Month: June 2019

Marissa the Total Stranger: California, Comedy, and Camming,

June 17, 2019 Artist, Comedy 34:40

This episode is quite unique. We were set up to record on the third floor at The Raven Lounge on Sansom Street. Our guest never showed. Just as we were about to call it a night, in walked a woman who said they double-booked the third floor and she was there to take some photographs. Basically, she was kicking us out.

We asked her if she wanted to be on a podcast. She asked when. We said now. She said okay. It was as if the universe sent her to us to save our asses.

None of us knew her or had ever heard of her. We knew nothing about her other than she was a photographer. Johnny started to do a Google search, but we quickly decided it would be much more interesting to go in completely cold.

Everything you hear is exactly as the interview happened. It’s unedited, except for the addition of our traditional transition beats, so you can listen as everything unfolded just as we did.

Her name is Marissa. She’s originally from the Fox Chase area of Philly. She’s a former stand-up comedian and she’s has had quite a few interesting jobs, including Wawa and camming, one of which may have led to the most outrageous story ever told on The Philly Blunt. You wouldn’t believe it if we didn’t capture the audio as proof.

Thanks to Raven Lounge for giving us a space to tell these great stories of interesting Philadelphians.

LINKS:
The Raven Lounge: Facebook/Instagram
Marissa’s Photography: Facebook/Instagram

Jennifer Weiner: Philly’s NY Times #1 Bestselling Author: Part 1

June 4, 2019 Authors 33:52

She’s sold over 13 MILLION BOOKS. She’s had a book turned into a movie starring Cameron Diaz. She has championed for women authors to receive the same attention as their male counterparts, and she’s stood for her beliefs, almost to the detriment of her young career. She is the New York Times #1 Bestselling Author Jennifer Weiner.

Jen came to Philly via a stop in central Pennsylvania, where she worked as a local journalist before getting a job at the Philadelphia Inquirer. She’s never left Philly since arriving and has no plans of doing so.

We sat with Jen at Queen Village’s Hungry Pigeon restaurant. In our time with her, she provided fabulous insight into her life, her thoughts about the world around her, the world of publishing, as well as her loves and struggles with social media. She shares a story of hating a cover of one her books because it looks like a “douche ad,” but because buyers at a retail outlet loved the cover they stuck with it. It went on to become her first #1 Bestseller.

Jen’s new book, Mrs. Everything, come out on June 11th. The book chronicles the lives of two sisters over the span of seventy years. She discussed the inspiration for the ambitious project and the historical research that went into the project.

In The Philly Blunt round, we learn Jen’s musical aspirations, her spitting pet peeve, and her favorite Hooters song, among other interesting tidbits.

Jen is a woman who is comfortable in her own skin and not afraid to speak her mind. That’s what makes this such a good interview. It’s so good we had to break it up into two parts.

With Reef still on tour in Europe, Danya Henninger sat in with us as a guest host. 

We hope you enjoy Part 1.

LINKS:
Jennifer Weiner: FB/Twitter/Instagram

Hungry Pigeon: FB/Twitter/Instagram

Jennifer Weiner: Philly’s NY Times #1 Bestselling Author: Part 2

June 4, 2019 Authors, Entertainment 32:22

She’s sold over 13 MILLION BOOKS. She’s had a book turned into a movie starring Cameron Diaz. She has championed for women authors to receive the same attention as their male counterparts, and she’s stood for her beliefs, almost to the detriment of her young career. She is the New York Times #1 Bestselling Author Jennifer Weiner.

Jen came to Philly via a stop in central Pennsylvania, where she worked as a local journalist before getting a job at the Philadelphia Inquirer. She’s never left Philly since arriving and has no plans of doing so.

We sat with Jen at Queen Village’s Hungry Pigeon restaurant. In our time with her, she provided fabulous insight into her life, her thoughts about the world around her, the world of publishing, as well as her loves and struggles with social media. She shares a story of hating a cover of one her books because it looks like a “douche ad,” but because buyers at a retail outlet loved the cover they stuck with it. It went on to become her first #1 Bestseller.

Jen’s new book, Mrs. Everything, come out on June 11th. The book chronicles the lives of two sisters over the span of seventy years. She discussed the inspiration for the ambitious project and the historical research that went into the project.

In The Philly Blunt round, we learn Jen’s musical aspirations, her spitting pet peeve, and her favorite Hooters song, among other interesting tidbits.

Jen is a woman who is comfortable in her own skin and not afraid to speak her mind. That’s what makes this such a good interview. It’s so good we had to break it up into two parts.

With Reef still on tour in Europe, Danya Henninger sat in with us as a guest host. 

We hope you enjoy Part 2.

LINKS:
Jennifer Weiner: FB/Twitter/Instagram

Hungry Pigeon: FB/Twitter/Instagram