Episode 460: Mary Roach
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How to Write a Funny Story for Justa Ond
I find that the key to it, for me is in the reporting. I know that i have to have material that will lend itself to a humorous right up. The magic for him is in recognizing the potential of those scenes. He once pitched a story on the aergonomics of aerplane seats because they were doing some studies of that. And then go there and it's just 50 people sitting in aeroplane seats for seven hours. It's not very dynamic. But he became a passionate advocate for saliva. You now, don't get me started on saliva.
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