Try Hard

Try Hard

It’s so hard to try something new. Maybe you dream of playing guitar, or speaking fluent Spanish. Maybe you want to learn to tap dance or do magic tricks or yodel.

But what if you had a little help?

On Try Hard, Alex Sujong Laughlin helps one ordinary person do the thing they never thought they could do. The process is embarrassing and uncomfortable, but hopefully always worth it. Join us. Be a try hard. We double dog dare you.

Created by Alex Sujong Laughlin and Defector Media.

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    meet the team

    Alex Sujong Laughlin - Alex Sujong Laughlin is a co-owner of Defector Media. She is the co-creator of the podcast Normal Gossip. Her writing has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, New York Times, Catapult, Study Hall, Literary Hub, and more. She has created podcasts for The Washington Post, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, NBC, and Spotify, and she has taught journalism at NYU and CUNY.

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