ABOUT MEGHAN

Meghan Daum founded The Unspeakeasy in 2022. She is the host of The Unspeakable Podcast. She is also the author of seven books, including the new collection, The Catastrophe Hour. Her other books include the New York Times Notable Book The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, the critically acclaimed The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects Of Discussion, and the cult classic My Misspent Youth.

A Los Angeles Times opinion columnist from 2005 to 2016, she has written for numerous magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Vogue. Meghan is the recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2016 National Endowment for the Arts grant. She has been on the adjunct faculty of the Writing Division at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and also teaches private workshops in personal essay, memoir, and op-ed. 

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Listen to Meghan’s  audio essays on the Los Angeles fires