A Documentarian Who Loves Sweets and Strong Heroines

Blind Date With a Book

Today, we're setting up Celia Aniskovich, New York City-based director and producer, well known for her co-production of How to Fix a Drug Scandal and her production of Surviving Jefferey Epstein. In 2021, she released a six-part podcast series for Wondery called the Spy Affair about Maria Butina and is working on a feature length film about disability rights. She recently read and loved How to Stop Time by Matt Haig and A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest Gaines. She considers herself a romantic, and her dream Saturday is a loungey morning with pastries and a long walk. If tattoos only lasted one year, she’d get the line “Do it for the Fat Lady” from her favorite book, Franny and Zooey, though she says she doesn’t love classics. She thinks everyone should watch One Tree Hill and she is a snob about snobby people.

The Guest: Celia Aniskovitch

The Picks

Plain Bad Heroines by emily m danforth

End of the World House by Adrienne Celt

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Go Home, Ricky by Gene Kwak

Where to find us:

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