Podcasts about blackout remembering

Today's episode is special because I'm doing things a bit differently and bringing on a friend who played a huge role in my journey to break free from anxiety, panic disorder, depression, and medication. Kelsi and I met when our lives looked very different. We were working at a bar and partying into the early hours nearly every night. Then, on June 6, 2013, Kelsi got sober after a life-changing experience in rehab—a turning point that deeply impacted me. About a year later, I hit my own rock bottom, and watching Kelsi transform her life helped me see that there was a way out of the cycle I was stuck in. In this episode, I'm taking you back to that messy 2011-2014 chapter of my life, when my anxiety, depression, and panic were at their peak, and I was using substances to cope. We talk about the “butterfly effect,” how one person's journey can set off ripples in another's, and how Kelsi's path toward sobriety inspired my own journey toward mental health and recovery. Today, Kelsi is a wife, a stepmom, and a business owner who helps women grow their brands online. She openly shares her story about mental health and recovery, and her DMs are always open to anyone re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol. Connect with Kelsi on Instagram @kelsibyers I'm excited for you to tune in, and as always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the episode. Send me a message on Instagram after you've listened @tay.gendron And don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Kelsi's Book Recommendations: 1. Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol 2. Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol 3. Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget If you'd like to submit a question for future episodes, click here to fill out this form (all questions are answered anonymously). – – Download My Free 5 Day Mini Workshop to Soothe an Anxious Mind here: https://courses.taygendron.com/calm Let's hang out on Instagram! @tay.gendron Website: www.taygendron.com

Nancy 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 Got 'Em Podcast.8. What Do Women Want? - Smoke 'Em  If You Got 'Em PodcastThe Things I'm Afraid to Write About, by Sarah Hepola for The AtlanticOn John Wayne Gacy, Actor Michael Chernus, and Why We Do the Work We Do - Make More Pie (Nancy's Substack)Was Alice Munro An Art Monster?, by Meghan DaumIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:115: Spaceships, Silicon Valley, and Psilocybin, with Ashlee Vance110: The Mounting Evidence That COVID-19 Leaked from a Lab, with Alina Chan108: Investigative Journalism Is in Jeopardy, with Nancy Rommelmann105: Religious Cults, Fringe Science, and the Need for Belief, with Ross Blocher & Carrie Poppy104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder101: Uncovering the Hidden Truths in Political Memoirs, with Carlos Lozada100: When Victimhood is Leveraged for Personal Gain, with Andrew Boryga91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like, with Kat Rosenfield81: Mining Universal Truths From Personal Stories, with Sarah Hepola 65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac Saul40: Great Writers Must Be Vulnerable in Public, with Andrew Sullivan33: The Struggle to Stay Heterodox in a Tribal World, with Meghan DaumFollow Nancy on X: @NancyRommFollow Sarah on X: @sarahhepolaFollow Sarah on Instagram: @thesarahhepolaexperience----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

From wage discrimination to dangerous weight loss methods to personal safety concerns, the scandals that have rocked the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders over the past half century touch on almost every issue in contemporary feminist discourse.  This week, Vanessa and Natalie talk to Sarah Hepola, creator of the Texas Monthly podcast America's Girls and author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Sarah looks back at the history of the beloved cheerleading team, the complicated place they hold in our culture, and what those cheerleaders meant to her as a young girl growing up in Texas. Click ‘Subscribe' at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. To connect with Infamous's creative team, plus access behind the scenes content, join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You made it! 365 Days have been marked off the calendar. You are officially one year sober!  …Now what?  Today my mom & our resident therapist, Susan Knower, is here to talk about this unique point in the sobriety journey. We'll chat about the thoughts that arise when the novelty of sobriety wears off, how to deal with the emotions that lie beneath your drinking, the importance of community in all stages of sobriety, and even what you can learn from the ‘gift' of boredom.  Resources from today's episode:  Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepoln The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller  You now have two ways to connect with other sober moms in the sober mom life world!  The Sober Mom Life Cafe: For just $25/month, you get access to 8 weekly peer support meetings, the exclusive Cafe social feed (like Facebook, but better!), our monthly book club, the monthly Q+A, the chance to share your story on The Real Sober Moms, and merch discounts!  The Sober Mom Life Community: for just $5.95/month! In the Community, you'll receive access to the exclusive Community social feed (like Facebook, but better!), the exclusive community chat, and one free weekly meeting.  My mocktail recipe book, ‘No Ethanol Needed' is finally here! Grab your copy here:  https://mykindofsweet.com/2024/01/the-no-ethanol-needed-mocktail-ebook-is-here/ If you're looking for a community of wonderful sober moms to support you while you build your own sober life, join us inside The Sober Mom Life Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1542852942745657 We have merch!!!!  Check it out here! Click here to follow The Sober Mom Life on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you a blackout drinker? Because I was.  I've probably forgotten more of the “big nights” of my 20s and 30s than I remember.  Actually, it's not that I forgot them, it's that I drank enough alcohol that my brain didn't record any memories of large chunks of those nights.  I've blacked out on business trips, at weddings and on holidays and have spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to piece together the events of the night before and having people tell me things I did and literally can't remember.  So, in early sobriety, when I came across Sarah Hepola's New York Times bestselling memoir, "Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget”, I couldn't put it down. In Sarah's book, I learned about blackouts, what they are and why they happen. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Hepola is the author of the 2015 bestselling memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. She's the host and creator of "America's Girls," a podcast about the history of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and the co-conspirator of Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em, a weekly podcast about what's burning through the culture right now. She's a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly, and she lives in Dallas.sarahhepola.comBlackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah HepolaWhy I'm Doing a Podcast on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, by Sarah HepolaCheerleaders, Cheerleaders Everywhere, by Sarah HepolaSmoke 'Em If You Got "Em PodcastLush for Life, by Sarah Hepola - Salon23: Children Need Freedom to Grow Independent, with Lenore Skenazy - Where We Go Next"Twitter: where personality disorders become careers." - Meghan DaumCommon Cognitive Distortions - WikipediaThose College Students Might Surprise You: Sarah Hepola's Report From the Classroom - The Unspeakable PodcastHow to watch TÁR - JustWatchI Could Get Married Here (But Didn't), by Sarah Hepola - The New York TimesMy Drinking Years: ‘Everyone Has Blackouts, Don't They?', by Sarah Hepola - The GuardianSarah's Twitter: @sarahhepolaSarah's Instagram: @thesarahhepolaexperience----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

I found myself fascinated by Sarah Hepola's memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, and so I reached out for a discussion. The book was a huge bestseller when it came out in 2015 and it keeps resonating with new readers. I am one of those readers. Though I'd never met Sarah in person, she was one of my bosses at Salon.com in 2009 and 2010, and I'd had no idea she was going through any of what was detailed in her book. In this pod, we talk about her enduring hit, and her unusually candid writing style, but also get into a lot more. As a pop culture obsessed young GenXer, Sarah has a particular perspective on the culture and how it's moved over the last couple decades. We wanted to talk some sports, but got too wrapped up in the conversation at hand. Next time! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit houseofstrauss.substack.com/subscribe

Alcohol use during the holiday season. Join Jeff Peterson, LCSW, as he discusses his journey of recovery. Hear how Jeff uses his experience to support others and get tips for managing the stress of the holiday season without reaching for your favorite glass of wine.  A must listen for anyone curious about sobriety or interested in changing their relationship with alcohol. Continue LearningSMART RecoveryHolly WhitakerAuthor, Quit Like a WomanAnnie GraceAuthor, This Naked MindAlcoholics AnonymousConsumer guide for finding and choosing alcohol and other drug treatment programs in the state of WisconsinhereRecommendations from Jeff PodcastsBubble HourThis naked mindDopeyBooksThe Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray Alcohol explained This naked mind  The alcohol experiment We are the luckiest  Blackout: Remembering the Things that I Drank to Forget by SarahHepola Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety by Sacha Z. Scoblic Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr Beautiful Boy Tweak AA Big book NA basic text MoviesHe wont get far on foot My name is Bill Clean and sober The lost weekend Days of Wine and roses Smashed When a man loves a woman Gia 28 days Bill W  Local (Madison, WI) meetingsACOA- https://adultchildren.org/ Madison AA- https://aamadisonwi.org/ Madison NA- https://badgerlandna.org/ Madison Alanon- https://sites.google.com/site/alanondistrict8madison/home Madison Smart Recovery :  https://smartrecoverymadisonwi.org/ Produced by Jessica Warpula SchultzMusic by Jason A. SchultzInsight Mind Body Talk. Also, check out our e-courses!

Does college need to be reimagined? A new experimental university committed to free speech called the University of Austin drew mockery on Twitter when it was first announced, but the place is no joke: The college got 3,500 inquiries from professors in its first week, and has since raised $100 million dollars. Nancy and Sarah can't help feeling invigorated by this kind of innovation (even if Sarah is confused by the name, since it's pretty close to her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin). We share our admiration for a recent speech given by founding trustee and journalist Bari Weiss at the university's inaugural event, where she diagnoses our current malaise and dares to be optimistic — even patriotic — about what comes next. How do we conserve the best of American values while creating new things? Speaking of innovations, we discuss a recent New Yorker essay about a “hook-up app for the emotionally mature,” which caters to alternative sexualities, ethical non-monogamy, and kink. Nancy is reminded of Sarah's observation that each generation tries to hack sex; Sarah is fascinated by the popularity of the app's “Fantasy Bunker,” exclusively for virtual sexting and folks who prefer the safe sex of the cloud to IRL action. As technology gives us more choices for expressing our desires, we wonder: Can pleasure really be engineered? And whatever happened to making out?The summer heat is unbearable, but things get cooler when you consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode Notes:“Dr. Jill's Taco Gaffe, and Narrative vs. Truth, with Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch,” The Megyn Kelly Show“The Evil of Banality,” by Jake Siegel (Tablet)“‘Are You Are Becoming A Republican Or Something?' Sarah Hepola On Letting Down The Left Without Ever Leaving It,” The Unspeakable Podcast with Meghan Daum“Why Republicans Shouldn't Want Donald Trump to Run Again,” by Ben Dreyfuss (Substack)…… and one more from Ben, who's on a roll this week: “If you think Jon Stewart should run for president, you should go to a mental asylum.”All you might ever want to know about Peter Boghossian, except maybe that the first time he and Nancy met they ate barbecue and the conversation was so intense, the meat was flying! Peter later asked Nancy to make videos about her experience covering antifa in Portland summer 2020. There are ten (!). Here's one and the link to the series.“The New Founders America Needs,” Bari Weiss speech to incoming class at UATX, audio (Honestly podcast) “The New Founders America Needs,” written version (Common Sense)“A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost'” by Douglas Belkin (Wall Street Journal; may be paywalled)Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah HepolaSt. John's College curriculum “focused on the most important books and ideas of Western civilization”Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has one of the most devastating and interesting histories of any living person, including having to go into hiding after Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who'd worked with Hirsi Ali on a short film (“Submission”), was assassinated by an Islamic extremist.1883 official trailer“The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake,” by David Brooks (The Atlantic)Gratuitous but super-cool interactive graphic showing the evanescence of internet superiority“The Hookup App For the Emotionally Mature,” by Emily Witt (The New Yorker)Outro Song: “Light and Day,” The Polyphonic SpreeOK, people, you won't find this anywhere else: Nancy's cookies might be your reward when you become a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com/subscribe

From a motel room five miles from the site of Depp v. Heard in suburban Virginia, Sarah describes the fascinating culture around the courthouse: The mother-daughter fans screaming as the star waves from his black SUV; the hard-cores who queue up before midnight in a parking garage to secure a spot at the next day's trial; the YouTube brand builders; the Depp lawyers who have become online folk heroes; and the lone crumpled figure who could only be a journalist (a French one). But what Sarah doesn't see is American reporters. She and Nancy have some ideas why.We discuss the suffering extended and inflicted, by the high-profile sobriety coach charging Depp $100k/month even though the star was still smoking weed and drinking wine; by a longtime friend and former band member who encouraged Depp to go to AA but found himself cut off after he testified in the UK trial; of Amber Heard captured on a security camera, canoodling with James Franco in the elevator of Depp's penthouse.Is Sarah right when she wonders if Depp has much in common with his iconic character, Edward Scissorhands, in the way he “hurts everything he touches”? Is Nancy speaking common sense when she says she finds “people using misery as a commodity to further their own agenda beyond disgusting”? Plus Sarah meets a heroic presence, the one journalist she was hoping to find.Want to talk Depp v. Heard (or anything else?). Head over to Smoke ‘Em's first discussion thread! Episode notes: “Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change.” ACLU-written Opinion piece by “Amber Heard” (WaPo)“Amber Heard and the Death of #MeToo,' by Michelle Goldberg (NYT)“The ACLU Says It Wrote Amber Heard's Domestic Violence Op-Ed and Timed It to Her Film Release,” by Audra Heinrichs (Jezebel)Johnny Depp slams cabinets while Amber Heard films and asks, “What happened?”Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola“Digging JFK's Grave Was His Honor,” by Jimmy BreslinNick Wallis, “Reporting Depp v. Heard” (YouTube)What's Eating Gilbert Grape? trailer, 1993“Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night: It All Goes Down at Prom” by Sarah Hepola (Austin Chronicle)Hot Topic Johnny Depp T-shirt“Ellen Barkin Said Johnny Depp Was a ‘Jealous Man' During Their ‘Sexual' Relationship,” by Victoria Bekiempis (New York)Correction: Nancy thought the name of the recent series Barkin starred in was “Animals.” It was in fact “Animal Kingdom.” Management regrets the error.“Who Is Camille Vasquez? 5 Things to Know About Johnny Depp's Lawyer Amid Amber Heard Defamation Trial,” by Miranda Siwak (Us Magazine)Amber Heard and James Franco Cuddling in Elevator (Law & Crime channel)Americans Are Way More Interested in the Heard v. Depp Trial Than Roe v. Wade (Axios)Scenes from a celebrity trial, including the accidental star James from Court.Also, there were alpacas.Outro music: “21 Jump Street” theme song, Holly RobinsonAnd in case you were wondering which Johnny Depp poster Sarah had in her bedroom.Stay tuned for more in-depth coverage on the trial. It's pretty wild. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Journalist, 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 Got ‘Em convo!"The Things I'm Afraid to Write About", by Sarah Hepola, published in The Atlantic on March 12, 2022Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, by Sarah Hepola This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Sarah Hepola has been publishing personal essays and articles for decades and is the author of the 2015 bestseller Blackout, a memoir about her years of heavy drinking that focusses on the phenomenon of blackout. As Sarah explains it, blackout is a state of impaired memory that is distinct from being passed out and is often overlooked in conversations about intoxication and sexual consent. Meghan invited Sarah onto the podcast initially not to talk about blackouts but about Sarah's recent essay in The Atlantic "The Things I'm Afraid To Write About.”: It's about censorship, specifically the kind we impose on ourselves in a culture where voicing controversial opinions can bring on devastating professional and personal consequences. This topic comes up a lot these days, but Sarah comes to it out of a particular interest: how confusion over the difference between being in a blackout and being unconscious has factored into several high profile sexual assault cases.   One case Sarah has looked into is that of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who was convicted in 2016 of sexual assault after he was discovered outside a fraternity house in an encounter with  woman who appeared to be unconscious. The story continues to elicit strong emotions in the public, but Sarah points out that the media narrative, which includes many vivid and troubling details, diverges significantly from the facts in court documents. Sarah's mention of the Turner case in her Atlantic essay set off a firestorm of anger and invective, thereby illustrating exactly why she'd been so reluctant to speak her mind over the last several years. In this conversation, Sarah talks with Meghan about self-censorship and what's happened in the media landscape to cause it. But they talk just as much about the Brock Turner case and how the media got so much of the story so wrong and never bothered to correct it. This may be the most “unspeakable” Unspeakable to date.   Bio: Sarah Hepola is the author of the bestselling memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, and the host/creator of America's Girls, a Texas Monthly podcast about the lost history and cultural impact of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. She is currently working on a memoir for The Dial Press/Random House about her ambivalent singlehood. She lives in Dallas.

Welcome to Cover Story, a podcast by New Books Network devoted to long form journalism. Today, we are talking to Texas-based writer Sarah Hepola. Hepola is most known from her brave writing about drinking and the 2015 bestselling memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. She's appeared on NPR's Fresh Air and published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, Salon and Texas Monthly, where she is a writer-at-large. Today we are talking about her recent story “In Mobile City Everybody Knows Your Name” from August 2021 Texas Monthly. A very fresh piece. Agata Popeda is a Polish-American journalist. Interested in everything, with a particular weakness for literature and foreign relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

This week on the podcast, Sondra welcomes Kathy Kubik. Kathy is a Chicago-based assistant, writer, Mom, artist and lover of horror, comics and Hamilton. They talk about experiencing life's beauty and sorrow when sober, they talk about generational crafting and they talk about the importance of creating community through things like the Recovery Gals Art Exchange. You can see Kathy's work and her sweet smile on Instagram @oneheartfitness and read her blog and past work at www.kathykubik.com.  This week, Kathy shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) A morning ritual: prayer, morning pages, gratitude, Bible yoga; (2) Books: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola, The End of Procrastination  by Petr Ludwig and Adela Schicker; and (3) Community.

She’s a brilliant essayist and author of the NY Times bestseller Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Blessed with a perfect blend of depth and humor, Sarah shares her account of drinking (and then not) in a raw and brutally honest manner that really hits home.   Website:  https://sarahhepola.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahhepolaNY Times Bestseller - BLACKOUT: https://amzn.to/31R7gU8Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahhepola/

Author of memoir “Blackout: Remembering the things I drank to forget” Sarah Hepola joins us on Talk Recovery Radio live at noon on Thursday, followed by Scott H’s personal story of overcoming addiction. For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was “the gasoline of all adventure.” She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn’t remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead. A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure–the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It’s about giving up the thing you cherish most–but getting yourself back in return. Also Scott H tells his story of recovery from addiction and how he stays clean today.

In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia discuss the history of binge drinking, why McCarthyism is back in the news, and the political power of women’s rage. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination hearing has brought attention to the prevalence of binge drinking among young people. Natalia referenced Matt Damon’s Saturday Night Live portrayal of Brett Kavanaugh, and cited Sarah Hepola’s memoir of binge drinking, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. McCarthyism is back in the news as Mitch McConnell has accused Democrats of such tactics. Neil mentioned a Jonah Goldberg essay in the National Review that argued Joe McCarthy had been right. A series of books out this fall look at women’s rage: Rebecca Traister’s Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger; Soraya Chemaly’s Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger; and, Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Natalia added both Phyllis Schlafly’s Power of the Positive Woman and Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger” as two other very different works on the politics of women’s rage.   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia talked about her upcoming involvement in the event, “Yeah She Did: Witches Get Stuff Done” taking place in New York City on October 24. Neil commented on Joe Pinsker’s Atlantic article, “Why Some Parents Turn Boys’ Names Into Girls’ Names.” Niki discussed the expiration of the Violence Against Women Act.

What does drinking have to do with female empowerment and feminism? We ask author Sarah Hepola to share her perspective on how society and pop culture influence women who drink dangerously.Sarah has written an incredible memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, that has placed her among the ranks of authors like Caroline Knapp and one of my personal favorites, Cheryl Strayed. Her essays have appeared in New York Times Magazine, Elle, Glamour, the Guardian, Slate, and Salon. We met with her while back to talk about the intersection between feminism, motherhood, and drinking.

What does drinking have to do with female empowerment and feminism? We ask author Sarah Hepola to share her perspective on how society and pop culture influence women who drink dangerously. Sarah has written an incredible memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, that has placed her among the ranks of authors like Caroline Knapp and one of my personal favorites, Cheryl Strayed. Her essays have appeared in New York Times Magazine, Elle, Glamour, the Guardian, Slate, and Salon. We met with her while back to talk about the intersection between feminism, motherhood, and drinking.

Sarah Hepola joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. One of my dream guests of all time Sarah Hepola shares much more than her amazing story with us today!  We spend 2 hours pivoting from one topic to another to bring you an unforgettable interview. Sarah is the author of the best-selling memoir, BLACKOUT – Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget!  Her exploits in the book take you right into her world of complete debauchery and then her inspirational journey of recovery. Listen now us now as Sarah takes us through her epic life journey. Get 20% OFF of Organifi Use code SHAIR at checkout for 20% off your order today! Click Here to go to organifi Now! www.organifi.com Support The SHAIR Podcast: Donate with PayPal -  http://theshairpodcast.com/donate/ Amazon Link - http://theshairpodcast.com/amazon Facebook Private Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/theSHAIRpodcast/

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss the history of refugees, the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, and Instamoms.  Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: President Obama tied the Syrian refugee crisis to the story of the Pilgrims in a recent radio address to move Americans to support their entry to the US. The Washington Post’s image of a young refugee, Niki argued, was meant in part to elicit American sympathy, but throughout history Americans have seldom welcomed refugees into the nation. Natalia noted the lowest point of this history may have been when the US rejected the admission of European Jews in the years leading up to World War II. Neil pointed out that moment has been humanized by the account of Anne Frank’s family being denied entry as refugees.Princeton students have demanded the university remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from campus sites because of his racist acts as president. Natalia agreed with historian Nathan Connolly’s request that we “write segregation and race into the story, not to write the racists out of it.” She also recommended the historian Jonathan Zimmerman’s Politico article that encouraged Princeton students to reckon more with Wilson’s complicated example.“Instamoms,” like @Taylensmom, are the newest social media phenomena. But are these digital parents just the latest version of the stage mom? Natalia suggested Viviana Zelizer’s classic, Pricing the Priceless Child, provided a useful way for thinking about the changing social value of children in America. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Sarah Hepola’s memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.Neil discussed why Americans spoke with the accent they did in the 1930s and what 100 years of photographs reveal about the history of smiling.Niki shared the new Amazon series The Man in the High Castle as a way of thinking about the meaning of fascism in American politics. 

Author Sarah Hepola isn't just a writer but the author of the biggest book about addiction since A Million Little Pieces. Hepola's memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, has been written about in seemingly ever publication known to man (including ours), clearly striking a chord among the recovery community and beyond. The Texas-based Salon essay editor has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Glamour, The Guardian, Nerve and Slate, among others, and is as modest about her book's success as possibly only a Texan can be. In this episode, she and Anna David talk about the relative coolness of sobriety, crying every day, whether or not Tinder dating profiles should mention sobriety and if a best-selling book can actually make you happy, among many other topics.

KLEAN Radio discuss the issues of addiction, mental health and recovery. The show is hosted by longtime broadcaster Pat O'Brien and addiction expert Andrew Spanswick. Sarah Hepola calls in to discuss "Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget."

On this week's episode things get real: after reading Sarah Hepola's recent memoir we're prompted to discuss our own drinking habits, and whether we should be concerned about them. We also talk about the book itself, which recounts Hepola's own arc of addiction and eventual recovery, focusing on her frequent blackouts, which often had her attempting to reconstruct an evening's potentially embarrassing events the next morning. Hepola also considers the gendered nature of addiction narratives, and how being a drinking woman might be different from being a drinking man. For more, as always, you can visit us online at bookfightpod.com. 

The printed word is alive and well in luxurious libraries, maps of fictional worlds, a cunning way to write a best seller and lose weight, science confirms walking fosters creativity, great writing advice from children’s book editors, the difference between fewer and less, survival life, Writer in Residence Sarah Hepola (author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget) stay focused by planting a virtual forest, value based pricing, how to build your author platform, and more! Read the show notes.  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com

"You get sober and you realize that person you were pretending to be you actually are." —Sarah on SRN If you've read Sarah's beautifully-crafted memoir of active alcoholism and recovery you're going to want to listen. Sarah's candor and good-humor made for a terrifically insightful and enjoyable episode. If you haven't read it…WTF? Get it. Read it. Then come back and listen. Sarah on the Web: Site / http://sarahhepola.com Twitter / https://twitter.com/sarahhepola Clip: Amy Winehouse / 2006 / Recording session for "Back to Black"

Sarah Hepola is the author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget and she joined Ryan on the line now to talk about her experiences as a blackout drinking.