"George Orwell, Get Me Outta Here!" with Mitra Jouhari

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May 22, 2025 · 1h 0m · Season 1 · Episode 17

About this episode

Shanon and Nolan discuss homesteading and interview writer and actor Mitra Jouhari about her career and literary influences.

Shanon and Nolan dive into our recent Homesteading obsession and chat with the very funny (with the best laugh) writer and actor Mitra Jouhari about her journey from The Daily Show to Big Mouth – plus her very questionable, very intense Anne Frank phase. Books and Authors mentioned in this episode: Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones Stag Dance - Torrey Peters The Antidote - Karen Russell Open, Heaven - Seán Hewitt The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy Ocean Vuong - The Emperor of Gladness The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides Intersex - Jeffrey Eugenides Fresh Complaint - Jeffrey Eugenides Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon The Lying Game - Ruth Ware The Coin - Yasmin Zaher The Safekeep - Yael Van Der Wouden Stay True - Hua Hsu The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank Night - Elie Wiesel Atonement - Ian McEwen Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand On Writing - Steven King

People in this episode

Hosts: Shanon, Nolan

Guest: Mitra Jouhari

Topics covered

Homesteading
Literature
Comedy
Writing
Personal Journey

Keywords

George Orwell
Mitra Jouhari
Anne Frank
Lonesome Dove
Big Mouth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lonesome Dove, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stag Dance, The Antidote, Open, Heaven, The Crossing, The Emperor of Gladness, The Virgin Suicides, The Marriage Plot, Intersex