Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Friend-tervention

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes R.O. Kwon, the nationally bestselling author of The Incendiaries and the co-editor of Kink. Lavery and Kwon take on three letter...

Friend-tervention

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes R.O. Kwon, the nationally bestselling author of The Incendiaries and the co-editor of Kink.Lavery and Kwon take on three letters...

Pronoun Panic

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Noah Zazanis, an epidemiologist, writer, and prison abolitionist living in Queens, NY. His writing can be found in The New Inqui...

Pronoun Panic

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Noah Zazanis, an epidemiologist, writer, and prison abolitionist living in Queens, NY. His writing can be found in The New Inqui...

Petty Peanuts

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kashana Cauley, writer for The Great North and the author of the forthcoming novel, The Survivalists. Lavery and Cauley take on ...

Petty Peanuts

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kashana Cauley, writer for The Great North and the author of the forthcoming novel, The Survivalists.Lavery and Cauley take on t...

Long-Term Closet

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Sasha Geffen, author of the book Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary. Lavery and Geffen tackle two letters. Firs...

Long-Term Closet

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Sasha Geffen, author of the book Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary.Lavery and Geffen tackle two letters. First...

Cattitude Adjustment

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Miles Klee, a senior staff writer for MEL magazine, and the author of the novel Ivyland. Lavery and Klee take on three letters. ...

Cattitude Adjustment

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Miles Klee, a senior staff writer for MEL magazine, and the author of the novel Ivyland.Lavery and Klee take on three letters. F...

Praise with No Raise

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jackie Keliiaa, a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor based in Oakland, California. She currently produces Good Medicine, a liv...

Praise with No Raise

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jackie Keliiaa, a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor based in Oakland, California. She currently produces Good Medicine, a liv...

Motherhood or Transition

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Lindsay Kyle and Robyn O’Donnell, hosts of the podcast, Maladapted, in which they discuss books that have been adapted into mo...

Motherhood or Transition

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Lindsay Kyle and Robyn O’Donnell, hosts of the podcast, Maladapted, in which they discuss books that have been adapted into mo...

Lying To Mom and Dad

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jane Rice, a civil servant, and Edward Szekely, a radiographer, who live in Edinburgh, Scotland with their 3 year old daughter a...

Lying To Mom and Dad

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jane Rice, a civil servant, and Edward Szekely, a radiographer, who live in Edinburgh, Scotland with their 3 year old daughter a...

Retiring Junior

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes writer, comedian Dani Faith Leonard, who recently produced the film, Coast. Lavery and Faith Leonard tackle two letters. First, ...

Retiring Junior

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes writer, comedian Dani Faith Leonard, who recently produced the film, Coast.Lavery and Faith Leonard tackle two letters. First, f...

Rad(icalized) Dad

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Dylan Marron, author of the book Conversations with People Who Hate Me, and the host and creator of the critically acclaimed pod...

Rad(icalized) Dad

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Dylan Marron, author of the book Conversations with People Who Hate Me, and the host and creator of the critically acclaimed pod...

Living While Dying

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Maud Newton, author of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation. Lavery and Newton tackle two letters. First, from a l...

Living While Dying

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Maud Newton, author of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation.Lavery and Newton tackle two letters. First, from a le...

I’m Not Racist Because…

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jessica Nordell, a science journalist and the author of the book The End of Bias: A Beginning. Lavery and Nordell take on two le...

I’m Not Racist Because…

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jessica Nordell, a science journalist and the author of the book The End of Bias: A Beginning.Lavery and Nordell take on two let...

My Shifting Self

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes June Thomas, co-host of the Slate podcast “Working”, which explores the creative process. Lavery and Thomas take on two lett...

My Shifting Self

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes June Thomas, co-host of the Slate podcast “Working”, which explores the creative process.Lavery and Thomas take on two lette...

Bye-ological Parents

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Marissa Gouverne, a documentary and commercial editor living in New York City. Lavery and Gouverne tackle two letters. First, fr...

Bye-ological Parents

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Marissa Gouverne, a documentary and commercial editor living in New York City.Lavery and Gouverne tackle two letters. First, fro...

Love, Disrespectfully

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Daniel Shannon, a senior software engineer and technical lead at Vox Media, where he works on digital editorial content. Lavery ...

Love, Disrespectfully

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Daniel Shannon, a senior software engineer and technical lead at Vox Media, where he works on digital editorial content.Lavery a...

Salty About Sea Change

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Esther Jaffee, a marine microbiologist who specializes in algal biochemistry. Lavery and Jaffee tackle two letters. First, from ...

Salty About Sea Change

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Esther Jaffee, a marine microbiologist who specializes in algal biochemistry.Lavery and Jaffee tackle two letters. First, from a...

Sore Loser

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes author Heather Havrilesky, who recently published the book, Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. She also writes the A...

Sore Loser

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes author Heather Havrilesky, who recently published the book, Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. She also writes the A...

Gay or Nay?

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kyle Turner, a queer freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Turner is a contributor to Paste Magazine, and his writing on film ...

Gay or Nay?

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kyle Turner, a queer freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Turner is a contributor to Paste Magazine, and his writing on film ...

Resisting the Polycule

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Laura Leigh Abby, a writer and star and subject of a new documentary podcast series from Paradiso Media called Seventeen: Conver...

Resisting the Polycule

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Laura Leigh Abby, a writer and star and subject of a new documentary podcast series from Paradiso Media called Seventeen: Conver...

(Not Really) Like A Boss

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes comedian, author and host of the Emmy® Award-winning docu-series United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell. Bell is also the dire...

(Not Really) Like A Boss

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes comedian, author and host of the Emmy® Award-winning docu-series United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell. Bell is also the dire...

Chosen Family First

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Sarah Marshall, and a writer, media critic, and host of the modern history podcast, You’re Wrong About. She is also the co-hos...

Chosen Family First

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Sarah Marshall, and a writer, media critic, and host of the modern history podcast, You’re Wrong About. She is also the co-hos...

The Fear I Understand

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of the forthcoming book: On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends In An Unapologetic World. Lavery...

The Fear I Understand

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of the forthcoming book: On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends In An Unapologetic World.Lavery ...

Weaponized Femininity

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Michael Gerber, the editor and publisher of The American Bystander, an all-star print humor quarterly.  Lavery and Gerber take ...

Weaponized Femininity

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Michael Gerber, the editor and publisher of The American Bystander, an all-star print humor quarterly. Lavery and Gerber take o...

Introducing: How to Do It | Sex Advice with Stoya and Rich

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey listeners! Here's another podcast from Slate you might like. For three years, Stoya and Rich Juzwiak have been giving advice to Slate readers on a...

Introducing: How to Do It | Sex Advice with Stoya and Rich

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey listeners! Here's another podcast from Slate you might like.For three years, Stoya and Rich Juzwiak have been giving advice to Slate readers on al...

Screening for Sperm

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kyle Lukoff, a pre-tipping point transsexual who used to be a school librarian but now writes children's books full-time. Lavery...

Screening for Sperm

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kyle Lukoff, a pre-tipping point transsexual who used to be a school librarian but now writes children's books full-time.Lavery ...

Her Past. My Present.

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Colette Arrand, a transsexual poet from Athens, Georgia. She is the author of the poetry collection Hold Me Gorilla Monsoon, and...

Her Past. My Present.

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Colette Arrand, a transsexual poet from Athens, Georgia. She is the author of the poetry collection Hold Me Gorilla Monsoon, and...

Best Friends, But Not Forever

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Wendy Lee, an associate professor in the English Department at New York University. She studies and writes about the history of ...

Best Friends, But Not Forever

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Wendy Lee, an associate professor in the English Department at New York University. She studies and writes about the history of ...

Nosy About Sex Noise

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Ali Vingiano is a filmmaker and actor, whose work includes writing and producing for the Emmy-winning series The Morning Show, a...

Nosy About Sex Noise

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Ali Vingiano is a filmmaker and actor, whose work includes writing and producing for the Emmy-winning series The Morning Show, a...

Grief, Unexpected

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Olivia Charmaine Morris, Founder & CEO of Black Monarch Entertainment. Her new IG Live lifestyle series, "The Tea," invites cele...

Grief, Unexpected

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Olivia Charmaine Morris, Founder & CEO of Black Monarch Entertainment. Her new IG Live lifestyle series, "The Tea," invites ...

T for Two

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Edgar Gomez, the author of the forthcoming memoir High-Risk Homosexual, about coming-of-age as a queer, Latinx person in a cultu...

T for Two

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Edgar Gomez, the author of the forthcoming memoir High-Risk Homosexual, about coming-of-age as a queer, Latinx person in a cultu...

Candle in the Wind

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jo Livingstone, the culture staff writer for The New Republic, and the most recent recipient of the Nona Balakian Citation for E...

Candle in the Wind

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jo Livingstone, the culture staff writer for The New Republic, and the most recent recipient of the Nona Balakian Citation for E...

Non-Binary, No Problem

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Tori Bedford, a writer and journalist based in Boston. Lavery and Bedford take on two letters. First, from a letter writer who i...

Non-Binary, No Problem

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Tori Bedford, a writer and journalist based in Boston.Lavery and Bedford take on two letters. First, from a letter writer who is...

Leave It To The Prose

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Grace Bonney, author of Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50. Lavery and Bonney take on two le...

Leave It To The Prose

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Grace Bonney, author of Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50.Lavery and Bonney take on two let...

Writer's Block

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Folu Akinkuotu, the creator of Unsnackable, a newsletter about rare and inaccessible snacks around the world. Lavery and Akinkuo...

Writer's Block

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Folu Akinkuotu, the creator of Unsnackable, a newsletter about rare and inaccessible snacks around the world.Lavery and Akinkuot...

A Little Help, Please!

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes adrienne maree brown, an author and the writer in residence at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. brown recently publishe...

A Little Help, Please!

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes adrienne maree brown, an author and the writer in residence at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. brown recently publishe...

Check Yourself, Mate

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Daniel Cohen, a Ph.D. chemical biologist working at a small biotech startup that is developing a new generation of antibiotics a...

Check Yourself, Mate

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Daniel Cohen, a Ph.D. chemical biologist working at a small biotech startup that is developing a new generation of antibiotics a...

Friend Seeking Missile

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Melissa Hughs, an R&D Scientist who designs medical tests.  Lavery and Hughs take on three letters: First, from a letter writer...

Friend Seeking Missile

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Melissa Hughs, an R&D Scientist who designs medical tests. Lavery and Hughs take on three letters: First, from a letter wri...

Flirting with Disaster

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Lux Alptraum, the creator and co-host of Audible’s Say You’re Sorry, a podcast about public apologies — the ones that work...

Flirting with Disaster

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Lux Alptraum, the creator and co-host of Audible’s Say You’re Sorry, a podcast about public apologies — the ones that work...

Open or Closed?

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Uli Beutter Cohen, a New York City–based documentarian, artist, and the creator of Subway Book Review. Her first book, Between...

Open or Closed?

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Uli Beutter Cohen, a New York City–based documentarian, artist, and the creator of Subway Book Review. Her first book, Between...

The Heedless Ghoster

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Margaret Josephs, author of the memoir, Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget: How To Survive In Business and Life. Josephs also hosts...

The Heedless Ghoster

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Margaret Josephs, author of the memoir, Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget: How To Survive In Business and Life. Josephs also hosts...

Poly Agony

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Catherine Baab-Muguira, author Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru. Lavery and B...

Poly Agony

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Catherine Baab-Muguira, author Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru.Lavery and Ba...

Friendship CPR

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Angelica Jade Bastién, essayist for New York Magazine’s site, Vulture. Lavery and Bastién tackle two letters: First, from a ...

Friendship CPR

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Angelica Jade Bastién, essayist for New York Magazine’s site, Vulture.Lavery and Bastién tackle two letters: First, from a w...

Plagiarist Nation

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Divya Victor, a poet, author, and an Associate Professor of English at Michigan State University. She recently published CURB (N...

Plagiarist Nation

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Divya Victor, a poet, author, and an Associate Professor of English at Michigan State University. She recently published CURB (N...

Lies My Ex Told About Me

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Marissa Miller, author of Pretty Weird: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and Other Oddly Empowering Lessons (Skyhorse)  Lavery and ...

Lies My Ex Told About Me

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Marissa Miller, author of Pretty Weird: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and Other Oddly Empowering Lessons (Skyhorse) Lavery and M...

Spectrum Ambiguity

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes journalist Zack Budryk, and photographer Charlie Stern. Together, Budryk and Stern co-host the relationship podcast Stim4Stim. ...

Spectrum Ambiguity

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes journalist Zack Budryk, and photographer Charlie Stern. Together, Budryk and Stern co-host the relationship podcast Stim4Stim. ...

Shut Up, Dad!

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a licensed clinical social worker who has worked as a therapist in a variety of settings, including shelters, reside...

Shut Up, Dad!

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a licensed clinical social worker who has worked as a therapist in a variety of settings, including shelters, reside...

Starter Boyfriend

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Anna Rubanova and Adam Bozarth, who are both founding members of the sketch comedy group, Left Handed Radio. They are also both ...

Starter Boyfriend

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Anna Rubanova and Adam Bozarth, who are both founding members of the sketch comedy group, Left Handed Radio. They are also both ...

Ace and Confused

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Abby McEnany, mainstay of the Chicago improvisational comedy scene, and the creator of the Showtime comedy series, Work In Progr...

Ace and Confused

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Abby McEnany, mainstay of the Chicago improvisational comedy scene, and the creator of the Showtime comedy series, Work In Progr...

Past and Present Prudence

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate’s Dear Prudence. She was previously a senior staff editor at the New York Times, where she is now...

Past and Present Prudence

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate’s Dear Prudence. She was previously a senior staff editor at the New York Times, where she is now...

Transition Indecision

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Paula Stone Williams, an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. Lavery and...

Transition Indecision

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Paula Stone Williams, an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.Lavery and ...