Raising Questions

Hello! I’m sorry it’s been so long, I’ve been very busy. Realistically, you probably haven’t noticed, and realistically, I haven’t been that busy. So I just wasted the last 15 seconds of my life apologizing - so it goes.

I have a few exciting updates!

First, I started a podcast, Raising Questions (on Spotify here). Its’s sort of an obscure premise, but it’s basically about the years before someone comes to a decision on having kids. I speak to both those with or without kids to understand how the uncertainty affects their lives. I’m fascinated by uncertainty & how it causes us to do crazy things to find a sense of stability, and I thought centering it around what society builds up as one of life’s biggest decisions might be a good way to see different approaches to uncertainty. I’ve really loved all my guests so far, and they bring an amazing range of perspectives. If you’d like to come on, let me know! JAK made this artwork.

Also, my hour-long show REGRESSION is returning to Caveat on April 25th. New slides as always a la my amazing director Hanna Dickinson! More math, more jokes, you know the drill. And I have my Edinburgh schedule for REGRESSION - I’ll be at Teviot at the Gilded Balloon every day of August at 1pm! Come check it out! I already have a T-shirt design, though I can’t unveil it until it’s final. And please please please introduce yourselves - I’d love to meet you!

JAK also illustrated this fun New Yorker piece of mine.

And finally, some short (but original!) satire this month:

Jobs Whose Security Will Never be at Risk

• Doctors: People are always going to keep getting sick, so they’re always going to keep paying doctors. Well, unless they can’t anymore, in which case - okay, yeah, maybe this is a no-go.

• Debt-Collectors: Listen, people got a lot of debt. Which means we should absolutely keep funding the people who collect it, right? Except, of 

• Therapists: We have a serious mental health crisis on our hands, and if you’re willing to listen to people talk about it, you’ll never be out of a job. It’s possible your patients will lose the ability to pay you, though, 

• Assistant to Extremely Need Rich Person: Think Haley Lu Richardson on White Lotus. You get to go to Italy, and your boss won’t even make you leave your room! What more could you want?

• Hot Girls: They can walk, they can be for Bernie, they can do anything.

• Tyrants: We’re seeing an increasing demand for these, both in the private & public sector.

• Demagogues: If you can bend people to your will, you’ll never be out of work, because even if those people have no money to give you, you’ll get complimentary massages.