Welcome to our Edgar Allan Poe special! Today's guest Catherine Baab-Muguira, is a writer and journalist who’s contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Slate, CNBC, NBC News, The Cut, Shondaland and many others. Catherine is also a frequent podcast and radio guest with appearances on NPR, Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic podcast, Lifehacker’s Upgrade, Janet Varney’s AV Club, and countless comedy podcasts. She also happens to be a close friend of Liz's and lives right here in RVA.

Her first book, Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru, was published by Hachette in 2021. In 2022, it became a finalist for the Library of Virginia’s People’s Choice Award, and it won the International Poe Festival’s Saturday “Visiter” Award.

During this episode you'll get to know all about Cat and how a strong bout of dep ...