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Self Help for Mediocre People (w/ Laura Belgray)
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Self Help for Mediocre People (w/ Laura Belgray)

If your new college grad son or daughter is unemployed, sleeping in their childhood bedroom, and watching All My Children every day, fear not—Laura Belgray has been there and she turned out okay.

As Laura explains in her new, laugh-out-loud funny memoir, Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst, sometimes it’s good to be unoccupied so that, when opportunity finally calls, you are there to answer the phone.

The book, which her husband refers to as “Loser Sex in the City,” is a collection of hilarious, unfiltered stories about her life. Equal parts Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, Chuck Klosterman, and David Sedaris, "Tough Titties" is a celebration of failure, late bloomers, messy career paths, and lessons learned from indiscriminately blowing bartenders in the early 90s.

So it’s no wonder that Kelly Ripa said of the book, “I didn’t want it to end!”

Though slow out of the gates, Laura eventually found her thing and now celebrates the wonder of being paid for authentic self-expression.

In this delightful chat, Laura and Paul discuss:

  • The primal fear of being disliked

  • How being a loser in 6th grade is related to her later success in adulthood

  • Pre-Giuliani Times Square

  • B.S. social media wellness gurus

  • Mean Girls

  • Leg warmers

  • Why Deb Fishbone is a shallow, basic bitch

  • Getting paid to watch TV

Learn more about Laura on her website.

And yes, I said “Titties.” Here, I’m going to say it again: titties. Also, I know that All My Children is no longer on the air. Feel free to substitute: TikTok, Roblox, or PornHub.

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