Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris talks about the new film “The Best and the Brightest,” which she and John Hodgman star in, along with Neil Patrick Harris and Bonnie Somerville. It’s a modern-day comedy about a couple’s struggle to get their daughter into a private kindergarten. An innocent ploy turns into sexual blackmail and creative persuasion. “The Best and the Brightest” opens June 24  at the Quad Cinema. Amy will also discuss “Great Speeches & Other Outbursts,” a benefit for 826NYC hosted by Sarah Vowell at Symphony Space June 20. Hodgman and Sedaris will be performing along with Ira Glass, John Oliver, Eric Bogosian, and others.

Amy Sedaris returns to pick the winners of our Cheap Craft Contest! Listeners have submitted photos of their crafts made with found objects and things they already have on hand, and people have used all kinds of materials—from popsicle sticks to wine corks to old socks to plastic shopping bags. Amy Sedaris will share her holiday craft ideas and explain how she chose the winning crafts. Winners will receive a signed copy of Amy's new book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, and a Leonard Lopate 25th anniversary tee-shirt!

This whole week we’re talking about home. And we’re asking our guests and listeners: what does home look and sound and taste like to you?

If you’re Amy Sedaris, the answer might very well be tinfoil balls and seashell toilet seat covers.

Amy Sedaris returns to talks about our listener craft contest! She'll talk about some of her favorite projects and holiday crafting. Her new book is Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People.

Amy Sedaris, America's most delightfully unconventional hostess, talks about the joys of crafting. Her new book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People shows that crafting is pleasurable and constructive. It includes instructions for popular crafts and gifts: crab-claw clips, tinfoil balls, and crepe-paper moccasins, hints for getting inspired, and includes recipes for cooking your own edible crafts. She’ll also launch a listener craft contest!

Imagine if Martha Stewart downed a few highballs and went to town on recipes from Betty Crocker --- you'll begin to get a sense of Amy Sedaris's new book. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence seems to be a spoof of classic entertaining manuals from the ...

The contest is closed, so you can't post anymore, but you can look as much as you want. We hope you had a crafty good time, I know we did! Thanks to all of you crafty participants who submitted amazing googly-eyed food products!

Listen to the show from Friday, February 9th at noon to hear Amy Sedaris and Leonard Lopate go googley eye-to-eye.