Podcast appearances and mentions of Laura Albert

Laura Albert is the third-generation CEO of Interstate Rental Service, a 90-year-old family-owned event rental company based in Boston, Massachusetts. In this episode of the Rental Roundtable, Laura shares how Interstate has supported some of the city's most iconic events- like the Boston Marathon, championship parades, and university graduations.Whether you're in event rentals, equipment rentals, or running a family business, Laura's story offers valuable insights on legacy, leadership, and adapting to change.

This week Gary and Iain review and discuss, Blood Games (1990) by Director, Tanya Rosenberg. Starring, Laura Albert, Ken Carpenter and Ross Hagen. For more Off The Shelf Reviews: Merch: https://off-the-shelf-reviews.creator-spring.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWxkAz-n2-5Nae-IDpxBZQ/join Podcasts: https://offtheshelfreviews.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@OTSReviews Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OffTheShelfReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OffTheShelfReviews Support us: http://www.patreon.com/offtheshelfreviews Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/offtheshelfreviews Discord: https://discord.gg/Dyw8ctf

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comTo talk or not to talk about this week's red meat media story? Well, we're talking. Are we surprised at the appetite that some in media take in shredding one of their own in public? Of course not; it's the same old boring mob behavior. But what's really behind it? Professional jealousy? The moronic idea that if you knock a person off her perch, that gets you closer to her gig? And does anyone believe, as a kajillion tweets enjoin us to believe, that women and journalism have been set back decades?Also discussed:* Melania Trump as new and improved political spouse* Who among us has not posed for tasteful nudes?* No one should doubt the pulverizing power of the Kennedy machine* The irresponsibility of running “too good to verify” stories* The necessary intimacy between reporter and subject. “It's a dance of sorts.”* Status, the new fragrance for men…* Things worked out well for the creator of the Shitty Media Men List: yea or nay?Also discussed: the literary imposter Laura Albert (aka, J.T. Leroy), an unrecognizable Colin Farrell, Nancy's got a new book (if no pre-publicity nudes, dammit!) and much more!

Episode 278 Guest: Laura Albert Book: Harold's End --- In this episode I welcome back author Laura Albert (known for her acclaimed works written under JT Leroy). Laura has been a big supporter of Salt Lake Dirt since its inception, and I am thrilled to delve into her novella Harold's End. We discuss the book's origins, its themes, and the unique pets that symbolize hope and love in the lives of its characters. Laura shares insights into her writing process and the emotional journey behind creating this incredible story. Great chat, great book! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- Episode Links: PURCHASE Harold's End LauraAlbert.org IG: @laura_albert Listen to our 2020 Interview with Laura --- SLD Podcast Info: www.saltlakedirt.com Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 92.9 FM Los Gatos & 101.9FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST Listen on APPLE Podcasts Listen on SPOTIFY Instagram: @saltlakedirt

Con-gregation, it's Fraud Friday! And today comedian Fortune Feimster joins us to discuss Laura Albert, an author who published a book under the pseudonym JT LeRoy, only years later it was discovered that JT never really existed. Plus, a 63-year-old Mississippi man is accused of being involved in a footbath scheme resulting in over $10 million in fake claims. Stay Schemin'! CW: There is mention of sexual assault, abuse and suicide in this episode. (Originally Released 01/10/2022) Pre-Order Laci's book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes": https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press On Sunday, Sept. 22nd Laci will be hosting the Scam Goddess Live: 5 Year Anniversary @ the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles. Buy tickets at https://regentdtla.com/tm-event/scam-goddess-live-five-year-anniversary/ Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspodLaci Mosley: @divalaciFortune Feimster: @fortunefeimster Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230831/jt-le-roy-true-story-movie-literary-scam-hoaxhttps://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2001/7/strange-innocencehttps://www.savannahknoop.net/https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/north-mississippi-podiatrist-indicted-foot-bath-scheme-water-valley-medicare-fraud/522-d92da935-ce2f-47e8-9ffa-33a44a182eba

Let's take a trip down memory lane! That's exactly what this interview was all about for both of us. It's not exactly what I thought it would be, it was much better. Speaking to an actress who has seen and been through it all, especially from the “Golden Era” of Hollywood, is a huge honor for me. I have always enjoyed movies from the 1980s. However, any movie from the 1980s with a touch of Lovecraft is golden, the practical effects cannot be matched by what we see today. Laura, being the aspiring actress she is, explains how she went from actress to stunt performer and why. I mean, it's a solid and genuine choice and she has no regrets. Being a stunt performer in some of Hollywood's most notable horror movies will land you the recognition you deserve. And Laura deserves all of the recognition because we all know that being a stunt performer is NOT easy. She talks about her favorite scenes, what it was like behind the scenes, and everyday life on set. I am still in awe, getting to know the first-hand experience from Laura. Giving such detail of her perspective is truly the ‘knowledge' we all need to soak in.  Such a fantastic and talented individual and I cannot wait to go back and watch all of the horror movies where she was a stunt performer in, to get a closer look at her talent. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/southjerseyhorror/message

All artifacts and materials collected during the Prometheus Mission are to remain within a cryogenic, hermetically sealed subterranean vault beneath Site-82. Content Warnings: Experiments on children, gore & dismemberment, and gun violence. Transcript Patrons PanglossGrantsYouTacos, Javier Munoz, Laura Albert, Hollish Maj, amanur, Michael Pienta, Diega Fuentez, Josh, Connor Lugg, and Francisco G. Medina Cast & Crew  SCP Archives was created by Pacific S. Obadiah & Jon Grilz SCP-7091 was written by Marceline_Raynes Script by Kevin Whitlock Narrator - Jon Grilz Allenya - Kayla Temshiv Cabot - Elissa Park Burr - Marquiz Moore Gibson - Nichole Goodnight  Art by Eduardo Valdés-Hevia Video produced by Dakota Miller Theme Song by Matt Roi Berger Sound Designer - Chris Harris-Beechy Composer - Dana Creasman Showrunner - Daisy McNamara Creative Director - Pacific S. Obadiah Executive Producers - Tom Owen & Brad Miska Presented by Bloody FM www.Bloody-Disgusting.com www.SCParchives.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scp_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SCParchives Twitter: https://twitter.com/scp_pod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scppod Discord: https://discord.gg/tJEeNUzeZX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of the Compendium, we dive into the wild world of JT Leroy, a name that took the literary scene by storm before turning it on its head. Join us as we pick apart how Laura Albert and Savannah Knoop spun the identity of a made-up boy-genius author, fooling the glitterati and bookworms alike. It's a story packed with scandal and a hoax that has us questioning everything about identity in the arts.In our chat, today we're not just telling a story; we're asking the big questions about what happens when the line between an author's true self and their fiction gets blurry. We'll get into the nitty-gritty of the JT Leroy literary scandal explained, stirring up everything from gender identity debates to the shockwaves the hoax sent through pop culture. So, buckle up—it's going to be a wild ride through one of the juiciest literary hoaxes ever.We give you the Compendium, but if you're itching for even more, dig into these rad reads and watches:"The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" by JT Leroy"Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy" by Savannah Knoop"Author: The JT Leroy Story" - Documentary"Sarah" by JT Leroy"The Cult of JT Leroy" by Marjorie Sturm“Who is the Real JT LeRoy?” New York Magazine Article by  Stephen BeachySupport the showConnect with Us:

It's been a busier (and more exciting) summer than usual for INFORMS! INFORMS president Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an update on the latest and greatest at INFORMS.

This episode is a continuation of our previous episode, featuring our incoming 2024 INFORMS president, Julie Swann, our current president Laura Albert, and two past presidents, Radhika Kulkarni and Ramayya Krishnan, in which we'll be discussing their recent meetings on Capitol Hill related to artificial intelligence. 

INFORMS as an organization has a mission of elevating our members and our brand. As part of that goal, we work to educate policymakers about the value of operations research and analytics in decisions that they make that impact the American people. We have had great success in nurturing relationships in Washington and making a real difference. As of late, a big focus has been on artificial intelligence and some of INFORMS most prominent members are involved in the work. On this episode, I'm pleased to welcome our incoming 2024 INFORMS president, Julie Swann,, our current president Laura Albert, and two past presidents, Radhika Kulkarni and Ramayya Krishnan, to discuss their recent meetings on Capitol Hill related to artificial intelligence. 

Join the CANA Connection Podcast as we talk with analytics professional and educator Laura Albert Ph.D. She is the David H. Gustafson Chair and Professor of ISyE at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023 INFORMS President. In this episode, our host Rob Cranston talks with Laura about her informative and entertaining blog, about the future of analytics in education, cyber security, and how INFORMS has helped shape her career. You can reach Laura at her blog Punk Rock Operations Research (https://punkrockor.com/) or via her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraalbertphd/ You can connect with the CANA Connection Host Rob Cranston at his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-cranston-ab8aba/ The CANA Connection is available in video and audio formats on your favorite podcast platforms like YouTube (video), Spotify (video), Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and many others. To learn more about CANA, head over to our website at https://www.canallc.com. While there, consider signing up for our quarterly newsletter and check out the CANA Connection blogs and articles. Thank you for watching this episode of the CANA Connection and as always, remember to Analyze, Assess and Execute! We will see you next time. Follow us on social media:  Instagram @canaadvisors  X (Twitter) @CANA_Advisors  LinkedIn @CANA LLC  Facebook @CANAAdvisors YouTube @CANAConnection Intro/Outro Music "Urban Gauntlet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #INFORMS #OperationsResearch #CANA #LauraAlbert #PunkRockOR #Analytics #CyberSecurity #Community #Education #ORSA #innovation #IndustrialSystems #engineering #socialawareness #adavancedanalytics #UniversityofWisconsin #blog #CANAconnection

Summer is here and the time is right … for getting the heck out of dodge! With temperatures soaring and kids off for summer break, scores of people are planning to travel at some point this summer. In fact, 85% of Americans are planning to take a trip this summer and of those more than 50% plan to travel to their destination by plane.  But in their efforts to get away from it all, many might be experiencing more of a stressful scenario than they had anticipated, as airports across the country are experiencing at worst, canceled flights and at best significant delays. What's surprising is that these disruptions are even extending to folks who are registered for TSA PreCheck. Joining me today to take a look behind the scenes at what is causing these delays and cancelations, what can be done to address them, and what would-be vacationers can do to limit the impact and stress on their vacations, is Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the 2023 INFORMS president.

With 2023 well underway, it's time to circle back and check in with the INFORMS president Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for an update on the latest and greatest at INFORMS.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) recently introduced a bill to boost data science education. It would offer up to $10 million in grants to schools from nursery school to four-year colleges. Is it a good idea? For one answer, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Laura Albert, a University of Wisconsin Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) recently introduced a bill to boost data science education. It would offer up to $10 million in grants to schools from nursery school to four-year colleges. Is it a good idea? For one answer, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Laura Albert, a University of Wisconsin Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

‘Los escritores más mentirosos de la historia'. Especial de Patricia Del Rio sobre escritores y escritoras que llevaron el arte de inventar más allá de sus propias páginas, que trasladaron toda su imaginación al mundo real, y a veces con desastrosos resultados. Empezamos con Jeremiah Terminator Leroy, Laura Albert, que terminan siendo la misma persona; continuamos con el escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo, a quien le gustaba cambiarse el nombre, inventarse un pasado, citar parientes inexistentes y mentir muchas veces sobre cosas tan simples como su lugar de nacimiento... Entre los cuentos infantiles tenemos ‘Hansel y Gretel', ‘Blancanieves', ‘Las aventuras de Pinocho'... Tal vez, el mentiroso más tierno de todos sea nuestro querido y siempre entrañable Don Quijote de la Mancha, el personaje de Cervantes se inventa un mundo en el que quiere vivir sus hazañas. En la entrevista de la semana, el escritor y editor Rubén Silva comenta detalles de ‘El otro en el espejo', un libro para chicos y grandes de reciente publicación. El crítico literario y gerente de ‘Escena libre', Julio Zavala, recomienda: ‘El retorno del señor de las Tinieblas' de Miguel Lescano; ‘Últimos placeres' de Tocilovac Goran; ‘Los años. Diario personal', de Alonso Cueto. La voz de Juan Rulfo fue tomada de una entrevista que le concedió al periodista, Joaquin Soler Serrano (tomado de @Editrama en Youtube). Las canciones inspiradas en esta temática son: ‘Liar' de Noah Cyrus; ‘Todo es mentira' de Fangoria y Julieta Venegas; ‘Lo niego todo' de Joaquin Sabina; ‘Un mundo raro' de Chabela Vargas; ‘Mentira' de La Ley; ‘Mientes tan bien' de Sin Bandera; ‘Mentiras' de Arabella y cerramos esta edición con las melodías de Mozart.

‘Los escritores más mentirosos de la historia'. Especial de Patricia Del Rio sobre escritores y escritoras que llevaron el arte de inventar más allá de sus propias páginas, que trasladaron toda su imaginación al mundo real, y a veces con desastrosos resultados. Empezamos con Jeremiah Terminator Leroy, Laura Albert, que terminan siendo la misma persona; continuamos con el escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo, a quien le gustaba cambiarse el nombre, inventarse un pasado, citar parientes inexistentes y mentir muchas veces sobre cosas tan simples como su lugar de nacimiento... Entre los cuentos infantiles tenemos ‘Hansel y Gretel', ‘Blancanieves', ‘Las aventuras de Pinocho'... Tal vez, el mentiroso más tierno de todos sea nuestro querido y siempre entrañable Don Quijote de la Mancha, el personaje de Cervantes se inventa un mundo en el que quiere vivir sus hazañas. En la entrevista de la semana, el escritor y editor Rubén Silva comenta detalles de ‘El otro en el espejo', un libro para chicos y grandes de reciente publicación. El crítico literario y gerente de ‘Escena libre', Julio Zavala, recomienda: ‘El retorno del señor de las Tinieblas' de Miguel Lescano; ‘Últimos placeres' de Tocilovac Goran; ‘Los años. Diario personal', de Alonso Cueto. La voz de Juan Rulfo fue tomada de una entrevista que le concedió al periodista, Joaquin Soler Serrano (tomado de @Editrama en Youtube). Las canciones inspiradas en esta temática son: ‘Liar' de Noah Cyrus; ‘Todo es mentira' de Fangoria y Julieta Venegas; ‘Lo niego todo' de Joaquin Sabina; ‘Un mundo raro' de Chabela Vargas; ‘Mentira' de La Ley; ‘Mientes tan bien' de Sin Bandera; ‘Mentiras' de Arabella y cerramos esta edición con las melodías de Mozart.

On our show, "Howling At The Full Moon", we're heading back to the 80's for some high school hijinks with our 28th episode and diving into 1989's "DR. ALIEN". Directed by David DeCoteau and featuring a slew of celebrity side characters including Judy Landers, Ginger Lynn, Linnea Quigley, Liz Kaitan, Michelle Bauer, Laura Albert, Karen Russel, Edy Williams and more. This movie follows the exploits of a sexy intergalactic high school teacher doing research on a a very nerdy student to turn him into a stud.   Join our hosts Cameron Scott and Full Moon enthusiast Dustin Hubbard as they take a deep dive into a discussion and dissection of the adventures of alien doctors, oversexed teens, and punk rock band competitions gone wrong.   "Please, think about the fate of our planet!"

Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Whether this is your first episode, or you are a long-time listener, thank you for joining us and I hope you'll subscribe for even more great content highlighting the incredible contributions of INFORMS members. To kick off our first episode of the new year, joining me is the 2023 INFORMS president Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A reading of "Punch Drunk" by Nancy Rommelmann, which first appeared on my Substack, Make More Pie.I am serializing "Forty Bucks and A Dream: Stories of Los Angeles" on Substack. New chapters drop Mondays. Below is the Table of Contents, with links to what's posted before. Please subscribe!PROLOGUEHungry TownSTARLETS1: Forty Bucks and a Dream: The lives of a Hollywood motel2: The Camera and the Audience3: Jena at 15: A childhood in Hollywood4: The Waxer5: The Biggest Dick in the WorldLEADING MEN6: Brown Dirt Cowboys: Meet your Mexican gardening crew7: Punch Drunk8: Us Versus Them: The code of the cop barLEADING LADIES9: Who She Took With Her: The husband, the son, the boyfriend… a drunk's tale10: Giving: the Hollywood way11: No Exit Plan: The lies and follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a., J.T. Leroy12: Porn for WomenBACKGROUND PLAYERS13: Sanctuary: Days and nights at the King Edward Saloon 14: Why Not to Write About the Supreme Master of the Universe: A day with the disciples of Ching Hai15: Playboy: The next generation16: J. Lo in the HouseCUT17: The Marrying Room18: Meet the Neighbors19: The Pathos of Failing20: Bite and Smile

IISE Fellow Laura Albert, a professor and chair of the Industrial & Systems Engineering department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses techniques to address societal challenges and create a better and more inclusive world with IISE Operations Research Division board members Karmel S. Shehadeh of Lehigh University and Yongjia Song of Clemson University. They touch on tools nonprofits, public policymakers and private companies can use to to make a difference in political districting, social trafficking, sustainability and the environment.

Today on Salt Lake Dirt I welcome Sean Thor Conroe. His novel Fuccboi was released this past January on Little Brown. Laura Albert first recommended Fuccboi to me. She always sends me books that I fall in love with. Fuccboi was an interesting read for me. It took me longer than normal to finish. I took my time with it. After I finished it, the book wouldn't seem to leave my consciousness and I thought about it frequently. I was excited to have some space between finishing Fuccboi and actually talking to Sean. I think it made for a better conversation. I can't wait to read more from Sean in the future. Great conversation, great book, great guy! Make sure to check out his podcast 1STORYPOD. Thanks for listening! Kyler @saltlakedirt KPCR.org

Several of you might find today's guest and topic a bit mysterious, since the story of Laura Albert and J.T LeRoy seems almost lost in history.    Show business is filled with aspirational characters who attempt to achieve fame and fortune by "faking it until they make it." But where does this wishful thinking end and a full on hoax begin? Today we're going to be speaking with Marjorie Sturm, long time community advocate in the San Francisco Bay Area and documentary filmmaker about her film about the fascinating tale of J.T. LeRoy and the literary hoax that fooled not just that community, but all of showbusiness for almost 10 years.  Watch Marjorie's documentary here: http://www.jtleroydocumentary.com/ About TIR Thank you for supporting the show! Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. Also, consider supporting us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents   Check out our official merch store at https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com/   Also follow us on... https://podcasts.apple.com/.../this-is.../id1524576360 www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Follow the TIR Crüe on Twitter: @TIRShowOakland @djenebajalan @DrKuba2 @probert06 @StefanBertramL @MarcusHereMeow   Read Jason: https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles   Read Pascal: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...   Follow: www.sublationmag.com    

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.We bounce over to the Depp-Heard trial, where Sarah wonders — not for the first time — what if Amber is telling the truth? We've found two women who think so.The Joan Didion line Sarah couldn't recall: “Writers are always selling someone out.” (Not all writers!) (Well.) But Nancy's friend has a killer line of his own: “Online is the poison women were waiting for.” Thots?Nancy plans on taking you on a tour of Chinatown NYC for Smoke ‘Em's first true crime book-dealie (date TBA) on The Snakehead. Sarah's last-minute movie club choice? Apocalypse Now, and who knows? Maybe she'll go to Vietnam.About those dick pics…Plus: An offer for cookies and poundcake from Nancy's hot little hands! Be the tenth paid subscriber after this episode launches and they will be sent to you.Episode notes:Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse from around the world (video)“Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch,” Part One and Part Two, by Evgenia Peretz (Vanity Fair)Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a bad, bad thingBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou “No Exit Plan: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert a.k.a. JT Leroy,” by Nancy Rommelmann (LA Weekly)“Dirty John” podcast“Who Is Anna March?” by Melissa Chadburn and Caroline Kellogg (LA Times)“Status: A brush with a compulsive liar,” Sarah Hepola on Anna March (Sarahhepola.com)Cheryl Strayed is basically an awesome person“Impostor Syndrome Prevalence in Professional Women and How to Overcome It” (Kathy Caprino, Forbes)Who is Lucrezia Borgia, and why does Nancy keep mentioning her? (Wikipedia)“Madeline Albright: There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other,” by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)Mortdecai, official trailer (2015) “Why do so many people seem to hate James Franco?” (Quora) “Goop generated disbelief when it promoted a ‘luxury diaper.' It was a PR stunt,” by Saba Hamedy) NBC News)“Amber Heard tells graphic account of alleged sexual assault by Johnny Depp: ‘I was scared,” by Naledi Ushe (USA Today)Correction to podcast: Bottle in question was not broken, as Sarah claimed, though Heard does say she was bleeding. The management apologizes for this error.Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (Wikipedia)“Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ran up a $160,000 bill with a wine merchant…” by Ashley Collman and Jacob Shamsian (The Insider)Public Enemies, official trailer (2009)John Dillinger (FBI.gov)To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, official trailer (1985)“Flipping the Script: The Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde,” by Sarah Hepola (Texas Highways)Bryan Burrough, author of Days of Rage and Public Enemies, among other books“Meet the Weather Underground's Bomb Guru,” by Bryan Burrough (Vanity Fair)“San Francisco School Board Recall!” by Nancy Rommelmann (Substack)“Everything you need to know about Julia Fox,” by Eni Subair (French Vogue)“Julia Fox speaks out in defense of Amber Heard” (reddit)“Why do people blindly support Johnny Depp? I'll tell you why,” by Charlotte Proudman (Independent)“Depp v Heard bonus episode 3: Dr. Charlotte Proudman” (YouTube) Outro song: “Wish the Worst,” Old 97sGratuitous photo of Marion Cotillard because Sarah says she reminds her of Nancy (who would very much like the dress in the pic please)Tenth paid subscription gets cookies and poundcake sent by Nancy and go! 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 goes deep on the Duke lacrosse rape scandal — the complicated true story, the troubled woman who filed the claims, the abdication of due process, and the false narrative promoted by key figures including Duke faculty members calling themselves the “Group of 88.” The goal was to exact justice “regardless of the truth.” A bunch of preppy white athletes needed a historical comeuppance, though it didn't work out like that. “People who lie endorse lies,” Nancy suggests, before giving a big huzzah to a recent New Yorker piece asking why we valorize trauma and what happens when we do. In her own reporting, Nancy has seen how lies like that result in dead kids.Nancy engages in some mouth-frothing over the Fabulist of the Week, a writer on Grey's Anatomy who faked cancer for years, while Sarah shares a story about her run-in with New York Times fabulist Jayson Blair, and we bond over childhood fibbing: Nancy said she was related to the Osmonds, and Sarah told people she had a phone date with River Phoenix. Ten minutes after we wrapped, Nancy remembered the phrase she couldn't quite get during the episode: “Don't fight for your limitations.” Don't!Episode notes:“The Duke Lacrosse Scandal in Retrospect,” by Geoffrey Shullenberger (Wesley Yang Substack)Group of 88 (Wikipedia)“The Readers Strike Back,” by Gary Kamiya (Salon)Things Fell Apart, podcast by Jon RonsonFantastic Lies, ESPN 30 for 30 episode on Duke lacrosse scandal“Trayvon Martin, 10 Years Later,” Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on The Glenn Show (YouTube)What Killed Michael Brown? documentary by Shelby Steele and Eli Steele “The Case Against the Trauma Plot,” by Parul Sehgal (New Yorker)The Big Book, by Bill W.“Beyond ‘Infinite Jest'” by DT Max (New Yorker)William Langewiesche, author page at the Atlantic“How Childbirth Caused My PTSD,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Salon)“Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch, Part 1,” by Evgenia Peretz (Vanity Fair)“To Tell You the Truth: As the journalism world feeds on its own frenzy, SARAH HEPOLA confronts an intimate past with exposed Times fabricator Jayson Blair, and her own history of exaggeration.” (The Morning News)“Blair's Battle With the Bottle” (NY Post)“No Exit Plan: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a., JT Leroy,” by Nancy Rommelmann (LA Weekly)“Sacrificing Rebecca: For 14 years, Laurie Recht struggled with her daughter's illness. At least, that's what she wanted people to believe,” by Nancy Rommelmann (Willamette Week)“How ‘Leonardo DiCaprio' Scammed a Houston Widow Out of $800K by Claiming He Was Trapped in Scientology” by Tony Ortega (Daily Beast)“Who's the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker (NYT Magazine)Sam Houston statue in Huntsville, TXOutro music: “Relator” by Pete Yorn and Scarlett JohanssonSmoke 'Em If You Got 'Em sends our best from the past week on the road: 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

Vad händer med med litteraturen om vi tillåter oss att se bortom kategorier som sant och falskt och istället låter oss fångas i fiktionen och dess logik? Det frågar sig Lars Hermansson. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna."Det vi betraktar med vämjelse när det uppträder i verkligheten gläder vi oss åt att betrakta på bild", skriver Aristoteles i sin Poetik. Något jag tror de flesta skriver under på. Vem vill läsa om rimliga och allmänt trevliga personer i en skönlitterär text, när man kan få läsa om orimliga och allmänt jobbiga. Men ibland tycks det som Aristoteles devis inte gäller. Efter att poeten Katarina Frostenson 2019 tvingats bort från Svenska Akademien i samband med att hennes make dömts för våldtäkt, skrev hon de skönlitterära böckerna K och F som har sin utgångspunkt i händelserna. Det är två rasande och samtidigt hudlösa skildringar av Frostensons tid efter det stora fallet. Hon har förlorat varje gnutta av den prestige hon en gång hade i en sådant överflöd. Hon gestaltar detta trauma litterärt, och allt en så gott som samstämd svensk kritikerkår ropar, är : det är inte sant. Det vill säga att hennes make, Jean Claude Arnault, skulle vara oskyldig och allting en konspiration orkestrerad av feministerna på Dagens Nyheter ett av de viktigaste forumen för debatten om vad som inträffat i Svenska Akademien. Nej, det är förstås inte sant. Men hur känns det att uppleva det som sant? Hur hanterar en människa ett tronfall som det Frostenson råkade ut för.När jag läste hennes böcker kände jag, mer än något annat tror jag, genans. Eftersom jag identifierade mig med berättaren som med vilken romanfigur som helst kände jag mig illa berörd, snarare än arg, när hon vägrar inse att maken nog måste ha begått åtminstone några av de övergrepp och våldtäkter som så många kvinnor vittnat om. Och när hon liknar sitt och makens öde med paret Dreyfus och andra hjältar i kulturhistorien känner jag skammens rodnad spridas över kinderna. Samtidigt blir jag rörd över det grandiosa i berättarens kärlek till den numera brutne maken som i F hasar omkring i fångkläder på en anstalt i västsverige. Hennes okuvlighet i förhållande till den offentlighet som dömt henne är imponerande. Hon är storslagen och pinsam på samma gång, en tragisk hjältinna. Boken skulle inte ha varit hälften så intressant om Frostenson pudlat och bett om att få komma tillbaka in i värmen.En annan författare som råkat ut för förminskande läsningar med sanningen som tillhygge är J T LeRoy. Fast i fallet LeRoy var det inte verklighetsbeskrivningen som befanns falsk, utan författarens identitet. LeRoy hyllades internationellt av såväl kritiker som läsare, för romanen Sarah och berättelsesamlingen Hjärtat är bedrägligast av allt i början 2000-talet. Bägge böckerna kan kallas autofiktiva, de bygger enligt författaren och marknadsföringsapparaten på självbiografiskt stoff, bearbetat till fiktion. Det handlar om sexuella övergrepp i barndomen, prostitution, droger, fosterhem, misshandel, en helvetisk uppväxt helt enkelt, som LeRoy lyckas göra angelägen litteratur av.Frågan är om vi skulle ha läst böckerna med samma inlevelse och empati om de varudeklarerats som ren fiktion, och författaren beskrivits som vit medelålders medelklass och hetero. Antagligen inte, för när det kommer fram att den förtjusande och fortfarande tonårige J T LeRoy som frotterar sig med kändisar som Madonna, Tom Waits och Courtney Love, inte har skrivit böckerna, utan att det är hans manager och allt i allo, Laura Albert, som är den verkliga författaren, ja då blir det förstås skandal. Det hjälper inte att Laura Albert bedyrar, och även lyckas bevisa, att det är hon, som alltså har skrivit böckerna, som har haft den där hemska barndomen. Varudeklarationen var falsk och såväl läsare som kritiker vänder sig bort från det gryende författarskapet som aldrig tog fart igen efter avslöjandet.Litteraturvetaren Kenneth Lindegren menar i sin bok "Litterära fabrikationer" att den sortens reaktioner är rimliga och ofrånkomliga, det går inte att bortse från den så kallade paratexten, och med den avser han inte bara förlagsformalia som baksidestext, genrebeteckning, kolofon etcetera, utan även författarintervjuer, pressutskick, marknadsföring, allt det där som ramar in boken och föreslår möjliga, oftast mer eller mindre biografiska, läsningar.Ju mer paratext desto mindre litteratur, skulle man kunna säga; ju mer boken som säljbar produkt lyfts fram, vid boksigneringar och i tevesoffor där pikanta detaljer från författarens liv ska skänka autenticitet åt texten, desto mindre utrymme för läsarens egna tolkningar och erfarenheter. Men om man mixtrar med den omkringliggande paratexten i annat syfte än att sälja fler böcker, ja då kan det ruckas lite på den där hierarkin mellan verklighet och text som är så förhärskande i vår tids litterära offentlighet.En som ägnat sig åt det är den danske författaren och performancekonstnären Claus Beck Nielsen, eller Madame Nielsen som hon numera kallar sig, som ofta uppträtt under olika alias och utmanat det faktiskas gränser genom att iscensätta händelseförlopp ute i verkligheten som hon sedan dokumenterat och återgestaltat på olika sätt, bland annat i romanform. Här är det återgestaltningen romanen, pjäsen, scenframträdandet som i bästa fall framstår som sann, i kraft av sin form, sin inre trovärdighet, inte den bakomliggande verkligheten, för den har ju upphovspersonen varit inne och mixtrat med.Fast mixtrar vi inte hela tiden? Förställer oss, ljuger, iscensätter, sopar undan spår. Föreställningen om en solid verklighet och en sann eller falsk återgivning av den, bygger på en idé om verkligheten som i grunden vetbar och oberoende av våra föreställningar om och mixtranden med den. Men så är det ju inte. Det råder en ständig trafik mellan våra föreställningar om och beskrivningar av verkligheten, och verkligheten själv. Det som har hänt har hänt, visst, men vad var det som hände? När började det hända, när slutade det? Vad är en händelse? Det är nog få som vid närmare eftertanke tror att något sådant som en korrekt verklighetsbeskrivning existerar, annat än när det gäller triviala fakta av typen "Det regnade i Malmö igår" eller "Björn Borg var en svensk tennisspelare som vann Wimbledon fem gånger".Konst och litteratur måste få befinna sig i det stora ovetbara fältet mellan mät och vägbara fakta och medvetna lögner i syfte att föra människor bakom ljuset. Det är i den potentialiteten, snarare än fakticiteten, vi kan experimentera med ideologier, identiteter, guds och verklighetsuppfattningar. Det är i det svävande tillståndet mellan förhastade slutsatser om gott och ont, sant och falskt, vackert och fult, som vi är fria att vara, inte bara de vill vara, utan också de vi inte vill vara, för att prova hur det känns. Ett samhälle utan en sådan frizon kommer i längden bara att bestå av antingen-eller människor, åsiktsmaskiner och normlydig valboskap.Lars Hermansson, författare

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 Sarah most closely resembles (spacesuit optional).Nick Wallis on Depp v. Heard: Twitter - YouTubeDonald McNeil Jr. on the changing of the guard at the NYT“Political Correctness is Losing,” by Jonathan Chait (New York magazine)“The Year We Broke the Internet” by Luke O'Neil (Esquire)What Michael Caine and Will Sampson of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (and Nancy's late father-in-law) have in common“No Exit Plan: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT Leroy,” by Nancy Rommelmann (LA Weekly)“The Survivor: Running to Find Peace After Unthinkable Tragedy,” by Sarah Hepola (Runner's World)“Untold,” by Tom Junod and Paula Lavigne (ESPN)Sarah: “Nancy, you've been shadow-banned!” Nancy: “What's that?”Outro song: “Sleeper Awake” by Kelly Hogan 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

College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/censoredmenotpodcast/support

In questo episodio racconto della paura di essere se stess*, e in particolare della scrittrice Laura Albert, che ha fatto di questa paura un incredibile successo editoriale. Scopri le conseguenze imprevedibili della creazione di un nom de plume.Approfondisci le fonti, altri contenuti extra, e lascia le tue impressioni qui: https://instagram.com/amigdala.podcast?utm_medium=copy_linkAmigdala non beve caffè, ma puoi offrire una tisana rilassante se vuoi: https://ko-fi.com/amigdalapodcast

In the late 90's, JT LeRoy – a male teen sex worker turned-novelist – became an overnight literary sensation.  Publishing three bestselling books, LeRoy's electrifying work revealed a subversive American culture that had never before been explored.  Immediately, LeRoy was celebrated by Hollywood and the Literati.  The only problem was... JT didn't actually exist.  In 2005, a 39 year old woman by the name of Laura Albert was outed as being the real author.  Albert had employed her then sister-in-law Savannah Knoop to don a wig, fedora and dark sunglasses and portray the elusive author who was rising to fame.  Ever since New York Magazine declared it “the greatest literary hoax of the millennium”, Albert has been misunderstood by many.  As she completes her soon to be released memoir, we sat down with the author to discuss how trauma and survival informed her early work, and also how our evolving cultural understanding of gender identity has shifted the interpretation of JT LeRoy's legacy.   A note to our listeners:  This episode contains mature language and sensitive subject matter including child sexual abuse, negative body image, and eating disorders.  Discretion advised.

What's poppin' con-gregation? This week, Fortune Feimster joins us to discuss Laura Albert, an author who published a book under the pseudonym JT LeRoy. It wasn't discovered until years later that JT never really existed. Plus a 63-year-old Mississippi man is accused of being involved in a footbath scheme resulting in over $10 million in fake claims. Stay Schemin'! CW: There is mention of sexual assault, abuse and suicide in this episode.  Research By Kaelyn Brandt.  SOURCES:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230831/jt-le-roy-true-story-movie-literary-scam-hoaxhttps://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2001/7/strange-innocencehttps://www.savannahknoop.net/https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/north-mississippi-podiatrist-indicted-foot-bath-scheme-water-valley-medicare-fraud/522-d92da935-ce2f-47e8-9ffa-33a44a182eba

Kat is joined by reporter and author Nancy Rommelman to talk about who's getting paid for the Dave Chappelle controversy, who's getting hurt by Instagram, and who should repent, motherf***er, repent!Links:Chappelle coverage:Netflix made a mess of the Dave Chappelle controversy. It's a crisis of Netflix's own makingTV director compares transgender people's treatment to the HOLOCAUST‎Blocked and Reported: Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON! on Apple PodcastsDave Chappelle Addresses Netflix Controversy, Not 'Bending to Demands'Kat on Chappelle: The PR campaign at the heart of the war on Netflix - The Spectator WorldNancy's substack: Make More PieNancy's piece about J.T. Leroy: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, aka JT LeRoy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe

Kat is joined by reporter and author Nancy Rommelman to talk about who's getting paid for the Dave Chappelle controversy, who's getting hurt by Instagram, and who should repent, motherf***er, repent!Links:Chappelle coverage:Netflix made a mess of the Dave Chappelle controversy. It's a crisis of Netflix's own makingTV director compares transgender people's treatment to the HOLOCAUST‎Blocked and Reported: Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON! on Apple PodcastsDave Chappelle Addresses Netflix Controversy, Not 'Bending to Demands'Kat on Chappelle: The PR campaign at the heart of the war on Netflix - The Spectator WorldNancy's substack: Make More PieNancy's piece about J.T. Leroy: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, aka JT LeRoy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura Albert is a Professor and is the David H. Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on discrete optimization with application to homeland security, emergency response, and cybersecurity. Professor Albert's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Army, and Sandia National Laboratory. She has authored or co-authored more than 70 publications in archival journals and refereed proceedings. She has been awarded many honors for her research, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow Award, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Fellow Award, the INFORMS Impact Prize, four publication awards, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, a Fulbright Award, and a Department of the Army Young Investigator Award. She is a Department Editor for IISE Transactions and is on or has been on six other journal Editorial Boards. Dr. Albert has served on the INFORMS Board as the Vice President for Marketing, Communication, and Outreach and served as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. She is the author of the blog “Punk Rock Operations Research”. You can find her on twitter at @lauraalbertphd.

Widely considered the greatest literary hoax of modern times, the story of JT Leroy seems almost impossible to believe. Bursting onto the scene in 2001 with a bestselling book and heartbreaking life story, JT Leroy was a 20-year-old writing prodigy who quickly became the celebrity of the hour. He was photographed at A-List parties. Profiled in magazines. Gus Van Sant wanted to make a movie about him. Winona Ryder cried while giving a speech about him. The Smashing Pumpkins welcomed him backstage at their concerts. Madonna wanted him to join Kabbalah.  But JT Leroy didn't exist.  So who was this person? And how did they dupe not just Hollywood, but the entire world? (TW: although JT Leroy turned out to be a fiction, this episode includes brief references to the physical and child sexual abuse described in his books.) Skip to the story! Approx 11:30 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: ‘The Boy Who Cried Author' piece in Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604/amp The first article to bust things wide open: https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/ Interview with Savannah Knoop:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/my-life-as-jt-leroy-savannah-knoop-on-playing-the-great-literary-hoaxer Vanity Fair Confidential episode, Season 4, Ep 2 (this one is a great overall summary): available to watch on Amazon Prime in Aus The Cult of JT Leroy doco trailer: https://youtu.be/ARPXyCqq1YI Author: The JT Leroy Story doco trailer (this is the nutso one with lots of interviews with Laura Albert): https://youtu.be/hvSwcE32VKg If this episode brought up any issues for please contact the following: Lifeline: 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue:1300 224 636https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ LGBTQI support: 1800 184 527https://qlife.org.au/ Follow us on Insta: @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions!JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on 1050 Bascom, we are excited to welcome back Laura Albert, professor of industrial and systems engineering at UW-Madison. Prof. Albert first joined us last summer to talk about Covid-19 testing and tracing and the return of major league baseball. Ten months later, COVID remains a global and national crisis -- though we now have effective vaccines and, in the US, case numbers are declining in seemingly hopeful ways again. We wanted to check-in with Prof. Albert for her insights on what we've learned about the virus, what the early models got right and wrong, and the impact of vaccines in the US and around the world. Prof. Albert also offered her take on what a return to something akin “normal” might look like and when we might see it happen. We enjoyed our conversation with Prof. Albert and hope you will too.

In one of our most revealing episodes yet, coveted author & sexpert Laura Albert joins the show to discuss her journey through America's underbelly. From growing up as a child of the system to being one of the original phone sex operators, Laura Albert shares the importance of storytelling and exposing people to the truth.

Justin and Tyler retrace their “creative bender”, which started with going #1 on the Billboard Charts and ended with directing a controversial Chet Hanks music video. Then author Laura Albert, aka JT LeRoy, stops by to talk about her upcoming book and the lasting legacy of her incredibly prolific life.

Nancy Rommelmann’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Reason, and other publications. She has an eye and ear for capturing those interstitial, unseen lives that are lived all around us, particularly unseen in a place like Hollywood. Her articles are full of them: LAPD officers and the refuge that is the cop bar; the inhabitants of a Skid Row dive; the disciples of a Vietnamese spiritual leader; the workaday lives of a Mexican gardening crew in the Hollywood Hills, and a cross-country trip with one of John Wayne Gacy’s pen pals to interview the serial killer two weeks before his execution. Rommelmann received Best Arts Feature 2009 for “No Exit Plan,” from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN), as well as Best Entertainment Arts Feature 2009 from the Los Angeles Press Club. “Jena at 15,” another LA Weekly feature, received the identical awards in 2001. Recently, Rommelmann has taken to chronicling people whose outsize dreams and delusions inspire them to audacious and sometimes terrible acts: a mother with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy who murdered her fourteen-year-old daughter before herself committing suicide (Sacrificing Rebecca); the writer Laura Albert, who perpetrated a ten-year con by writing as a teenage boy, the demimonde darling JT LeRoy (No Exit Plan), and Amanda Stott-Smith, who in May 2009 forced her two young children off a bridge in Portland, Oregon. Rommelmann’s Op-Ed pieces and book reviews appear in the Oregonian, and she is also a contributor to the media website LA Observed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otcpod1/support

Twenty years ago San Francisco author Laura Albert began to write novels using the literary persona JT Leroy. JT was a West Virginian transvestite prostitute, who applied his trade in and around Appalachian truck stops. At thirteen he was a junkie and a cutter. By nineteen, he had moved to San Francisco and started to write. JT's identity came from Laura's own need to create a persona through which she would able to confront and write about the sexual and physical abuse, she  herself had experienced as a girl. In 2000, Laura as JT LeRoy published the novel, Sarah. The book was a sensation. The New York Times Book Review called the book "deft and imaginative". Success meant that there was a massive audience that wanted to meet JT. Laura met this demand as it she puts it "for Harry Potter to come alive" by recruiting her then sister-in-law to play the part of JT. Laura adopted a Cockney accent and played the role of JT's agent and assistant.  Laura's ruse transformed JT Leroy from noted novelist to an A list celebrity. Hollywood came calling. Actress Asia Argento bought the rights to the LeRoy novel The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things and made the book into a film. In 2006, the inevitable happened, JT Leroy was accused of being a hoax. The New York Times published the article Unmasking of JT LeRoy: In Public, He's a She. The article fueled by misguided anger framed Laura's work as a con and avoided any meditation on the reasons why Laura did what she did.  Unsurprisingly, the rest of the media followed suit and piled onto the JT Leroy as greatest literary hoax theme and in doing so, missed the opportunity to dig deeper into the role of identity in art and the sheer inventiveness of what Laura had done. Overtime the media frenzy disappeared, but the global audience for the JT Leroy books did not.  Fans of the books continue to be moved and respond to the stories because of what Laura calls "the felt authenticity" in the work.  Laura is still writing.  Check out the new Sarah & The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things audiobooks narrated by a series of narrators including Shirley Manson and past Lydian Spin guest Michael Imperioli. Two excerpts from the audio book are included in the episode.

Taylor tells Josie about the literary 'it' boy who never really existed. Plus: a journalist falls in love with her infamous subject.

On this week's episode we are celebrating the recent audiobook release for Sarah by JT LeRoy. We were joined in conversation with five of the people responsible for this project. I want to send a huge 'thank you' to Laura Albert, Winsome Brown, Nicole Gagne, Jayme Mattler, and Bryan Barney for taking the time to talk with me about this wonderful project. -------------------------------------------------------- This week's guests include:  LAURA ALBERT has won international acclaim for her fiction. Writing as JT LeRoy, she is the author of the best-selling novels Sarah and The  Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and the novella Harold's End. Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, reissued by HarperCollins, have also been released as audiobooks by Blackstone Publishing. Laura  Albert is the subject of Jeff Feuerzeig's feature documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story and Lynn Hershman Leeson's film The Ballad of JT LeRoy. http://lauraalbert.org/ ------------------------------------------------------ Winsome Brown is an Obie-award winning performer whose solo theater work has been seen at La MaMa, The Performing Garage, and the Edinburgh Fringe, and has received accolades from The New York Times, the Scotsman and many more.  Recent film and TV work includes Supergirl, Elementary, and the upcoming News of the World with Tom Hanks.   http://winsomebrown.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole V. Gagné is a writer and editor who works with Laura Albert. She is the co-author of Soundpieces: Interviews with American Composers, and the author of Sonic Transports: New Frontiers in Our Music,  Soundpieces 2: Interviews with American Composers, and The Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, now in its second edition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jayme Mattler directed the audiobook for Sarah. https://www.jaymemattler.com/  ----------------------------------------------------- Bryan Barney produced the audiobook for Blackstone Publishing.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Kyler Bingham is the host of the Salt Lake Dirt Podcast. www.saltlakedirt.com

Very excited to have the director of some of our favorite docs, and a huge influence on the kinds of docs we love - Jeff Feuerzeig made HALF JAPANESE: THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KING (1994), THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON (2005), THE REAL ROCKY (2011), AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY (2016), as well as writing and producing many others.He is at work on a documentary about The Legendary Stardust CowboyFollow Jeff on:Twitter: @FeuerzeigJeffInstagram: @jfdinmusicFollow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

The upcoming 2020 presidential election is building up to be one of the most unprecedented in recent history, if ever. And adding to an already volatile and emotionally-charged situation are concerns with voter safety relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Joining me for this episode is Laura Albert, professor of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering, to discuss what Americans, election officials and volunteers could be facing when they hit the polls in just a few short weeks, as well as ways to ensure voting remains safe and accessible. 

In this episode of "Problem Solved," we highlight research by IISE members and academic leaders Laura Albert* of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Gretchen Macht at the University of Rhode Island on efforts to streamline procedures for in-person voting on Election Day. *Albert will be named a new IISE Fellow on Nov. 2 during the virtual IISE Annual Conference & Expo. More details on registration for the event can be found at: www.iise.org/annual

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to talk to Laura Albert, professor of industrial and systems engineering at UW-Madison, about Covid-19 testing and tracing and the return of major league baseball. Professor Albert’s research focuses on modeling and solving real-world discrete optimization problems with application to homeland security, disasters, emergency response, public services, and healthcare. She is also interested in sports analytics and with the start of major league baseball this week, we thought now would be a perfect time to talk about modeling Covid-19 cases and outcomes, testing and tracing and how this might work (or not!) in major league baseball and professional and NCAA sports more generally. We thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with Prof. Albert, and hope you will too.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to talk to Laura Albert, professor of industrial and systems engineering at UW-Madison, about Covid-19 testing and tracing and the return of major league baseball. Professor Albert’s research focuses on modeling and solving real-world discrete optimization problems with application to homeland security, disasters, emergency response, public services, and healthcare. She is also interested in sports analytics and with the start of major league baseball this week, we thought now would be a perfect time to talk about modeling Covid-19 cases and outcomes, testing and tracing and how this might work (or not!) in major league baseball and professional and NCAA sports more generally. We thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with Prof. Albert, and hope you will too.

From EMTs and hospital staff, to firefighters and police, our first responders are continuing to provide essential and often life-saving services to protect our health and security, despite serving on the front lines of the pandemic response. I’m joined by Laura Albert, professor of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to discuss her research regarding emergency response during mass casualty incidents, and how operations research can provide valuable insight to support the efforts of our first responders. 

Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called "Fun City" with his imaginary French bulldog, his very real Hungarian wife, and a whenever-he's-inclined-to-visit adult son. Laura Albert has won international acclaim for her fiction. Writing as JT LeRoy, she is the author of the best-selling novels Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and the novella Harold's End. She is the subject of Jeff Feuerzeig's feature documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story and Lynn Hershman Leeson's film The Ballad of JT LeRoy. She has written for The New York Times, The Forward, The London Times, Spin, Man About Town, Vogue, Film Comment, Interview, L'Équipe Sport&Style, Filmmaker, I-D, and others – more recently, the cover article for Man About Town and her reflections on fashion for VESTOJ. A writer for the HBO series "Deadwood," she also wrote the original script for Gus Van Sant's Elephant and was the film's Associate Producer. She has written the short films Radiance for Drew Lightfoot and ContentMode, and Dreams of Levitation and Warfare of Pageantry for Sharif Hamza and Nowness. www.LauraAlbert.org

Was it a performance piece, or a con-artist job? Learn both sides of the story, with the tale of the mysterious author JT Leroy. Now a film with Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart. Please review Illiterate on Apple Podcasts, or share with a friend on Spotify!EXTRA CONTENT NOTES:The first article casting doubts on JT Leroy: http://bit.ly/1startjtThe second article casting doubts on JT Leroy: http://bit.ly/2ndartjtThe final article revealing JT Leroy’s identity: http://bit.ly/revealartcAn original review for JT Leroy’s first book, “Sarah”: http://bit.ly/bookrevjtleroyThe trailer for the new film “JT Leroy” (YouTube): http://bit.ly/jtleroytrailrA lengthy interview article with Laura Albert: http://bit.ly/lauraintemail us any questions, comments, or curse words - illiterate@email.comfollow for silly memes on instagram - @illiteratepodgo to the website for more shows - www.podcastgod.net

Which teams make it to the college football playoffs isn’t as random as it sometimes seems, says University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Laura Albert. In this week’s Counterpoints podcast, we look at how Albert uses analytics to predict the brackets and how the football playoff selections compare to that other big college tournament, March Madness.

In 2018, INFORMS launched a new advocacy initiative to raise awareness with decision makers in Washington on the application and impact of O.R. and analytics. This initiative includes an annual Government & Analytics Summit that invites policymakers from Capitol Hill, federal agencies and other policy stakeholders to learn about exciting and impactful ways in which these scientific and mathematical processes are being used to save lives, save money and solve problems in the public and private sectors. Joining me for this episode to discuss this year's Summit is Laura Albert, Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering and Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Outreach on the INFORMS Board of Directors, and the Chair of 2019 Summit. 

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UW professor Laura Albert on Wisconsin's Morning News: Odds of winning the Powerball

This week on The Stacks Book Club, journalist and author Nancy Rommelmann is back to discuss Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. We talk about the mind blowing story of biotech startup Theranos, and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. We talk about psychopaths, whistle blowers, and of course, this unbelievable story of abuse and fraud. There are spoilers this week, however the book is based on current events and we do not discuss anything that isn't out in the news. You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below, and by shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes. To The Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Elizabeth Holmes' TedMed 2014 Powell's Books (Portland, OR) "How One Company Scammed Silicon Valley. And How It Got Caught." (Roger Lowenstein, New York Times) Book Soup (Los Angeles, CA) Henry Kissinger David Boies Larry Ellison Rupert Murdoch George Shultz Ponzi Supernova (Radio Lab, Audible) "The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy" (Nancy Rommelmann, LA Weekly) The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer Wild Wild Country (Netflix) Bad Blood (Film) Jennifer Lawrence Joy (20th Century Fox) The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Game of Thrones (HBO) Connect with Nancy: Nancy's Instagram|Nancy's Twitter|Nancy's Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you're able to give to support the production of this show. Sponsors Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks. My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.com/thestacks The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.

Dog shoots man in Ft Dodge, IA, Dr Dre sues gynecologist Dr Drai, author of 20 Things You Don't Know About the Vagina, and UW Madison systems analyst Laura Albert shows you how to mathematically model how your team will do this season

In 2000, the novel “Sarah” was published. It was written by a homeless teenaged hustler named JT LeRoy. Nobody had ever met him—his only correspondence with press and publishers was over the phone or fax machine—and still he became the literary sensation of the time. He was dubbed a ‘wunderkind,’ an ‘it boy’ and ‘the literary voice of his generation.’ He became a best-selling author and sold the film rights to his books. The only thing was, he didn’t actually exist. On January 9, 2006 The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out that he was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert--like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids--breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert's epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation. Also, our best friend Courtney Love (call us, girl!) Is back in a big, cocaine-infused way. Oh, how we’ve missed her. You Guys! We're creating WEEKLY FULL BONUS EPISODES [via our Patreon feed.](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) We're currently covering "Serial" season 1 episode-by-episode. [The firs 4 episode of "Serial" plus 2 full bonus episodes (covering "The Queen of Versailles" and "Madonna: Truth or Dare") are now available.](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE: The Seven Five. [Check out the Trailer here!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBB7DolmQPY) THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS [Dagne Dover](https://www.dagnedover.com/) Visit Dagnedover.com/TCO and use the code TCO to save 20% off. [ProFlowers](https://www.proflowers.com/) Visit proflowers.com, to send a Mom in your life 100 colorful blumes with a free glass vase for just $19:99 plus shipping and handling. Click on the blue microphone in the upper right corner and use our code: TCO [ForHims.com](https://www.forhims.com/) Our listeners get a trial month of Hims for just $5. Go to ForHims.com/TCO

This week we resume our Spring of Scandal by diving into the strange story of "J.T. LeRoy," the early-aughts It Boy of the literary scene, who attracted celebrity fans including Bono, Madonna, and Winona Ryder before being unmasked, in 2006, as a fraud, the creation of a thirty-something Brooklyn woman named Laura Albert, who'd enlisted her sister-in-law to "play" LeRoy in public. We recount the ins and outs of the story, and discuss whether we should view the whole episode as a scam, performance art, or something in between. We also talk about the work itself, and how it holds up, independent of the false premise at the heart of its creation--or whether it's even possible, or desirable, to separate the art from the author, when the two were presented as so inextricably linked. If all that sounds like pretty heady stuff, don't worry, we also talk about raccoons. If you like the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, which helps offset our costs and allows us to keep doing the podcast each week. In exchange for $5, you'll also get access to a monthly bonus episode, Book Fight After Dark, in which we explore some of the weirder reaches of the literary universe: Amish mysteries, caveman romances, end-times thrillers and more!

Paco, George, and Will discuss next week's episode with Wayne Federman on CRUMB, our upcoming interview with Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave, D-Tour), ongoing Laura Albert drama, G.L.O.W., City of Gold, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Also our May MAYHEM True Crime series is announced! http://guidedoc.tv/supdoc https://www.guidedoc.tv/documentary/skateistan-four-wheels-and-a-board-in-kabul/ AUTHOR: The JT LeRoy Story our interview with Marjorie Sturm, director of The Cult Of JT LeRoy GLOW http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559038/ clipping. nominated for a HugoFollow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

P1 Kultur reser i tiden till 2002 då den kultförklarade författaren JT LeRoy var på Sverigebesök och lurade alla journalister, men inte bara dem utan även Madonna, Courtney Love och Bono. Hela den litterära världen och världsartisterna hade tagit den HIV-smittade späde JT LeRoy till sitt hjärta.Hans självupplevda berättelse "Sarah" handlade om hans uppväxt som truckerhora, hur han redan som barn, utklädd till flicka, tvingats prostituera sig i en tillvaro fylld av övergrepp och vuxensvek.Men det visade sig att JT LeRoy inte fanns.Böckerna var skrivna av Laura Albert. Och den person som rest land och rike och gett nervösa intervjuer om sitt förflutna, spelades i själva verket av en kvinna. Nämligen Savannah Knoop, halvsyster till Laura Alberts dåvarande partner.Historien återberättas i dokumentärfilmen "Author - the JT Leroy story", regisserad av Jeff Feuerzeig, som nu får svensk Video-On-Demand-premiär.P1 Kulturs Roger Wilson, som själv intervjuade Savannah Knoop när det begav sig och härom veckan ringde upp den riktiga författaren Laura Albert, tar hjälp av Emma Gray Munthe och Marcus Lindeen för att reda ut den snåriga historien om JT LeRoy.

On January 9, 2006 the New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked "it boy" wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40­-year-­old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert. Director Jeff Feuerzeig’s AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert - ­like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids - breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert's epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation. As she recounts this astonishing odyssey, Albert also reveals the intricate web spun by irrepressible creative forces within her. Her extended and layered JT LeRoy performance still infuriates many; but for Albert, channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was the only possible path to self­-expression. Director Jeff Feuerzeig join us for a lively conversation on how Laura’s life, her traumas and innate brilliance made JT Leroy such a hugely fascinating saga, on and off the screen. For news and updates go to: jtleroydocumentary.com Author: JT Leroy Story Distributor Magnolia Pictures

This week Tom and Laurie talk with Lesley MM Blume about her new book 'Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises.' Laura Albert is back on the show after last week's brilliant interview to recommend Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins.' Plus, Janet Fitch's reading from her novel 'Paint it Black.'

Episode 29 of One Week Only! This week, our key film is "Other People," the Opening Night film at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It's the story of a struggling writer who moves back home to care for his cancer-stricken Mom, and it balances a delicate tone of sharp, hilarious character humor and heartbreaking family drama. Written & Directed by Chris Kelly and starring Jesse Plemons & Molly Shannon, it is now in theatres & on VOD, from Vertical Entertainment. Another film this week is the fascinating documentary "Author: The JT Leroy Story," and we have an interview with director Jeff Feuerzeig about getting to interview the real JT Leroy, Laura Albert, and dealing with the legal challenges surrounding a major literary hoax. Our other films this week are the Polish horror film "Demon" by Marcin Wrona; religious comedy "The Apostate" by Frederico Veiroj; inspiring documentary "Landfill Harmonic" about the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, by Brad Allgood & Graham Townsley; and Tunisian drama "As I Open My Eyes," set on the eve of the Arab Spring, by Leyla Bouzid. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.imcompetech.com

Hosts Laurie Winer and Tom Lutz talk with Laura Albert on the eve of the cinematic debut of the documentary film about her, "Author: The JT Leroy Story." The conversation covers the story of the Albert's bestselling books, which she wrote under the pseudonym - or rather, through her avatar - "JT Leroy." It's one of the most fascinating, and controversial, tales in recent American letters.

Inspired by Laura Albert and JT LeRoy.

Whether you know the story of JT LeRoy or not, you certainly haven't heard an episode of WTF like this. First, Marc talks with filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig about documenting the rise and fall of literary phenom JT LeRoy, a celebrated young man who was later revealed to be the creation of Laura Albert. Then Laura joins Marc in the garage to explain what gave birth to her infamous alter ego and to provide some insight into her life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

On EP 24 Paco and George talk with filmmaker Marjorie Sturm about her documentary The Cult of JT LeRoy. We talk about JT Leroy's first two novels Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things and we get into hero worship, cons, Rachel Dolezal, improvisation, filmmaking and much more. Authorized and unauthorized, The Cult of JT Leroy received two Jury Awards for Best Feature Documentary (SF IndieFest and Oslo/Fusion International) in 2015 and played at top-tier festivals around the world. Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Sociopathy? Complicity? The Cult of JT Leroy is a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention of the world’s media and perplexes to this day.Jeremiah "Terminator" LeRoy was a literary persona created in 1994 by American writer Laura Albert. LeRoy was supposedly born October 31, 1980 in West Virginia. His backstory was one of prostitution, drug addiction, and vagrancy in California. After his first novel Sarah was published, "LeRoy" started making public appearances. A January 2006 article in The New York Times declared that the person acting as LeRoy in public was Albert's sister-in-law, Savannah Knoop. Knoop wrote her own memoir of the experience called Girl Boy Girl. An Albert-endorsed documentary by Jeff Feuerzeig, Author: The JT LeRoy Story, premiered at Sundance 2016.Marjorie Sturm is an award-winning filmmaker whose films span a broad perspective: narrative, documentary, and experimental. She was an interviewer, cinematographer, and Bay Area media wrangler for the 99%-Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film which premiered at Sundance in 2013. She received the Grand Festival Award at Berkeley Video and Film Festival for her short narrative "Smoke the Pipe Dream." Sturm has created social activism videos for Consumers Union and worked as a social worker with the mentally ill homeless in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Sturm studied Psychology at the University of Michigan, and received her MFA in Cinema from San Francisco State University. She is the younger sibling of the graphic novelist James Sturm and the painter/photographer Ilona Sturm. Sturm lives in San Francisco with composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante and their two children.(the list of writers recommended by Michelle Tea can be found here at The Bold Italic)Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpdocastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

We're discussing Stephen Sayadian's 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film tells the tale of a patient at an asylum run by the granddaughter of the infamous German doctor.

Veckans P3 Kultur reflekterar över undergångsromantik, genuinitet och fiktion i ljuset av tre intressanta fall: Joaquin Phoenix, JT LeRoy och Keith Richards. Phoenix och hans svåger Casey Afflecks festivalaktuella mockumentär I'm still here är en fejkad men uppriktig berättelse om hur det kunde ha gått till om Phoenix ballade ur, drogade ner sig och hoppade av sin karriär för att i stället sätta som mål att släppa en hiphop-platta med P Diddy. För att lycka med luret syltade duon bland annat in Ben Stiller, oscarsgalans globala tv-publik och David Letterman. Det slog oss att Phoenix film sammanfaller med tioårsjubileumet av publikationen av JT LeRoys debutroman Sarah. Sarah var "En fruktansvärd berättelse, omöjlig att värja sig emot” (SvD), LeRoy ett "litterärt underbarn" (Smålandsposten), och "en författare med ett oerhört stort mod" (Göteborgsposten) "med en så självklar och påträngande litterär kraft att man häpnar” (Södermanlands tidningar). LeRoys självbiografiska berättelse om att växa upp i våld och missbruk, som pojkhora längs USA:s motorvägar tillsammans med en djupt dysfunktionell prostituerad mamma, gjorde den unga överlevaren till ett slags litterär rockstjärna, som togs i beskydd av folk som Madonna, Courtney Love och Winona Ryder. Man kan säga att recensenten i Folket i Bild kom allra närmast i sin beskrivning: ”Det som LeRoy berättar är så utlämnande att jag ibland måste läsa om vissa stycken för att övertyga mig om att jag läst rätt. Det som beskrivs är så fjärran från den verklighet de flesta av oss känner.” Några år senare kom New York Times med nyheten att  . Vi har talat med Laura Albert, som skrev böckerna, Savannah Knoop, som spelade rollen som JT i offentligheten, och Anna-Lena Jönsson, som var JT:s svenska förläggare. Dessutom får besök i studion av kritikerna Tomas Hemstad, som träffade JT LeRoy i Stockholm när det begav sig, och Alice Kassius Eggers, som menar att det inte får spela någon roll huruvida författare finns på riktigt eller inte. Vår kopplar också ihop Fröken Ur med Rolling Stones-gitarristen och Disney-piraten Keith Richards i ett unikt samtal om att skriva sina memoarer när det är svårt att hålla ordning på alla minnen av röjiga händelser. Vad är verklighet och vad är rockmytologi? Eftersom Richards utgör ett dokumenterat hot mot svenska rockjournalister kompletterar vi med ett samtal till London, där Andres Lokko från organisationen Rockjournalister utan gränser står redo med kommentarerna. Vårt reportage om  i programmet för två veckor sedan får en pendang då vi ringer Shakeb i Kabul för att kolla säkerhetsläget för världens mest populäre svensktalande pop-tv-programledare i krigets Afghanistan. Dessutom sammanträder Boxcirkeln, som har sett avsnitt 10-13 av första säsongen av Friday Night Lights.