Best Of: Writers Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Quiara Alegría Hudes

The podcast features interviews and reviews centered on literature and film. Rachel Eliza Griffiths discusses her memoir, *The Flower Bearers*, focusing on her wedding day marred by tragedy and the subsequent attack on her husband, Salman Rushdie. She also delves into her dissociative identity disorder and how she coped with the trauma, highlighting the complexities of love and caregiving in the face of life-altering events. Film critic Justin Chang reviews *Sound of Falling*, a German drama exploring the lives of four generations of women on a rural farm, noting its haunting atmosphere and examination of patriarchal oppression. Additionally, playwright Kiara Alegría Hudes discusses her novel, *The White Hot*, which explores themes of motherhood and personal agency.