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How to Ask an Author for a Favor
A shocking few nail it.
 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
How to Geek Out About the Billboard Charts ... Professionally
Chris Molanphy made a niche for himself to finally put decades of Billboard chart obsession to good use. The result was the engrossing podcast "Hit…
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Leslie Knope is Pawnee's biggest Swiftie
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong joins me once again to break down all things Taylor + Leslie
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'Parks and Rec' Portrayed a Bipartisan Utopia We'd Never See
If only we could have all been a little bit more like Leslie and Ron ... part 3 of my intellectual history of 'Parks and Recreation.'
 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Why 'Parks and Rec' Couldn't Have Happened Without Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin
Part 2 of my intellectual history of the show: Thanks, historic election of 2008!
 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
An Intellectual History of 'Parks and Rec,' Part 1
How David Foster Wallace and Max Weber—as well as Donald Trump, retroactively—inform Leslie Knope's Pawnee.
 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
A Sneak Peek at My 'Parks and Rec' Book
See the greatest book cover design to ever incorporate both waffles and a mini-horse, and pre-order now!
 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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Better living through pop culture. A newsletter from NYT bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
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