Podcast appearances and mentions of sara faith alterman

Sara Faith Alterman's funny and moving memoir takes off from the day her G-rated upbringing came to a screeching halt as she discovered her father's pornographic writing career. With brilliant humor, Sara recounts for Zibby how she stumbled upon the books as a child, the difficulty in talking about sex in a matter-of-fact way, and reconcling the different sides to her father. 

Sara Faith Alterman grew up with strict restrictions on what she could and could not watch. She discusses this in her moving new memoir, Let's Never Talk About This Again, which explores the contradiction between her strictly PG-rated upbringing and her late father's secret career as the author of raunchy sex books, and her efforts to help her father revive his writing career after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Sara is also a producer for Mortified, which is a stage show, a podcast, and a Netflix series where adults share the things they wrote as teenagers with a live audience. This is how Tony met Sara in 2009, and based on the first piece Tony "performed" for the Mortified stage, Sara chose to cross Raiders of the Lost Ark off of her list of blindspots. Matt, Tony, and Sara discuss her book and Mortified, as well as growing up with strict rules around TV and movies, what Sara knew about Indiana Jones before her first time with the film, movies under the influence, and aspects of the film that have not aged as well as others. Follow Sara on Twitter (https://twitter.com/SaraFAlterman) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sfaforeffort/), and grab a copy of Let's Never Talk About This Again (https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/sara-faith-alterman/lets-never-talk-about-this-again/9781538748671/) at your favorite independent bookstore. To learn more about Mortified, visit GetMortified.com (www.getmortified.com), subscribe to The Mortified Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mortified-podcast/id964902342), or check out The Mortified Guide on Netflix.

This week Ken welcomes long time friend and author of the excellent new memoir, Let's Never Talk About This Again, Sara Faith Alterman. Ken and Sara discuss strict parents, Ken's mistaken memory of Sara being an only child, Larry, Sara's Three Categories of TV: Things she was allowed to watch, things her parents like so she could watch, and things she desperately wanted to watch but couldn't, The Thornebirds, being a drama and choir nerd, Growing Pains, Gimme a Break, loving Nell Carter, jazz cigarettes, Chuck Berry, Reefer Madness, Back to the Future, sneaking TV, pajamas, gender fluid children, loving dinosaurs, "all we are is what we're told and most of that is lies", feety vs footy, Ain't Misbehavin', It's Your Move, Married...with Children, Massive Boner Alert: MBA, sneaking sugar, forbidden cookies, being impulsive and obsessive, no longer having to keep knowledge, cliffhangers, over the top badness, teenager soaps, being never home alone, sadistic bakers, The Frugal Gourmet, murderous Julia Child, Star Search, Chicago, strip teases, writing Ben Vereen a letter, Zoobily Zoo, Shelly Duval's Faerie Tale Theater, and Swan's Crossing fueled sexual awakening.

Amy Gordon, Fran Tirado and Sara Faith Alterman share about very wet accident onstage, sex after Taco Bell, and a very naughty book about pussies... or cats. This episode of RISK! is brought to you in part by Thrive Market. Get $60 of FREE organic groceries + free shipping and 30 day trial membership by going to ThriveMarket.com/RISK. Thrive Market’s prices are already 25- 50% below retail because they cut out the middleman. And now they’re offering $60 of free organic groceries + free shipping! Go to ThriveMarket.com/RISK and get $20 off your first 3 orders of $49 or more + free shipping.

Death, Dementia, and… Dessert? Sometimes humor can be found in the most painful and frustrating of circumstances, especially when caring for a loved one at the end of life. Storytellers Josh Kornbluth, Julia Weber, Elizabeth Sale, and Sara Faith Alterman will let us laugh through our tears, as they share deeply personal stories and experiences that all of us can identify with. The program will be followed by a moderated discussion to cast an unflinching eye at end of life experiences and together create an interactive space to help transform this otherwise difficult conversation into one of engagement, insight, and empowerment. And of course there will be dessert—never miss an opportunity to eat sweets when discussing bittersweet topics! Presented in conjunction with Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs. Co-presented by Reboot’s Death Over Dinner, Jewish Edition. Josh Kornbluth has been performing autobiographical monologues since 1989. Among his many solo shows is Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?, which began as a commission from The Contemporary Jewish Museum. More recently, Sea of Reeds explored the mysteries of interpreting the Torah and making oboe reeds. His latest movie, Love & Taxes, is available online. His upcoming monologue, The Bottomless Bowl, is based on his experiences as artist-in-residence (and, later, a volunteer) at the Zen Hospice Project. Currently, Josh is a fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, based at UCSF's Memory and Aging Center. Find him at joshkornbluth.com.

Myq hangs out with Sara Faith Alterman and Christian Polanco on the KATG Network

Myq's 10 minute satellite with Sara Faith Alterman and Christian Polanco on the KATG Network