Heads up if you’re new here: this Substack is primarily for written content about social dynamics and there are usually 5-6 articles per week, but every now and then I do a podcast episode with an interesting guest. You can subscribe here or on Spotify where all my episodes are also available.
My guest Matthew Yglesias said, in this episode:
“If anybody's ever read anything that I write…I don't shy away from controversy or trolling or poking the bear a little bit, but I really worry in this terrain, you know, like this is what I would get just like super nervous about.”
Luckily, that’s what I was going for. Matt Yglesias is a political writer known for his excellent Substack Slow Boring (you should subscribe.) Although he and I have never met before, he was instrumental in boosting this Substack, solely because he liked it and thought other people should read it. So naturally, I really wanted to finally meet him, and in light of my other interviews where I talked to serious writers about unexpected things (I spoke with Noah Smith about sexuality and Jeremiah Johnson about marriage and dating) I wanted to ask him about stuff he doesn’t normally talk about. We started out with parenting (and that’s the bulk of the episode) but things took some wild and hopefully funny turns. All in all, it was super enjoyable and I’m honored that he was willing to talk to me about this crap for two hours. I hope it’s fun for all of you too!
