The Fig

Dot Dannenberg
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  1. The Fig | Shenanigans

    2D AGO

    The Fig | Shenanigans

    SHENANIGANS! How to DoorDash in Kyrgyzstan, what Nora’s looking forward to about India (pools), and thoughts on leaving government work for freelancing.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    12 min
  2. The Fig | More or Less

    JAN 12

    The Fig | More or Less

    First newsletter of the year—let’s kick off with WHERE WE ARE MOVING THIS SUMMER! And also my 2026 word for the year, because I know you’re dying to know.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    12 min
  3. The Fig | As Much Happiness as You Expected

    11/20/2025

    The Fig | As Much Happiness as You Expected

    Come with me to Korea, land of tigers and magpies, Instagram temples, and so many demands for ice cream! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min
  4. The Fig | An Overabundance

    09/10/2025

    The Fig | An Overabundance

    Thoughts on a summer overabundant with good things—new friends and reunions with old; taking Nora to Oxford for the first time; and hating on cruise ship shore excursions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    17 min
  5. The Fig | Welcome to New Yurt

    07/09/2025

    The Fig | Welcome to New Yurt

    A short check-in this week. I managed to survive throwing a community 4th of July party AND leading a yurt camping trip in the same weekend. And now we’re in the delicious in-between before heading off on vacation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min
  6. The Fig | Man vs. Robot

    05/14/2025

    The Fig | Man vs. Robot

    A short update today. Things have been busy and uncertain, but spring has arrived in Bishkek, and with it I'm thinking about all the usual narrative conflicts. Man vs. nature. Man vs. man. Man vs. self. And man vs...robot? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    11 min
  7. The Fig | Who Gets to Be An Artist?

    04/16/2025

    The Fig | Who Gets to Be An Artist?

    No news is good news (maybe?) in the world of federal employee layoffs. So in the spirit of inventing my own good news, I’m launching a felted tapestry collection! And questioning my millennial hobby tendency. And celebrating my inheritance as a third generation artist. All the things! With ribbons and branding on top! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min
  8. The Fig | To the Sea

    03/31/2025

    The Fig | To the Sea

    Our colleagues at USAID have been laid off, and the rest of us at the Embassy are living in the in-between, waiting to see what will happen to us. But before all of this, we booked a vacation--might as well take it. Join us on a cruise of the Mediterranean--me, Jake, Nora, and the Dudebros of Italy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicfigment.substack.com/subscribe

    20 min
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Public Figment, the newsletter, but for your ears. publicfigment.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Dot Dannenberg
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dorothy Dannenberg
  • Show Website
    The Fig