Episode

Susan Orlean: New Yorker writer and author of the new memoir, "Joyride."

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Two Writers Slinging Yang

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Dec 16, 2025

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3123

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Summary

On the keys to capturing your own life via memoir. On why this multi-city book tour will likely be her last. On how it feels to have a book become a major motion picture. On turning 70 as a scribe.