This week on Tasteland we're joined by Rax King, a James Beard Award-nominated writer and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. Rax is the author of the 2021 book Tacky, and her new release Sloppy is out now. __ Rax Sloppy Podcast Instagram Twitter Bluesky __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Rax 02:37 Write sober, edit sober 07:26 The goal of personal writing 13:20 Reframing past experiences 20:25 Service industry draft 29:11 Banjos in the sky 31:27 Drink the Kool-Aid but know your dosage 35:21 Reverse abundance mindset 38:00 Nobody does bread anymore 42:59 Didn't make the cut 45:55 Sex tourism and calamari 48:40 Noble savage reply guys __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
