Behind the Thrillers with Freida McFadden

Barely Famous

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Talk Radio, Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week on Barely Famous, Kail talks to Freida McFadden, the author behind thrillers like The Housemaid and The Boyfriend. She reveals the secrets behind crafting her signature plot twists and shares the struggle of balancing dual careers as a physician and writer. Freida also gives listeners an inside scoop on her books being adapted for film and TV. Plus, she reads some hilariously mean reviews of her satirical novella. Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! Posh Peanut: Go to PoshPeanut.com/FAMOUS, and use promo code FAMOUS for twenty percent off your first order Nutrafol: Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code FAMOUS To watch the full episode + other exclusive content, join my Patreon community! Patreon.com/kaillowry

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0:00.0	This is Bob.
0:02.0	Welcome to the shit show.
0:03.0	Things are going to get weird.
0:04.0	Get your fave villain, Kale Lowry.
0:06.0	And you're listening to Barely
0:08.0	Famous. What you guys don't see behind the scenes is that internally I'm freaking the
0:19.5	fuck out. I'm so fucking nervous. I'm so nervous. I'm so nervous. I thought that maybe something would come up and she would cancel and then I just go through this anxiety again, but let's welcome Freedom McFadden into the Barely Famous podcast.
0:39.6	Thank you for
0:45.0	I'm barely famous podcast. I'm so excited to have you.
0:47.0	I'm so excited to be here.
0:48.0	I have to tell my listeners of funny little story.
0:52.0	You're familiar with it.
0:53.4	So I emailed Frida when after I read, I think one or two of your books, the first two that I ever
1:00.4	read.
1:01.4	And I emailed Frina and I was like, hey, if you want to collab on a book, like I'm
1:05.0	I emailed Freina and I was like hey if you want a collab on a book like I'm I'm totally down and
1:06.8	Breda emailed back and she's like I don't I don't do well with collabs but like
1:10.8	thank you and I thought that was so funny and honest and I
1:14.1	literally remember telling my hair stylist because she is the one that got me into
1:17.4	your books I said I was just honored that you even said no to me like that was fine and I was completely
1:23.8	okay with it because I was like so many people will just ghost you and not
1:27.0	answer. I mean I was excited but you know there are still people that I know from like middle
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