Baking Bread Is Good for You
05/14/21 • 49 min
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I’m talking with the fantastic Bim Adewunmi all about her experience of learning how to bake bread. I need you to know: this won’t be your typical conversation about kneading dough. Bim helps me realize that learning this kind of skill is life-affirming in more ways than one. What happens when you decide to follow a trend and find lasting joy? And will this skill help you in a zombie apocalypse?
Indulgence
Nichole recommends the Canadian ice dancing champions. Bim recommends jigsaw puzzles, like this one.
Guest
Bim Adewunmi is a journalist and radio producer at This American Life, and used to cohost Thirst Aid Kit with Nichole Perkins. She's also a playwright and TV writer. She loves eating carbs, and urges you to join her on her never-ending quest of tasting all the world's iterations of "look what we did with this potato.”
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Production
Producer: Eric Silver
Editor: Brandon Grugle
Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins
Theme Music: Donwill
Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd
About The Show
Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.
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I’m talking with the fantastic Bim Adewunmi all about her experience of learning how to bake bread. I need you to know: this won’t be your typical conversation about kneading dough. Bim helps me realize that learning this kind of skill is life-affirming in more ways than one. What happens when you decide to follow a trend and find lasting joy? And will this skill help you in a zombie apocalypse?
Indulgence
Nichole recommends the Canadian ice dancing champions. Bim recommends jigsaw puzzles, like this one.
Guest
Bim Adewunmi is a journalist and radio producer at This American Life, and used to cohost Thirst Aid Kit with Nichole Perkins. She's also a playwright and TV writer. She loves eating carbs, and urges you to join her on her never-ending quest of tasting all the world's iterations of "look what we did with this potato.”
Sponsors
BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thisisgood
Get your CBD products from CornbreadHemp.com and use code THISISGOOD for 25% off your order.
Find Us Online
Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod
Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod
Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch
Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon
Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman
Multitude: @MultitudeShows
Email: [email protected]
Production
Producer: Eric Silver
Editor: Brandon Grugle
Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins
Theme Music: Donwill
Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd
About The Show
Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Email: [email protected]
Production
Producer: Eric Silver
Editor: Brandon Grugle
Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins
Theme Music: Donwill
Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd
About The Show
Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Indulgence
Nichole recommends weird smells and James Joyce’s eproctophilic love letters!
Guest
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Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod
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Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon
Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman
Multitude: @MultitudeShows
Email: [email protected]
Production
Producer: Eric Silver
Editor: Brandon Grugle
Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins
Theme Music: Donwill
Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd
About The Show
Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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