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Chris Stanton's avatar

I can second that recommendation for “Will Not Attend.” It’s really funny.

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Julie Vick's avatar

It sounds great! I’m going to add it to my library hold roulette queue :)

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Jen Baden Howard's avatar

Love Liz’s writing, yay re her new book! 📖 🎉

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Julie Vick's avatar

Yes! ❤️

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Liz Alterman's avatar

Aw, thank you so much, Jen!

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Shelly Mazzanoble's avatar

Julie, I love these round ups! And I can’t wait for Liz’s next book!

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Julie Vick's avatar

Thanks, Shelly!

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Liz Alterman's avatar

Thank you so much, Shelly!!

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Lindsey Smith's avatar

Super excited to check out Liz's book- it sounds amazing, as does her Substack. Wondering if you've listened to Amy Poehler's new podcast, Good Hang? It's pretty funny at times and generally a feel-good podcast- also kind of interesting to get some of the inside scoop into the history of various comedians and their relationships to each other.

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Julie Vick's avatar

I have not although I listened to her talking about it on Conan’s podcast and then forgot I should check it out. Appreciate the rec!

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Nina Badzin's avatar

Liz will be on Dear Nina later this summer! And so true on how long we spend on the photos. thanks for that resource

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Liz Alterman's avatar

Thank you again, Nina! Can't wait to listen!

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Julie Vick's avatar

That’s great to hear! Looking forward to listening :)

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Katharine Strange's avatar

Always look forward to your recs! I've been needing some lighter fiction, definitely looking into these two...

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Julie Vick's avatar

Thank you!

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Andromeda Romano-Lax's avatar

Thank you for the shout-out, Julie!

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Julie Vick's avatar

Of course!

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Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Thanks for the Mike B rec! I’ve been looking for a new podcast and like him very much. Look forward to listening.

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Julie Vick's avatar

Oh good, hope you enjoy it!

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James Marshall's avatar

Thanks for sharing the link about image creation. I hate AI generated images: they look terrible and rarely convey anything meaningful.

However, I use Napkin to generate infographic type images that summarise my notes and Beautiful.ai to help arrange slides for presentations. Both remove the time consuming faffing around leaving me more time to focus on the content.

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Julie Vick's avatar

Interesting — I have not tried either of those. I think there are some good tools out there for other purposes like you describe.

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Heidi Fiedler's avatar

Yay! Thanks for sharing.

I assume I've already gushed about the The Lonely Island Seth Meyers podcast to you, but if not it's one of my favorite treats each week. Definitely worth a listen if you're a student of SNL. Even if you're not really that serious about the show, it's a great example of creative collaboration and improvisation.

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Julie Vick's avatar

I don’t think you have told me about it! Going to add it to my to-listen list :)

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cjhutval's avatar

Thanks for compiling all this info

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Julie Vick's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Liz Alterman's avatar

Hi Julie! Thank you so much for including me! I loved the Times piece. I'm going to try to adopt "Do a “mini version” of your favorite vacation activity." I'm enjoying Andromeda's behind-the-scenes look too and I loved her chat with Erin Flanagan! Enjoy your whiteboard-free space!

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Julie Vick's avatar

I love that mini vacation idea too!

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