Monica Potts's guest appearances

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Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco cover the latest: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito doesn’t understand what the big deal is about accepting a free luxury vacation from a billionaire megadonor and not reporting it, SCOTUS is finishing up their session, and self-described misogynist and incel influencer Andrew Tate gets indicted. Then, Monica Potts joins to discuss her new book about women in rural America, The Forgotten Girls. Next, Grace Parra-Janney and Dana Schwartz join to discuss weddings: planning them, Instagramming them, paying for them, the works. Finally, Sani-Petty (we’re improving our handwriting and seeing Stevie Nicks live).For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.Show NotesThe Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts (Bookshop)Quiet ‘epidemic’ of drugs, alcohol and suicide has killed half a million middle-aged white Americans (Princeton)Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers (WSJ Op-Ed)Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court (ProPublica)THE FAKE POOR BRIDE: Confessions of a wedding planner (The Atlantic)Noble Blood podcastSolar Opposites on Hulu

Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco cover the latest: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito doesn’t understand what the big deal is about accepting a free luxury vacation from a billionaire megadonor and not reporting it, SCOTUS is finishing up their session, and self-described misogynist and incel influencer Andrew Tate gets indicted. Then, Monica Potts joins to discuss her new book about women in rural America, The Forgotten Girls. Next, Grace Parra-Janney and Dana Schwartz join to discuss weddings: planning them, Instagramming them, paying for them, the works. Finally, Sani-Petty (we’re improving our handwriting and seeing Stevie Nicks live).For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click <a href="https://youtu.be/aWPySKC_AEo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.Show Notes The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts (<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-forgotten-girls-a-memoir-of-friendship-and-lost-promise-in-rural-america-monica-potts/19978774" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a>) Quiet ‘epidemic’ of drugs, alcohol and suicide has killed half a million middle-aged white Americans (<a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2015/11/02/quiet-epidemic-drugs-alcohol-and-suicide-has-killed-half-million-middle-aged-white" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Princeton</a>) Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WSJ Op-Ed</a>) Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court (<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ProPublica</a>) THE FAKE POOR BRIDE: Confessions of a wedding planner (<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/07/luxury-wedding-planners-industrial-complex-cost/674169/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Atlantic</a>) <a href="https://www.grimandmild.com/nobleblood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noble Blood</a> podcast Solar Opposites on <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/f089664b-1a87-433b-86a5-24e7da5a246a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hulu</a>

"Salmon Alito" w. Monica Potts

In this episode, meet reporter Monica Potts, comedian Kountry Wayne,, and writer Elisabeth Sharp McKetta. Go behind the mic with each of these authors to see what inspired them to write their books, what it was like to narrate their own work, and who described the recording process as “twisted” (in the best of ways).THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS by Monica Pottshttps://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558475/the-forgotten-girls/HELP IS ON THE WAY by Kountry Waynehttps://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/704825/help-is-on-the-way/EDIT YOUR LIFE by Elisabeth Sharp McKettahttps://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707128/edit-your-life/

In this episode, meet reporter Monica Potts, comedian Kountry Wayne,, and writer Elisabeth Sharp McKetta. Go behind the mic with each of these authors to see what inspired them to write their books, what it was like to narrate their own work, and who described the recording process as “twisted” (in the best of ways). THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS by Monica Potts <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558475/the-forgotten-girls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/558475/the-forgotten-girls/</a> HELP IS ON THE WAY by Kountry Wayne <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/704825/help-is-on-the-way/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/704825/help-is-on-the-way/</a> EDIT YOUR LIFE by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707128/edit-your-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/707128/edit-your-life/</a>