Sarah Hepola

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Born (1974-08-26) August 26, 1974 (age 50)
Swarthmore , PA
OccupationJournalist, author, podcaster, professor
LanguageEnglish
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin
GenreJournalism
Website
sarahhepola.com

Sarah Hepola (born August 26, 1974)[citation needed] is an American writer based in Dallas. She is the author of the bestselling memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, which was published in 2015. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Atlantic, Salon, and Elle magazine. She is the host/creator of the Texas Monthly podcast on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, “America’s Girls”.[1] The 8-episode podcast launched in December 2021 with the magazine Texas Monthly, earning critical acclaim.[2] She is also the co-conspirator of the weekly cultural podcast “Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em.”[3]

Education

Hepola received her BA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997.[citation needed]

Career

She is the author of the bestselling memoir Blackout, which chronicles her years of alcoholism and recovery.[4]

She is notable for her journalism on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (sometimes initialized as DCC, and officially nicknamed "America's Sweethearts").[5] [6] Hepola is a story consultant on the Netflix show America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and is featured herself in the series.[7]

References

  1. "America's Girls Podcast". Texas Monthly. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  2. Goodgame, Dan (September 2022). "From the Editor: "Sparkle Plenty," Chronicler of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders". Texas Monthly. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. Goodgame, Dan (September 2022). "Sarah Hepola". Salon. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. Felsenthal, Julia (June 23, 2015). "A New Memoir Explores a Taboo Subject: Blackout Drinking". Vogue. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  5. Skinner, Paige (January 14, 2022). "Q&A: Sarah Hepola On Why the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Deserve to be Understood". D Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. Specter, Emma (January 28, 2022). "This New Podcast Expertly Complicates America's Cheerleading Obsession". Vogue. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. Vognar, Chris (June 20, 2024). "Netflix documentary series shows grueling life of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders". Chron. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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