How to Be More Hopeful, With Anne Lamott
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
Lifehacker
4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week we're speaking with the ever-inspiring Anne Lamott—progressive political activist, writer, and bestselling author of such books as Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, and Operating Instructions. Anne's latest book is called Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, and she joins us this week to talk about how we can find hope, even in the most challenging times.
Have an idea for a future episode? Call us at 347-687-8109 and leave a voicemail, or write to us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast and the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm Alice Bradley, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker. |
| 0:22.1 | And I'm Jordan Calhoun, LifeHacker's deputy editor. |
| 0:25.0 | And today we have a very special guest, someone whose work has definitely affected me throughout my life. |
| 0:30.2 | And that person is Anne Lamont. |
| 0:32.9 | Yeah, and from what I understand, she is a two-time guest from the upgrade, right? |
| 0:36.5 | She was with us back before my time in 2018. That is right. She joined us back in 2018 when we so innocently thought |
| 0:42.8 | the world was on fire and it couldn't possibly get any worse. But today, she's back and she's |
| 0:48.6 | here to help us find ways to find more hope during this challenging time. My old pastor had a sermon |
| 0:53.7 | about how you can trap bees |
| 0:56.2 | in the bottom of a mason jar with no lid on |
| 0:59.1 | because they don't look up. |
| 1:00.8 | You know, they just kind of walk around on the floor |
| 1:02.7 | of the mason jar, bumping, you know, |
| 1:04.4 | bitterly bumping into the glass walls of the jar |
| 1:07.4 | because they don't look up. |
| 1:09.1 | So I walk outside and I look up. Anne is the author of several |
| 1:12.8 | bestselling novels and nonfiction books, including Bird by Bird, Operating Instructions, Hard Laughter, |
| 1:18.7 | and All New People. Now Anne has a new book out called Dust Night Dawn on Revival and Courage. |
| 1:25.1 | So Jordan, I assume you know Anne Lamont through bird by bird. Is that |
| 1:29.1 | correct? Absolutely. I love bird by bird. That was my introduction to Anne Lamont. And I think |
| 1:37.0 | that's one of those books that it's impossible to read and not just instantly fall in love with |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1499 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lifehacker, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Lifehacker and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.