Kelly Stout

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

writer, editor, labor gal, formerly and always in heart @esquire @longreads, @jezebel, @newyorker

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Mike Birbiglia Took 'The Good Life' From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here's How

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Kelly Stout

I n his twenties, the comedian, director, and actor Mike Birbiglia learned to play the guitar because of its theatrical simplicity. “I always admired people who could walk into a bar and just… that’s the show,” he tells me. He liked the idea of not having to tech beforehand. No sound check. No cast. “I am the — this is the show. And I feel like this one’s the closest to that.
Mike Birbiglia Took 'The Good Life' From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here's How

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kelly Stout

Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worryingIf you’re a music maker then you can’t fail to have grasped the concept of compression and, more than likely, thanked your lucky stars that it was …
Mike Birbiglia Took ‘The Good Life’ From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here’s How

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kelly Stout

Mike Birbiglia backstage at the Beacon Theatre in March. He says he favors simplicity in his work: “Mike’s gonna tell a story.” - Credit: Photographs by COLE WILSONIn his twenties, the comedian, director, and actor Mike Birbiglia learned to play the guitar because of its theatrical simplicity. “I always admired people who could walk into a bar and just… that’s the show,” he tells me. He liked the idea of not having to tech beforehand. No sound check. No cast. “I am the — this is the show.
Chat, Are We Cooked?

1 month ago | cjr.org | Kelly Stout

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The first hundred days of Trump 2.0 brought forth more material than infinity reporters typing on infinity laptops for infinity years could possibly report.
My 2024 DIY Success Is Hacking the “Status” Bookshelf Dupe of My Dreams

Dec 31, 2024 | dwell.com | Kelly Stout

My understated storage solution didn’t break the bank—but it looks just as good as the beloved ’60s Vitsoe system I can't afford. For nearly 13 years, I was possessed by a fantasy so unrelenting that it almost amounted to a mission statement for my entire life.
My Uncool Plan to (Finally) Make Myself Cool

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Kelly Stout

How to Be CoolPhilip FriedmanI’ve never really been cool, and this fact has always bugged me. I’m not telling you this to sound charming or self-deprecating—it’s just the truth. One Monday in third grade, Maggie and Hilary, two kids with real, you know, status in our class, told everyone that they’d had a sleepover over the weekend. Not just that—they’d watched a Tom Cruise movie and had also learned the meaning of the word fiancé.
Donald Trump has been elected President. Again.

Nov 6, 2024 | esquire.com.au | Kelly Stout

TRUMP WON. He won the electoral college, he won the popular vote. He won Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. His party held onto the Senate and probably the House of Representatives. They can add all these to their collection right next to the control they already have of the conservative majority Supreme Court of the United States.
Felon Who Tried To Overthrow The Government Has Been Re-Elected To Run The Government

Nov 6, 2024 | esquire.com | Kelly Stout

Chip Somodevilla//Getty ImagesIf this is how you’re finding out, we’re sorry to be the ones to tell you: Trump won. He won the electoral college, he won the popular vote. He won Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. His party held onto the Senate and the House of Representatives. They can add all these to their collection right next to the control they already have of the conservative majority Supreme Court of the United States.
Join Charles P. Pierce For The Esquire Politics Zoom The Day After The Election

Oct 29, 2024 | esquire.com | Kelly Stout

Cecilie_Arcurs//Getty ImagesYou know that feeling when you don’t quite know what you’ve just witnessed and need to make sure that it, uh, really happened? Around here we’re predicting a great return of that feeling the day after the presidential election on November 5. That’s why all of us here at Esquire Politics are hosting a live Zoom on Wednesday, November 6 at 1pm for members only. Charles P.
Quiz Yourself: How Well Do You Remember The Trump Years?

Oct 23, 2024 | esquire.com | Kelly Stout

How well do you remember the Trump years? If you're anything like us, it's either: Not well; I was blackout the whole time or Spiritually speaking, they are still happening and will be until my dying breath. (No in between.) Yet, at the time of this writing, 46 percent of the country's voters, in their infinite wisdom, hope to send him back to the White House in 2025. Maybe you're among them and think back on his presidency with hearts in your eyes.