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EARLY ACCESS: The Catastrophe Hour—Meghan Daum on living alone, personal essays, death, and more

I spoke with Meghan Daum about losing everything in the LA wildfires, writing in the new media landscape, the joys of living alone, her new book of essays, and more.

is a prolific author, host of The Unspeakeasy podcast, and founder of The Unspeakeasy. We spoke about what it was like to lose everything in the Los Angeles wildfires, the joys of living alone, overthinking about death, ageing out of the personal essay genre, why we won’t join TikTok, and more. Meghan’s most recent book is The Catastrophe Hour.

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