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Podcast Lead & Managing Producer at @markmanson @solvedpodcast🎧 | just a MD girl 🦀 in LA 🌴| Lover of 🦆

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Happy birthday @drewbirnie

Formerly of The Subtle Art pod

Now @solvedpodcast cohost

Beast

Darling of the team and @markmanson

Friend

Also pictured: @comfortisforwimps

Institution

Also pictured: badass @stepharakelian

Drew, to lightly paraphrase one of your fans:

“You’re the best. We’re never letting you go.”

#birniebers assemble pls to wish Drew a friggin fantastic day cuz he getting old and even more amazing

WE LOVE YOU DREW 🫶

p.s. with heartfelt thanks to coconspirators @omgchexmix @stepharakelian @thejesschoi

p.p.s. posting this a day early cuz timezone but who’s counting 😌

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—and I’m never busy.

There’s no secret.

Pre-dawn is my creative hour.

6AM or 4PM. That’s it.

(This is @devinrobbins btw. Hi Devin!)

No taxi? I wade through this for 20 minutes. The only reason I cancel workouts is injury.

It’s magic. Highly recommend 👌

If I’m stressed, I just walk. If I’m in the mood, I playlist. But if I’m feeling spicy 👉 @solvedpodcast for dopamine a.k.a. @drewbirnie

Less screen. More joy

It makes a difference.

Someone I know will turn up on time, knows the city, and doesn’t drive like the rest of them (if you know, you know)

Short haul is usually affordable. The time I don’t spend queueing, I work or read.

“Bandwidth” is my buzzword 🤭

When I’m fresh, I do x3 better work in 1/3 the time.

@thanhthanhd plans my workouts so I don’t have to.

I always have five minutes to watch birds finish my meal.

And one of them is my partner.

What to eat is a decision I make only on weekends.

Free to work, to rest, to spontaneously meet a friend, to stare out the window or stop by a random store

I haven’t touched a vacuum since 2021.

This is how I have time to learn how to make buns from @viriya_tong 💃🏻

Who loves me and makes sure I know 🫶

@valsaksornchai

Newsletter 💌 @valssubstack
Book Club 📚 @saigonwinebooks
Boss Man 🕺🏻 @markmanson

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Happiest Of Birthdays To Our Sweet Kennedy 🎂 We Love You To Infinity & Beyond ✨

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Tomorrow night! Come celebrate the end of Season 1 of @everybodyknowsbutme with us at UCB LA for The F*cked Up Family Hour, where stand-up comedy and wildly dysfunctional family stories collide.

We’re giving Season 1 the send-off it deserves, and if our launch party taught us anything...it’s that you all know how to PARTY.

Featuring perforamnces by: @akajuliastone , @mrdrewlandry, @assadkarirocks and ME (headlining)

🎟️ Tickets are in my bio or at ucbcomedy.com.

Dust off your butterfly clips, JNCOs, or cargo shorts and let’s give Season 1 the most gloriously unhinged goodbye possible.

📸: @justoffthesix
🎨: @notadamncheese

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One year of creating countless pieces of self-development content, turning every break between takes into a dance party, and learning to give way fewer f*cks about the things that don’t matter.

One of the most challenging, rewarding, and fun years of my career. Feeling incredibly lucky to work alongside @markmanson and such a talented team every day. We’ve built some pretty cool things together, and I know we’re just getting started.

Here’s to year two ❤️

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Want to catch the next Eurowaves meet-up? 📍 Leave a comment or DM us!

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Blinked, and it was gone.
This year’s @podcastshowldn set up a very high bar.

Had the pleasure of sharing the stage with the fantastic @recipesforagoodlife, @kendall_breitman, @nic_gottselig to talk about one of my biggest passions - how to leverage podcasting to pivot or elevate your position in the podcasting industry!

Also got to meet podcast legends and darlings such as Roman Mars and Toni and Ryan, and Gemma Cairney!

Reunited with friends and discussed where European podcasters can do next to be part of a more unified podcast ecosystem. It’s hard to add anything else in a post format given that I have shared a thorough conference coverage in my stories (saved in my highlights!)!

What else can I add? That next year I’m coming back and excited for what the future brings, especially as this year I met even more multilingual podcasters and I’m looking to expand what it could look like in 2027!
#podcasting #podcastconferences #thepodcastshow

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Jessie & Freddy ❤️ 10.15.25

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Countdown is officially over. It’s wedding week!
👰🏻

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August was full of returns to favorite restaurants, celebrating new openings, and of course... bachelorette weekend!!! Here are my Best Bites of August:

Oyster Spread from @jollyoyster
With a bachelorette trip to SYV, my favorite road stop in Ventura was the perfect way to kick things off. We got to taste our way through all the different grilled oysters, something I don’t normally get to do.

The Meal as a Whole from @na_na_thai
My bachelorette dinner request was immediately Na Na Thai. Such a fun feast to celebrate and share everything on the menu from the lumpia to the khao soi, the pineapple and tofu curry to the most delicious steak with crying tiger, and of course I am always so grateful for the incredible hospitality.

Taco de Camarón from @mariscosjalisco
Dare I say this is one of the top bites that truly represents LA. A Jonathan Gold favorite and now an essential LA classic. When a friend comes to town and asks for suggestions, you better believe this shrimp taco was first on the list during our taco crawl.

Ankimo from @nsotorestaurant
This was an unexpected cold starter that I would have never ordered on my own, but it completely changed my opinion to prioritize monkfish liver. Served with narazuke, onion, and sumiso, it was a cold and flavorful bite that hit perfectly during this summer heat.

Bluefin Tuna Crudo from @barrasantosla
I admit, this might be a repeat best bite in this monthly series, but the intentional simplicity of this crudo makes it one of the best in the city. Meyer lemon, orange, olive oil, and crushed black pepper. It quickly became @freduccine’s favorite too from our spontaneous date night adventure.

Summer Tomatoes with Pluots from @darlingbyseanbrock
@hseanbrock’s new opening focuses on live-fire cooking and seasonal ingredients from Southern California. Listening to him nerd out over the local produce we’re lucky to have made me so excited to return and see how the microseasons are reflected in the ever-changing menu.

#losangelesrestaurants #santaynezvalley #foodie

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Vino before vows!!! 👰🏻🍷

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It took late nights, early mornings, and people who believed in me. We did it. 🙏🏻

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