Not Lost Chat: Road Work (Andrew Sean Greer & Jay Pharoah)

About this episode

Brendan discusses road trip novels with Andrew Sean Greer and airport etiquette with Jay Pharoah.

New York Magazine described “Not Lost” as having the “slight energy of Andrew Sean Greer’s Less ” so Brendan calls the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the comic, road trip novels “Less” and “Less is Lost” to find out if they should be offended. Plus, a postcard from Hollywood, and stand-up comedian Jay Pharoah answers listener questions about airport and flight etiquette, with a stirring speech on when it’s ok to push the flight-attendant button. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Brendan

Guests: Andrew Sean Greer, Jay Pharoah

Topics covered

• road trip
• airport etiquette
• comedy
• literature
• travel

Keywords

• Andrew Sean Greer
• Jay Pharoah
• airport etiquette
• road trip
• Less
• Less is Lost
• comedy
• New York Magazine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Magazine

Books & works: Less, Less is Lost

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