5 Things with Lisa Birnbach

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Ep. 120 - Joe Conason - Shoe Leather & Guts; The Real Investigative Reporters Oct 23, 2020

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Lisa Birnbach talks with investigative reporter Joe Conason about his mentor, Wayne Barrett and what it takes (and what you can lose) to be a great investigator. Joe has written the intro to the new book called "Without Compromise: Wayne Barrett, and The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and the American Epidemic of Corruption" and you can tell from the conversation that Wayne was the real deal.

The 5 Things that made Lisa Birnbach’s life better: 1. Madewell jeans, 2. The Vow – the documentary series on HBO 3. NY Times Spelling Bee Article 4. Rex Chapman and twitter connections, 5.Nancy Pelosi

Joe Conason’s 5 Things: 1. Proraso shaving cream, 2. CBD oil/balm for sleep and pain, 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender with my daughter Eleanor, 4. Sailing on Sunfish and Quest with my son Edward, 5. Instant Pot Duo

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Ep. 119 - Will Haskell - The 24 Year Old Senator Oct 16, 2020

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Let's hear it for young people. At age 23, Will Haskell is the youngest State Senator in Connecticut. Join Lisa Birnbach as she tries to discover what it is that compels a young man, or woman to work in the political system today - then hear about the five things made Will's and Lisa's life better this week.

Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Shipt, 2. Green plant for the kitchen, 3. Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris 4. Boom Again trivia game, 5. Dr. Fauci

Senator Will Haskell’s 5 Things: 1. Socks that match, 2. His campaign interns, 3. Homemade hard cider, 4. His brand new ring light, 5. His car - Subaru Forester.

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Ep. 118 - Andrew Weissmann - Inside the Mueller Investigation Oct 09, 2020

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Lisa talks with the lead prosecutor in the Mueller investigation, Andrew Weissmann, about his new book "Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation". Insider information, Robert Mueller, and the Mob! What else could you ask for beside the five things that make Andrew's and Lisa's lives better this week.

Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Journalism, 2. Artists online, 3. Facetiming with Le Bébé, 4. Cornmeal, 5. Hope.

Andrew Weissmann’s 5 Things: 1. The FT weekend edition, 2. Carnegie Hall. 3. V&A Museum, 4. The Adirondacks, 5. The NY Subway

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Ep 117 - Malcolm Nance - Counter-Terrorist Expert and Patriot Oct 02, 2020

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MSNBC Commentator, ex-military, author, cryptologist and terrorism expert Malcolm Nance joins Lisa Birnbach for a wide ranging conversation about the international compromises caused by the Trump Administration. Even with that, they find time to discuss the 5 Things that make their lives better this week.

Lisa’s 5 Things:

1. Holidays online, 2. Being home in New York with a whole closet instead of 10 heavily-rotated pieces, 3. Peking Duck, 4. My mother, 5. Patriotism

Malcolm Nance’s 5 Things:

1. My wife’s grave stone at Washington Crossing national cemetery, 2. Radiant heated bathroom floors, 3. Shostakovich Jazz Suite waltz number two in Nero Wolfe TV Series, 4. “The bad wolf“ my 1985 Land Rover defender, 5. My French Foreign Legion issue Swiss Army knife.

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Ep116 - Claude Taylor - Witty Resister and Room Rater Sep 25, 2020

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This week Lisa talks with witty political protester, Claude Taylor. Claude has spent the last 3 years in an effort to defeat Trump. He has created the Mad Dog PAC to plant clever billboards around the country. He's also the co-creator of "Room Rater", a twitter account which rates the zoom backgrounds of pundits working from home.

Claude Taylor's 5 Things: 1. His Kids. 2. His Dog, Pipper. 3. His Friends. 4. His Twitter Friends. 5. His Fiancé, Jessie.

Lisa Birnbach's 5 Things: 1. Our monthlong California Vacation. 2. Socially distanced meals with friends. 3. Our Grandson (the baby). 4. My Birthday Celebration. 5. The Beach.

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Ep. 115 - Amelia Nierenberg - Thoughtful Food, Food for Thought Sep 18, 2020

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Lisa values her young friends. Lisa Birnbach's guest this week is Amelia Nierenberg, recent Yale graduate, the co-writer of the New York Times’ Coronavirus Schools Briefing newsletter. A member of the first class of New York Times fellows, she wrote on the Food Desk, and now continues on assignment for the Times.

Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Fruits and vegetables from one’s garden, 2. The Citizen App, 3. Vegan and Gluten Free bakeries, 4. Reading, 5. Science.

Amelia Nierenberg’s 5 Things: 1. Crunchy Garlic with Chile Oil from H-Mart , 2. Negative Underwear's Sieve Non-Wire Bra, 3. Rapid turnaround Covid testing, 4. The movie Manto, 5. Spending the first half-hour or so reading and drinking tea and just letting myself wake up slowly and languidly.

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Ep. 114 - Christopher Buckley - The Administration That Satirizes Itself Sep 11, 2020

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Author Christopher Buckley joins Lisa Birnbach on a fun discussion about the current administration, satire, and his new novel, the satire titled "Make Russia Great Again". And of course they relish the 5 things that make their lives better.

Lisa Birnbach’s 5 Things:

1. Burgers Never Say Die, 2. Kismet restaurant, 3. Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, 4. An afternoon visit with another family in their house and back yard, 5. #ExhibitBaby

Christopher Buckley’s 5 Things:

1. Wife Katy, 2. Air conditioning, 3.Julian’s borscht soup, 4.Movie: Dr. Strangelove, 5. Pear’s Soap

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Ep 113 - Chef Kwame Onwuachi - The Future of Eating Out Sep 04, 2020

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Lisa Birnbach invites James Beard award winning Chef, Kwame Onwuachi, to discuss the future of Eating out, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. They also discuss what it means to be a black man, and a chef, in America - in these days of national reckoning and the Black Lives Matter movement, his book "Notes from a Young Black Chef" and to top it all off, they talk about the 5 things that make their lives better.

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Ep. 112 - Kurt Andersen - Pt. 2: What about Trump? Aug 27, 2020

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Author and commentator Kurt Andersen returns this week to talk about one of Lisa and Kurt's favorite subjects, Donald Trump. Kurt, whose SPY magazine dubbed Trump as the "short-fingered vulgarian, and Lisa, who was the first correspondent to visit Mar-Largo when Trump turned it into a club, are uniquely qualified to explore the shyster that has become President. Of course, when it's all over - there are always 5 things that make Lisa's life better.

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Ep. 111 - Kurt Andersen - Recording current history Aug 21, 2020

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Writer Kurt Andersen joins Lisa Birnbach to talk about his important new book "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History" and how we got to where we are. Then of course - The 5 Things that make their lives better. Part 1 of 2 (listen next week to episode 112)

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