Ep 32: Self-Care Sammiches with Lizz Winstead & Negin Farsad

Advice from Mom

Whether you’re building an organization, pitching your big idea, or harnessing your creative brilliance for social change, we are serving up some self-care sammiches in our first-ever advice cooking show and what might be our kookiest episode yet. We have two hilarious, wise, and self-reflective comedians as guests: Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice and The Daily Show, and Negin Farsad of Fake the Nation. Let’s get that advice cookin'! .·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·. Lizz Winstead is the founder and chief creative officer of Lady Parts Justice League and one of the top political satirists working today. As co-creator and head writer of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” she forever changed the way people get their news. Now with Lady Parts Justice League, Winstead has taken her satirical brilliance one step further, combining it with her passion for reproductive rights to expose anti-choice hypocrisy and inspiring a whole new model of activism. Learn more about her work: https://ladypartsjusticeleague.com and follow her brilliance: https://twitter.com/lizzwinstead Negin Farsad is host of Fake the Nation, a political comedy podcast on the Earwolf network and she’s a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. She is the author of How To Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto, which was nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor and recommended by Oprah Magazine. She’s also the director/producer of the feature film, The Muslims Are Coming! Listen to her every week on Fake The Nation: http://www.earwolf.com/show/fake-the-nation/ and follow her brilliance: https://twitter.com/neginfarsad .·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·. A BLACK & GOL’ GOODIE BAG OF HELPFUL LINKS Why are we using the metaphor of a Pittsburgh Sammich, aka. a sandwich with the french fries and coleslaw inbetwixt the bread? Because it’s the PERFECT metaphor for good advice—combining unexpected things together and stacked things just so. The combination is delicious and nutritious! Also, because Momma B & Rebecca love Pittsburgh. Learn more about the wonderous world of the Pittsburgh sammich: https://www.saveur.com/pittsburgh-sandwich-history Learn more about Pittsburghese: http://guides.library.duq.edu/pittsburghese Feel your cares melt away while you watch this Julia Child highlight reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AITdJBTnQ Support Advice from Mom and the art of jingle-making by supporting our sponsor: Prep Dish: Try a FREE 2-week trial of Prep Dish: PrepDish.com/pickleball Advice from Mom is a production of Wise Ones Advice Services. It was produced by Juliet Hinely & Rebecca Garza-Bortman. Editing by Juliet Hinely. Mixed and mastered by Jake Young. Lizz and Negin’s interview was recorded at Argot Studios, by Paul Ruest. Audio assistance by Bryan Garza. Our theme music is by Love Jerks. This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to offer diagnosis or treatment of any medical or psychological condition. All treatment decisions should be made in partnership with your health professional.