Sometimes with writing, you have time to do it and you just can’t. I’m in that stage in my life where I want to work, but if I get really burned out, I will take some time. And then I work on my book on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. But who’s counting? I write my Vanity Fair newsletter Monday and Tuesday. I do the podcast on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. There are many days, like this morning, where I walk them both. It’s also a sibling-rivalry thing, because if you walk one, you can’t walk the other. The kids are old enough to walk to school on their own, but they like me to walk them. We have three dogs and one is extremely elderly and has all sorts of problems and diabetes and is wearing a diaper, so there’s almost always terrible dog drama in the morning. Sometimes I get Shredded Wheat, sometimes Lucky Charms, sometimes Raisin Bran. I drink coffee, and the children and I make ourselves cereal. At 6:30 in the morning, I’m barely conscious. I whip up a gourmet breakfast every day for everyone … I’m just kidding. Then I wake everybody up and there’s a lot of pre-going-to-school activity that takes a very long time and a lot of psychic energy. I have all these kids, so I get up at 6 or 6:30 and make a pot of coffee. Jong-Fast lives in Manhattan with three kids, three dogs, and her husband and is reportedly a fabulous party hostess. She’s also been proudly sober since she was 19. ![]() Guests so far have included Kamala Harris, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Bernie Sanders. As a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, she writes a weekly newsletter, Jong-Faster Politics (“I think being able to write about our crazy politics you don’t feel as powerless,” she says, “because you are actually able to make sense of it.”) She also hosts a podcast called Fast Politics, distributed through iHeartMedia, where she puts out three episodes per week with three guests across the political spectrum appearing each episode. She’s written a couple of novels and a book of essays and is working on a new book. Her mother wrote about her often while she was growing up, so she’s familiar with being in the public eye, but she’s “found her purpose” (as media critic Margaret Sullivan put it in a recent New York Times profile ) as a political pundit. ![]() Molly Jong-Fast, the daughter of novelist Erica Jong, has made a name for herself as a relatable political commentator, podcaster, writer, and prolific tweeter. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photo: Philip Vukelich/Redux
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