Back in December I got on an airplane, something I try hard not to do these days, and flew to New York. The flights, both going and returning, were delayed of course.

What would prompt such rash behavior? This guy:

An invitation from Steven Bartlett to be on his podcast Diary of a CEO, and a bit of gentle persuasion from my publisher, Madeline. A Christmas Party invitation might have been involved.

Diary of a CEO is currently the #2 podcast in the world, and it is not hard to see why. Steven’s team is very detail oriented and professional, his guests (with perhaps this one lapse) are some of the most interesting people in the world, and his interview style is relaxed and engaging.

So much so that, ​ where Hasan Minhaj beats me with sticks , Steven lulled me into revealing two very personal stories I had never shared anywhere before. Even as I was telling them I was thinking, “Wait. What am I doing here?!”

He also made an announcement he probably should have run past his girlfriend first.…