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Learn more*Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-appointed experts on chit-chat, Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair.
Prepare to be schooled in the art of conversation by dynamic duo Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair. Dismissing the notion that small talk is a painful social obligation, these self-proclaimed small talk maestros share their gift of gab in this laugh-out-loud and instructive audiobook. With their help you might find yourself excitedly asking your barista about the weather…and maybe you’ll get a free coffee. Who knows!
In The Art of Small Talk, Casey and Jessica share six simple rules for how to engage in small talk and achieve the connectedness we all crave with any and everyone. Backed by scientific research (conducted by real experts), they’ll teach you how to move past the perceived misery of idle chit-chat and start making magic out of the mundane.
The audiobook features smart humor, genuine advice, and conversations with both the famous and the intellectual. Hear from folks like Amy Poehler, Colin Quinn, Tony Hale, Malcolm Gladwell, June Diane Raphael, and a range of experts with their takes on not only the how but also the why. Filled with entertaining tips to take you from Hostile Beginner to Confident Expert, compelling insights on the significance of chatting up strangers, plus transformational tape of a real, live, Small Talk trainee in action, The Art of Small Talk breathes new life into a lost art and explores its profound impact on our human experience.
After listening to the undisputed Patron Saints of Small Talk, you will have all the tools and gumption at your disposal to take your headphones off on the tarmac and ask your mate in 20C: Have you listened to the Art of Small Talk by Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair? It will change your life.
CASEY WILSON is an actress, writer, author, director, and podcaster. Her first book, The Wreckage of my Presence, was a New York Times bestseller and is currently being adapted for TV.Some of Casey’s more recent television credits include THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR alongside Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd and THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES. Additionally, she starred in Showtime’s BLACK MONDAY and co starred in HBO’s MRS. FLETCHER, opposite Kathryn Hahn. She was a featured player on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE for two seasons and a series regular on the sitcoms MARRY ME and the critically acclaimed, HAPPY ENDINGS. Film credits include GONE GIRL, THE DISASTER ARTIST, ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE and JULIE AND JULIA.Together with Danielle Schneider, Casey co-hosts the cult-favorite podcast, BITCH SESH, which was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award in 2019. Her directorial debut, DADDIO, which Casey also co-wrote and starred in, premiered at TIFF and South by Southwest in 2019.Alongside her longtime collaborator, June Diane Raphael, she co-wrote and co-starred in the film BRIDEWARS as well as ASS BACKWARDS, which premiered at Sundance.
Actress and writer JESSICA ST. CLAIR initially gained notoriety by performing at the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles.She went on to co-create and co-star (with her writing partner, Lennon Parham) in BEST FRIENDS FOREVER on NBC in 2012 and the critically-acclaimed PLAYING HOUSE, in 2014, which ran for three seasons on USA Network. She starred in not one—but two—space comedies: SPACE FORCE, opposite Steve Carrell, for Netflix and AVENUE 5, opposite Hugh Laurie, for HBO.Other television credits include recurring appearances on HBO’s award-winning comedy VEEP and guest starring appearances on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE GOLDBERGS, HOW I MET YOUR FATHER, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, WEEDS and BOB'S BURGER'S.