Tony Nominations Reaction; Navigating Friendship Conflicts; Wedding Fashion; "Debt Gala" Lampoons Wealth Inequality; Get Lit Preview, with Laila Lalami
The nominations for the Tony Awards are out today. We speak with Vulture and New York Magazine's theater critic Jackson McHenry about the surprises, snubs and expected nods.
Psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco talks about how to navigate honest conversations with friends from setting boundaries to expressing hurt, and offers advice on handling conflict with care. Listeners share their stories and ask questions about having difficult conversations about friendship.
If you received a wedding invite with a bizarre and confusing dress code recently, you're not alone. According to Bride's Magazine, wedding dress codes are getting wackier. Gabby Rello Duffy, Brides Magazine senior editorial director, discusses this trend, and helps listeners seeking fashion advice for their wedding attendances this year.
The Met Gala is coming up, and so is The Debt Gala, which parodies celebrity culture and Avant Garde fashion to raise money and awareness about the issues surrounding healthcare costs. Debt Gala co-founder Molly Gaebe and comedian, writer and actor Joyelle Nicole Johnson, who got involved through her own experiences with medical debt, discuss the event, and the issue it's meant to highlight.
[REBROADCAST FROM April 10, 2025] In the new novel The Dream Hotel, one woman’s dreams are analyzed by AI, interpreted, and used against her.The novel is the first work of speculative fiction from acclaimed author Laila Lalami. It follows a woman named Sarah, who is detained by members of the Risk Assessment Administration. They claim that her dreams reveal that she is likely about to harm her own husband, a man she loves dearly. We’ve selected The Dream Hotel as our April Get Lit with All Of It Book Club selection, and Laila Lalami discusses the novel in a preview conversation ahead of our May 6 event.
