“I knew your voice and I felt like I knew you.”Įstablishing such an intimate connection can be powerful, and Strayed has done it time and again across multiple mediums. “I listened to it every day driving out, every day driving back.”
“‘Dear Sugar’ saved me,” she said of those hours-long trips. (“Cheryl told me to say, so it was Michaela Watkins,” Tigelaar said, who was working on the Hulu series “Casual” at the time.) From that moment forward, Tigelaar would listen to episodes during her lengthy commute from Los Angeles to set, deep in the San Fernando valley. Our final lunch companion (who arrived on time, unlike this anxiously early reporter), said she first came across Strayed through “Wild,” but a friend recommended “Tiny Beautiful Things,” which in turn led to the “Sugar Calling” podcast. Liz Tigelaar felt a similar connection, long before she met the author. “They’ll be like, ‘I heard you talking! I was in the other aisle and I was like, ‘That’s Cheryl’s voice!'” “I’ve had this experience where I’ve been in a grocery store or something, and somebody appears,” Strayed said. In ‘Love & Death’ and ‘Candy,’ the True Story Doesn’t Always Provide the Truth
From the “Dear Sugar” advice column that ran in the early 2010s to the ensuing New York Times podcasts inspired by those pieces, Strayed has long exhibited an earnest investment in people and their stories, one that helps forge her strong connection with subjects, readers, and listeners alike. While no stranger to sharing - she’s perhaps best known for her memoir, “Wild,” and its 2014 film adaptation - the writer has long proven herself as inquisitive as she is introspective.
It’s a strange feeling to hear the topics you’ve been sent to elicit from someone else come tumbling out of your own mouth, but Strayed likely has a similar reaction when fielding questions from reporters. Pleasantries were exchanged, coffee ordered, and the weather commented upon, but before five minutes passed, the consummate conversationalist had me speaking openly about my parents, relationships, and career. The vaunted author, screenwriter, columnist, and podcast host wrapped her preceding press assignment a few minutes early, and rather than enjoying some alone time during a busy day at Austin’s SXSW Festival - where she later co-led a featured talk with “ Tiny Beautiful Things” showrunner Liz Tigelaar - Strayed invited me to her table. Cheryl Strayed likes getting to know people, so perhaps it shouldn’t have been all that surprising when she began our interview by directing questions at me.
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