'Call Your Girlfriend' podcast
Co-host of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast and columnist for New York magazine
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Ann Friedman
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FROM Ann Friedman
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
‘Call Your Girlfriend’ podcast brings realtalk to live audiences Two girlfriends, one in LA and the other in San Francisco, maintain their friendship by chatting every week. It’s a podcast called “ Call Your Girlfriend ”, and listeners are like flies on the wall, eavesdropping on a conversation between long-distance besties. It’s a no-frills production – the two record in their closets – and since its inception about two years ago, it’s become so popular, the besties have left their closets and taken their show on the road. The two girlfriends of “Call Your Girlfriend” are Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, and they’ll be live in LA Thursday night.
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