Aug 26, 2026 · 40 min · 14 segments
This episode is all about Amy Chozick's debut fiction novel, *With Friends Like You* — a sharp, darkly funny thriller about new motherhood, capitalist excess, and a narrator you can't quite trust. I'm…
Eli RalloHost
She had a very illustrious career, specifically in political reporting, and then made an even bigger name for herself doing features on really controversial and high-profile women, such as Stormy Daniels, Elizabeth Holmes, Lauren Bezos.
Uh, she's done all those profiles, and she's always wanted to write fiction, so this is her debut fiction novel.
I feel like I'm very anomalous in that, but like when something happens, like when there's like a big TV show or something...
What does that mean? Can you look up what that means? Is that a bad omen? Okay, so we're releasing chakras, energy, all the vibes.
I kept feeling like my necklace was like not on me anymore, [laughs] and I was like playing with it in the beginning.
I was like, "Don't play with it." Like, my mom's gonna watch this, and she's gonna be like, "You're fidgeting." [sighs] I'm, I'm such a fidgeter.
Whenever something happens, like The Bachelor, whatever, and I'm behind, and people are like, "Don't spoil it," I kind of like knowing who wins because then I can watch it with that in mind.
Does that make me insane? I don't know, but I've never minded spoilers very much, so they don't necessarily bother me, and that's just me.
She had a very illustrious career, specifically in political reporting, and then made an even bigger name for herself doing features on really controversial and high-profile women, such as Stormy Daniels, Elizabeth Holmes, Lauren Bezos.
Uh, she's done all those profiles, and she's always wanted to write fiction, so this is her debut fiction novel.
I feel like I'm very anomalous in that, but like when something happens, like when there's like a big TV show or something...
What does that mean? Can you look up what that means? Is that a bad omen? Okay, so we're releasing chakras, energy, all the vibes.
I kept feeling like my necklace was like not on me anymore, [laughs] and I was like playing with it in the beginning.
I was like, "Don't play with it." Like, my mom's gonna watch this, and she's gonna be like, "You're fidgeting." [sighs] I'm, I'm such a fidgeter.
Whenever something happens, like The Bachelor, whatever, and I'm behind, and people are like, "Don't spoil it," I kind of like knowing who wins because then I can watch it with that in mind.
Does that make me insane? I don't know, but I've never minded spoilers very much, so they don't necessarily bother me, and that's just me.
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