The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum

Lionel Shriver’s Most Problematic Novel Yet

Mar 23, 2026

Bestselling novelist and commentator Lionel Shriver returns to the podcast to dicuss what might be her most controversial book yet. A Better Life takes on immigration through the story of a progressive Brooklyn woman who opens her home to a migrant. In this interview, she and Meghan discuss the book’s themes and...

Better Living Through Dying, with Annabelle Gurwitch

Mar 16, 2026

This week Meghan is joined by actor, humorist, and six-time author Annabelle Gurwitch, who returns to the podcast to discuss her new memoir, The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker.

Annabelle was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer during COVID, entirely out of the blue, after what she...

It’s the Drugs: Sam Quinones on Street Homelessness

Mar 2, 2026

Meghan talks with investigative journalist and bestselling author Sam Quinones (Dreamland, The Least of Us) about the piece of the homelessness crisis we’re often encouraged to treat as secondary: synthetic drugs, especially methamphetamine, and its connection to the rapid rise of street psychosis and...