Rewriting History with Jodi Picoult

Barely Famous

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week on Barely Famous, Kail sits down with bestselling author Jodi Picoult to discuss her latest novel, By Any Other Name. Jodi details the fascinating inspiration behind the book, including her exploration of Shakespeare's legacy and the possibility that some of his works may have been authored by women. She candidly addresses the ongoing discrimination against women in the literary world, both historically and today, and opens up about the challenges of having her books banned in various states. Link to new book: https://amzn.to/3YVsFLV Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! Hiya: Receive 50% off your first order. To claim this deal you must go to hiyahealth.com/FAMOUS Quince: Go to Quince.com/famous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Rocket Money: Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FAMOUS

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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 of Barely Famous Podcast. Today I have a very special
0:19.1	guest. We know her. We love her. Jody Pico welcome to barely famous podcast.
0:24.4	Thank you for having me.
0:25.4	No, I'm so thankful that you took the time to do this podcast.
0:28.5	I know how busy press tours are and book signings and everything so I really appreciate it.
0:32.2	My pleasure.
0:33.4	I am a little more than halfway through by any other name,
0:36.2	which is your most recent release.
0:38.1	When this airs, it'll already be out.
0:39.5	But in terms of present time, it comes out out tomorrow which is super exciting.
0:45.7	These are all the tabs I have for the first half of the book.
0:48.4	So if this is any indication of what the rest of the book will be,
0:51.2	I'm so excited. So so excited. I love it. So what was your
0:56.0	inspiration for this book? So let me kind of give you the setup of the book too because that's kind of helpful if people haven't read it yet.
1:04.8	So to me this is really a book about how women have been written out of history by the men who are writing the history and about how women's voices have been silenced in the past that are still being
1:13.4	silenced today. It follows two different women. One in 1581 named Amelia Bissano,
1:18.8	who is a real life historical figure who was a female playwright who couldn't get her plays in front of the public
1:23.9	because she was a female playwright and so she decides to pay a man for the use of his
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