Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari Melbaer. And as you can tell, we are doing something special for you, our podcast listeners, because this is not, well, just the start of the TV show. This is a podcast extra with Fran Leibowitz. I want to tell you, as always, you can find me on social media at Ari Melburgh, or you can sign up for my free newsletter at ARIMelber.com. That's ari melbaer.com. Go there now and sign up if you want to hear from me directly. I'll email you. Now, what you're about to hear is my extended interview. This is not what aired on the beat. This is much deeper and longer. And I got to tell you, I enjoyed it listening and learning from Fran Leibowitz, the writer, the satirist,

the friend of Martin Scorsese, and boy, does she rip up Mitch McConnell, which she calls, both

shameful and shameless, and she does have a way with words. She also discusses her entire

thoughts about the insurrection and what that meant to her as someone who's followed American

life in politics for so long,

the way feminism has evolved, her views on the news media, she gets into why she actually values

journalists more now than before in her view. And she insists in our discussion, I'll let her

explain why she says she's not a pessimist, although her jokes and her style is known for that,

but just a realist.

So this is an extended discussion.

You're going to hear it all.

Unfiltered, Fran Lee Bowitts starting right now.

I'm Ari Melbourne, and welcome to the Summit series, where we have in-depth conversations with leaders at the summit of various fields.

My next guest is someone who's made a career out of looking at the world through a very

different lens, writer and social commentator Fran Lieberwitz.

She is also the subject of Martin Scorsese's seven-part documentary series pretended to City

on Netflix.

Take a look.

Why do you think so many young people are still coming to new york what's here

new york that's what's here i mean what's not here that's the way to look at it wherever

they're from is not here so they come here no one can afford to live in New York. Yet, eight million people do.

How do we do this? We don't know. We don't know.

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