Jake Maia Arlow is a podcast producer, writer, and bagel connoisseur. They are the author of Almost Flying, which won the Stonewall Honor, How to Excavate a Heart, and, most recently, The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet. They studied evolutionary biology and creative writing (not as different as you might think) at Barnard College, and now live with their girlfriend and loud cat in the Pacific Northwest.