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Sarah Hepola
Born (1974-08-26) August 26, 1974 (age 50)
Swarthmore , PA
OccupationJournalist, author, podcaster, professor[citation needed]
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

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

Career

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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

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  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 June 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Specter, Emma (January 28, 2022). "This New Podcast Expertly Complicates America's Cheerleading Obsession". Vogue. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Vognar, Chris (June 20, 2024). "Netflix documentary series shows grueling life of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders". Chron. Retrieved June 25, 2024.