One Nightstand

Issa Rae

One Nightstand

Show Notes

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books.In this episode, writer, producer, and actor Issa Rae sits down with Charlotte Owen to discuss her new book, I Should Be Smarter by Now. Issa shares why life is better after your 20s, the book she’s desperate to adapt, and what she “romanticized” in her hit HBO series Insecure. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

I Should be Smarter by Now by Issa Rae

Issa’s new collection of essays, I Should Be Smarter by Now, is available now on Amazon and Audible. Credits Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmin Velez Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo Editor: Alex Viola Producer: Aubree Lennon

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