022-04-301h 30
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast4: The World is Not Full of Monsters! Rommelmann and Hepola DiscussNancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola are back! Talking about: + Why they love the Ben Dreyfuss essay "The World is Not Full of Monsters" + Who they listen to in the bathtub (Nancy: Elon Musk's new TED talk; Sarah: Ben Franklin by Ken Burns) + "Who is Max Boot? Did he write for Gawker?" + And speaking of Gawker... + The NYT interview with 8 "conservative" men + Who's allowed to say the C-word and why they're in favor of bringing back "twat" (it's funny!) + The hell that are women's spas and why the one they'd open would be called Fuck Your Intentions + Are 100% of hitchhikers...2022-04-231h 32
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast3: Entanglements! Nancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola Take On HollywoodEntanglements, they're everywhere! In this episode, Nancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola look at: + The Will Smith-Jada Pinkett Smith turmoil + The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard mess + Online's "cruelty in the name of justice!" flamers Plus the modern complications of monogamy, Veronica Lake's hair (good!), the world of child actors in Hollywood (mostly bad), why John Updike got it right when he said, "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face," why Sarah stands with the bed-poopers, and more!EPISODE NOTES"You can't just use me for social media." Jada Pinkett-Smith/Will Smith video"Dread...2022-04-231h 25
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast2: Cheerleaders and Buzzer Beaters: Sarah Hepola Redux!Nancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola hop back into the studio to talk Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, faking orgasms, crying (women v. men), why young Ben Franklin is hot (electricity!), why Sarah always dated Tom Waits, Nancy's religious experience at a Trail Blazers game, and much more!EPSIODE NOTESFan-cam dancing to "Since You Been Gone" at Spurs game"America's Girls," podcast about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders that Sarah Hepola co-created and narratesBlackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah HepolaTo the Bridge: A True Story of...2022-04-231h 19
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast1: Blackouts and Sexpots: Sarah HepolaJournalist, author, and podcast series creator Sarah Hepola and Nancy Rommelmann met online two weeks ago and decided they needed to speak for about 80 hours. On deck today: Hepola's recent essay "The Things I'm Afraid to Write About" and why she isn't afraid anymore; her 2015 memoir, "Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget" and the difference between a blackout and passing out; why both she and Rommelmann needed to keep up with dudes (and some hazards therein), and how cancel culture is like bulimia. Tune in for what turned out to be the first Smoke ‘Em If You Go...2022-04-231h 25
The Fifth Column Community ShowEpisode 26: War, Filicide, and Sprinkles of Joy w/ Nancy RommelmannNancy Rommelman joins Brad and Ileana to discuss a range of matters both pressing and perennial: Why is Zelensky running guns and stamps on Twitter? Is Nancy going back to Ukraine (it appears so!) and what did she discover while she was there? What does the future hold for Paloma Media? Why do mothers kill their kids, and what can we learn from wading into messy, uncomfortable details? All sorts!2022-04-191h 23
Make More PieThe World is Not Full of Monsters! Rommelmann and Hepola DiscussNancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola are back! Talking about: + Why they love the Ben Dreyfuss essay "The World is Not Full of Monsters" + What videos they watch in the bathtub + "Who is Max Boot? Did he write for Gawker?" + And speaking of Gawker... + That NYT interview with 8 "conservative" men + Who's allowed to say the C-word (anyone!) and why they're in favor of bringing back "twat" (it's funny!) + The hell that are women's spas and why the one they'd open would be called F**k Your...2022-04-181h 32
Make More PieEntanglements! Nancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola Take On HollywoodEntanglements, they're everywhere! In this episode of the Paloma Media podcast, Sarah Hepola and I look at: + The Will Smith-Jada Pinkett Smith turmoil + The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard mess + Online's "cruelty in the name of justice!" flamers Plus the modern complications of monogamy, Veronica Lake's hair (good!), the world of child actors in Hollywood (mostly bad), why John Updike got it right when he said, "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face,” and more!Shownotes!"You can't just use me for social media." Jada Pi...2022-04-141h 25
The Big Ben ShowNancy Rommelmann & The Fog Of WarThis week, Ben sits down with journalist and founder of Paloma Media, Nancy Rommelmann, to discuss her on the ground reporting inside the war zone in Ukraine. Nancy gives her first-hand insight into how the war is going, and what message Ukrainians have for those who have helped in the war effort.Later, Ben switches gears with author and Wall Street Journal columnist, Jason Riley, to discuss race and politics during the Biden era, covering everything from Critical Race Theory to his latest book, The Black Boom.Then, Ben discusses what lessons can be drawn...2022-03-281h 02
RisingGas Prices Hit Record High, Ghislaine Maxwell Update, And More! Rising 3.9.22Today on Rising,
Gas prices hit record high, the House vote on a Russian fuel ban, as well as $14 billion in aid for Ukraine.(00:00)
New update in the Ghislaine Maxwell retrial request (11:23)
Coca-Cola joins McDonalds, Starbucks and more in shuttering business in Russia (26:47)
A staggering study finds lead poisoning has lowered the IQ of half the country's population with Max Alvarez and Denise Long (37:17)
Justice for Evan: Lawsuit argues Kroger managers pushed employee to suicide with brutal bullying, harassment campaign with Max Alvarez (48:12)
Journalist Nancy Rommelmann joins the hosts on the ground from Ukraine (1:12:28)
Polls show massive, bipartisan supp...2022-03-101h 29