182 Darkness and Light (with Jessica Harper)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Arts, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Harper has had the kind of life it would take ten memoirs to capture. Born in 1949, she went from a childhood in Illinois to a career as a Broadway singer, a Hollywood actor and movie star, a songwriter, an author of children’s books, an author of cookbooks, and now a podcaster. Along the way, she’s worked with everyone from Woody Allen to Steve Martin to Bette Midler to Garry Shandling to Peter O'Toole to Max von Sydow to Brian di Palma to - well, it’s a who’s who of everyone Jacke admired when growing up in the 70s and 80s. She joins Jacke for a conversation about her new project, WINNETKA, a podcast-memoir in which she explores her childhood in the 50s and 60s - and the secrets that cast long shadows across even the brightest of families. Learn more about Jessica Harper and WINNETKA at winnetkapodcast.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello. A Hollywood movie star digs into her past and on covers a dark secret.
0:15.0	And a successful artist turns from her career as an actor, a singer, a songwriter, and an author
0:21.0	to a new creative form that combines all her talents.
0:24.3	We'll have both of those stories, which is actually the same story,
0:28.4	today on the history of literature. Jessica Harper is here. And today is a special edition of the History of Literature.
0:52.7	Jessica Harper is here.
0:55.0	Jessica Harper.
0:55.9	You know, one of the wonderful things about doing this podcast
0:59.0	is that I've been approached by a lot of different people
1:02.1	with ideas for guests, or
1:03.9	sometimes from the guests or potential guests themselves, writers, professors,
1:08.5	historians, other creative types, they reach out and ask if they or their clients or their friends can come on the show.
1:15.0	If I'd be interested in a conversation, and unfortunately, I have to turn many of these people down.
1:22.0	Maybe I've already done that subject. Maybe I'm not a
1:24.8	fan of their particular work. I have my listeners to consider in literature itself, if that's not
1:32.3	too grand for me to say it's the history of
1:34.4	literature after all not everything fits contemporary authors sometimes nothing
1:38.8	against them of course but sometimes they aren't exactly right for the show or at least I can't see how I as the host can make it work
1:47.6	and I only have one slot a week 50 shows a year or so if I take a vacation can I take two weeks of vacation I can't do
1:57.0	everything so some of these guests are difficult for me to figure out how to fit
2:01.4	into the confines of the show and I'll confess that this is one that I had
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