Sep 29, 2026 · 36 min · 9 segments
Brett sits down with Meg Mason to discuss her new book Sophie, Standing There. They talk discovering reading, parasocial relationships, reading correctly and what that even means, the downside to…
Meg MasonGuest
Brett BennerHost
And then you place this in the book community and you use these events that she's the technician for and effectively hooking people up with their mics.
You use real life people that everyone can identify with, which is so much fun.
interesting thing, making her this technician, because it's also placing her in this...
But likewise, I would imagine for a casting director, you know, if you have 100 people coming into your casting room in the day, you're not going to remember any of their names.
And yet they've come in, poured their heart and soul into this thing that they're doing, you know, in front of you.
And she is seeking connection with anybody, which is ironic since she is actually connecting their mics.
But it's just, it's so interesting when it can be so, there's such an imbalance between, you know, in this interaction, what it means to one person and what it means to the other person.
Do you not even care about Sophie? So I'm interested in what it feels like from her side.
Because I guess I kind of know what it feels like from the author's side when you realize that someone's hand definitely deep diving down your dress, but you don't have time to turn around and say hello because you're so focused on like relearning your lines to go out on stage or whatever.
And then you place this in the book community and you use these events that she's the technician for and effectively hooking people up with their mics.
You use real life people that everyone can identify with, which is so much fun.
interesting thing, making her this technician, because it's also placing her in this...
But likewise, I would imagine for a casting director, you know, if you have 100 people coming into your casting room in the day, you're not going to remember any of their names.
And yet they've come in, poured their heart and soul into this thing that they're doing, you know, in front of you.
And she is seeking connection with anybody, which is ironic since she is actually connecting their mics.
But it's just, it's so interesting when it can be so, there's such an imbalance between, you know, in this interaction, what it means to one person and what it means to the other person.
Do you not even care about Sophie? So I'm interested in what it feels like from her side.
Because I guess I kind of know what it feels like from the author's side when you realize that someone's hand definitely deep diving down your dress, but you don't have time to turn around and say hello because you're so focused on like relearning your lines to go out on stage or whatever.
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