Every year my dear friend Sacha Jones comes back on the podcast around my birthday for a conversation. She is one of the most creative, wise, and gentle people I know. Our annual catch-ups end up being time capsules of what we've learned the past year both from the podcast and from what's happened around us. We had a wild year personally and collectively so we unpack the ways we've changed.

As our last episode of the year, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review of the music of 2020 with my friend James McCrae. We talked about albums and songs we loved, and how art is always best when you "go with yourself," as Fiona Apple said. We end the show with a conversation with Dr. Sophia Kogan about body image, vanity, how our hair defines us, and standards of beauty.

This summer we decided to do our first book club and we chose The House of Deep Water by today's guest Jeni McFarland. This conversation covers trauma, therapy, mental health, Jeni's writing rituals, and how’s she taking care of herself in the pandemic. It’s a shorter conversation so I’m going to get back into the habit of something I used to do years ago which is sharing some of my "favorites."