Podcast
SAY MORE
Hosted by Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Olivia Gatwood · EN
Olivia Gatwood and Melissa Lozada-Oliva are two internationally-renowned writers and performers who have a lot of questions about things that don't matter. But mostly, they are just two girls who are unfortunately not talking less.
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EP. 91 - MOTHERHOOD IS THAT YOU?
Jun 19, 202400:50:16Tap to summarizeMeli & Olivia talk about their shriveled up eggs at the historic age of 32, and imagine what it look like to be mothers.
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EP. 89 - THE TRAUMA PLOT
Jun 4, 202401:08:16Tap to summarizea few listener emails including: an update on brian's bedbug saga and a story about The One That Got Away. then, m&o chat about trauma as a vehicle for storytelling: when it's overdone, when it's helpful, when it's actually Too Vulnerable To Be Shared. the prison journalism project is mentioned on this episode! check them out here: https://prisonjournalismproject.org/prison-newspaper-project/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9vqyBhCKARIsAIIcLMFhCS3v5c9XV4NMqdjzc86iVS8dqy5RC-FeP5gfX4pCB5ItRKr3vBYaAlW1EALw_wcB
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EP. 88 *bonus episode teaser* GAB HOUR
May 28, 202400:10:15Tap to summarizeTo listen to the rest of the episode, subscribe to patreon.com/saymorepodcast. the gals gab about whatever is on their mind including: lucy letby, RFK Jr. (one of these people is honest and it isn't RFK), and listener emails about a sweet karmic loop and finding love amidst the prison system.
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EP. 87 - DO WE EVEN LIKE WRITING?
May 20, 202400:57:08Tap to summarizeM & O read an update from The Brian Bedbug Saga and an email from a listener about breeding kinks and chosen single parenthood. Then, they talk about the existential crises they experience each month around their careers, relevancy, creativity, productivity, and other shit that seems very Not Possible to Deal With when you're about to get your period.
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EP. 85 - WRITING ABOUT GRIEF w/ AMY LIN
Apr 29, 202401:07:51Tap to summarizeWe were overjoyed to talk with Amy Lin, author of the new memoir, HERE AFTER, which details her relationship with her late husband and his sudden passing, the singular experience of young windowhood, and how grief is a language in which we we all eventually become fluent.
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EP. 84 - *bonus episode* - CANDELARIA & PICK ME GIRLS
Apr 22, 202400:05:22Tap to summarizeListen to the full episode on Patreon. It's here! Well, mostly. Here is a partial recording of our conversation at Skylight Books in Los Angeles, where we celebrated Melissa's novel Candelaria and talked about the caucasity of spin classes, abuelas surviving the apocalypse, and how archaeologists are similar to writers, among other things. The weird part is that the conversation cuts off once we start talking about an earthquake. SO. We spend the second half of the episode unpacking how internalized misogyny makes us label women as pick me's!
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EP. 83 - FATHERHOOD w/ LUCAS MANN
Apr 15, 202401:21:43Tap to summarizeWe chat with author Lucas Mann about his most recent collection of essays, ATTACHMENTS, which unpacks the tender, scary, and hilarious experience of contemporary fatherhood. We talk about the impossible image of the Perfect Leftist Father, and the Lack of Personal Space when raising a child.
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EP. 82 - *bonus episode* - WRITING ABOUT SEX
Apr 8, 202400:05:15Tap to summarizeTEASER. we help a listener through a tough friendship/roommate breakup and talk about how we go about writing about SEX. are u trying to turn your readers on or just show them something about the characters? are sex scenes meant to move the plot forward or are they just a fun break? we also discover we might be prudes.
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EP. 81 - TRAD WIVES w/ GABY DEL VALLE
Apr 1, 202401:22:11Tap to summarizethe gals talk to trad-wife expert, gaby del valle, who has done extensive reporting on the women bringing old school homesteading onto the main feed.
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EP. 80 - *bonus episode* - FROM POETRY TO FICTION
Mar 25, 202400:04:04Tap to summarizeMelissa & Olivia keep getting asked: what is it like to go from poetry to fiction. They talk about it! Also, listeners share a story about their end-of-times pastor grandpa and also ask: is it possible to escape writing commercial and institutional poetry? Only on patreon :)
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