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The Story Behind Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice

It all started, as many things do around here, with Patricia being irritated.

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  • Encore: We Need to Talk About Misinformation and Disinformation
    Show Notes & Transcript Hi everyone! Patricia and Nicole were in New York celebrating Patricia’s birthday when EEDA Pod recording usually happens. So this week, we’re giving you an encore of an older episode that is still, unfortunately, incredibly relevant. Full show notes and transcript are available at https://eedapod.com/we-need-to-talk-about-misinformation-and-disinformation/

Meet Your Hosts

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Patricia Elzie-Tuttle (aka Patricia Elzie) is a writer, podcaster, and librarian. Her weekly newsletter, Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice offers self-improvement and mental health advice and resources that pull from her experience as a queer, Black, & Filipina person existing in the world. More of her written work can also be found on Book Riot, in Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen, and, if you’re feeling spicy, in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Patricia is co-host of the All the Books and All the Backlist podcast, where she recommends a variety of reads. She lives in Oakland, CA with her wife Nicole and a positively alarming amount of books.

Patricia Elzie-Tuttle (she/her)

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Nicole has eaten tacos in Sweden and Beijing.

Neither were remotely good. Not even passable.

Nicole Elzie-Tuttle (she/her)