Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson

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🗓️ 20 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Humorist/writer Shalom Auslander's new memoir is a satirical look at all the ways a sense of "feh," which is Yiddish for "yuck," has made its way into his psyche and every aspect of his life. Auslander has written extensively over the years about growing up in a dysfunctional ultra-Orthodox Jewish family. His new memoir, aptly titled Feh, is about a journey to write a different story for himself.

We'll also hear from Julianne Nicholson. Proud to call herself a character actor, she's appeared in dozens of films and TV series, from Ally McBeal and Boardwalk Empire to August: Osage County and Mare of Easttown, where she earned an Emmy. Nicholson is starring in the new film Janet Planet.

And, Ken Tucker takes us back 50 years to Stevie Wonder's album Fulfillingness' First Finale, which he says is an underrated treasure.

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0:29.0	Today, writer Shalom Auslander.
0:32.0	His new memoir is a satirical look at all the ways a sense of feh, which is Yiddish for Yuck, has made its way into his
0:38.5	psyche and every aspect of his life. Oslander has written extensively over the years about growing up in a dysfunctional
0:45.8	ultra-Orthodox Jewish family.
0:48.0	We'll also hear from Julian Nicholson, proud to call herself a character actor, she's appeared in dozens of films and TV series,
0:56.0	from Ali Macbill to Boardwalk Empire to August Osage County and Mayor of Easttown.
1:02.0	Nicholson is starring in the new film Janet Planet.
1:06.0	And Ken Tucker takes us back 50 years
1:08.0	to Stevie Wonder's album,
1:10.0	Fulfillingness's first finale,
1:12.0	which he says is an underrated treasure.
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