Girl Gone Wild - Courtney Kocak

Girl Gone Wild - Courtney Kocak

From Making Creativity Pay by Dan Barnett

March 29, 2026 · 45 min · Season 1 · Episode 81

About this episode

Courtney Kocak discusses her memoir 'Girl Gone Wild' and her diverse career in comedy and podcasting.

"It's a small town girls misadventures in Hollywood. And it is both poignant and funny. I think of the essays as like crepes. They're kind of like individually snackable, but collectively filling. What I love about the essay format is it's kind of propulsive and you move through it with the momentum that I really appreciate as a reader. And so I wanted to write the book that way." - Author and Podcaster Courtney Kocak, we talk about her upcoming book Girl Gone Wild, a memoir based on a series of essays covering “Tales of ambition, delusion, drugs, sex, and misogyny... including selling T-shirts on the Girls Gone Wild bus” As well as the book we also talk about Courtney’s varied career, from performing as a stand-up, writing for an animated comedy show as well as her extensive career in podcasting including her show Private Parts Unknown which has had over 2 million downloads and her newsletter Podcast Bestie which is full of ways to make the most of your podcast. Website: https://www.courtneykocak.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneykocak/ Girl Gone Wild: US: https://bookshop.org/p/books/girl-gone-wild-courtney-kocak/ UK…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Barnett

Guest: Courtney Kocak

Topics covered

  • memoir
  • essays
  • Hollywood
  • podcasting
  • stand-up comedy
  • ambition

Keywords

  • Courtney Kocak
  • Girl Gone Wild
  • memoir
  • podcasting
  • stand-up comedy
  • essays
  • Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Private Parts Unknown, Podcast Bestie

Books & works: Girl Gone Wild

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