The Unspeakable Podcast

By: Meghan Daum
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  • Author, essayist and journalist Meghan Daum has spent decades giving voice—and bringing nuance, humor and surprising perspectives—to things that lots of people are thinking but are afraid to say out loud. Now, she brings her observations to the realm of conversation. In candid, free-ranging interviews, Meghan talks with artists, entertainers, journalists, scientists, scholars, and anyone else who’s willing to do the “unspeakable” and question prevailing cultural and moral assumptions.
    2021
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Episodes
  • Special Episode Part 3 Los Angeles Fires: Housing Wars

    Special Episode Part 3 Los Angeles Fires: Housing Wars
    Jan 28 2025

    It’s been three weeks since my house burned to the ground in the Los Angeles wildfires. Here are some thoughts on rent gouging, couch surfing, and the lifestyles of the rich and unhoused.

    A note on this photo. I took it from Farnsworth Park in Altadena on New Year’s Day, one week before the fire. That thing in the sky is the Goodyear Blimp hovering over Rose Bowl Stadium during the game.

    Earlier dispatches.

    January 9: The First 24 Hours

    January 16: The Immaterial World

    How to help? Become a paying subscriber to this podcast on Substack or leave a donation of any amount in the tip jar. Your support is deeply appreciated.

    The podcast resumes its regular schedule very soon! Thanks for your patience. Housekeeping
    Visit The Unspeakable on YouTube.

    Learn about The Unspeakeasy, a community for freethinking women. Pre-order my new book, The Catastrophe Hour: Selected Essays. Coming April 15, 2025.
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    18 mins
  • Special Ep Part 2 Los Angeles Fires: The Immaterial World

    Special Ep Part 2 Los Angeles Fires: The Immaterial World
    Jan 21 2025

    In the hours of January 8, my house burned to the ground in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, CA. Here are some thoughts I recorded on January 15.

    How to help? Become a paying subscriber to this podcast on Substack. Or leave a donation in any amount in the tip jar.
    Housekeeping
    Visit The Unspeakable on YouTube.
    The Unspeakeasy has new retreats for 2025. Find out where we’re going.
    Join The Unspeakeasy, my community for freethinking women.
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    15 mins
  • Special Episode: Letter From the Los Angeles Fires

    Special Episode: Letter From the Los Angeles Fires
    Jan 9 2025
    I’ve lost my home. I am safe.

    HOUSEKEEPING Visit The Unspeakable on YouTube!
    Unspeakeasy 2025 retreats. We’re going to Texas, Los Angeles, upstate NY and beyond. See where we'll be!
    Join The Unspeakeasy, my community for freethinking women.
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    12 mins

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Nuanced, relentless, intelligent

The podcast is excellent, it doesn’t skirt hard issues, and you learn a lot. Great for people of love to explore and share ideas. Meghan Daum leaves us all smarter. Be a Daumy not a dumby!

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For the Independent Thinker

Meghan Daum's The Unspeakeasable podcast is an anchor of sanity in a polarized world. Great guests, emotionally intelligent hosting. A gem.

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