This week on Tasteland we're joined by Rax King, a James Beard Award-nominated writer and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. Rax is the author of the 2021 book Tacky, and her new release Sloppy is out now.
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Rax
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Rax
02:37 Write sober, edit sober
07:26 The goal of personal writing
13:20 Reframing past experiences
20:25 Service industry draft
29:11 Banjos in the sky
31:27 Drink the Kool-Aid but know your dosage
35:21 Reverse abundance mindset
38:00 Nobody does bread anymore
42:59 Didn't make the cut
45:55 Sex tourism and calamari
48:40 Noble savage reply guys
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.