Rosebud Baker on Tragedy + Time = Memoir

Podcast: Memoir Nation · Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

Opublikowano: 2026-06-29

So much of what’s funny stems from what’s terrible and tragic, and the funniest people are also often the darkest ones. This week we explore that truth with comedian Rosebud Baker, who talks with Grant Faulkner about her alcoholism, what happens to women when they become moms, and also her anger—and how she turns that into humor. This is a permission-giving show, as so many Memoir Nation episodes are. We invite anger and tragedy and hardship here, and also always the acknowledgment that writing memoir is hard work. On the trend we talk about the linear memoir...