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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Carol Leifer

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Writer’s Guild Award winner and Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, and producer for television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, The Oscars, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more; Carol Leifer joins to talk about her new book, her writing, and her four-decade career in comedy.

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0:00.0

You know, there's the saying, don't take no for an answer.

0:04.5

My theory, my motto, is always take no for an answer, because you're going to get a lot of rejection.

0:12.8

There is so much rejection along the way.

0:18.6

From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.

0:25.8

On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do,

0:30.7

how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.

0:34.9

On this episode, Carol Leifer talks about her long career in comedy and about getting work.

0:40.8

I'm not thrown off by rejection.

0:43.0

I know that it's part of the process.

0:48.8

What's happening people?

0:50.4

We're Marvin and Taser from our podcast, Free Shots of Tequila,

0:54.0

and we're currently sponsored

0:55.0

by Sinners, the next unmissable cinematic experience from Ryan Couglar, the director of Black Panther

1:00.2

and Creed. Sinners is nothing like you've seen before. Ryan is bringing us an original new story

1:05.0

with this movie and is not to be missed. There's even double Michael B. Jordan as he's playing

1:09.7

twins. That alone is enough to get me to the cinema.

1:12.8

Sinners tells a story of twin brothers who return to their hometown only to be greeted by a supernatural evil.

1:18.9

And that's not it.

1:19.7

Sinus also has an amazing cast starring Haley Steinfeld and Brits, Wumi Musaku and Jack O'Connell.

1:26.5

So don't miss Sinners. In Cinema, April 18th. Book your tickets now.

1:31.0

May your mornings always be bright. Your breakfast's worth waking up for. And early starts

1:36.4

always be smooth with curry gold butter. May your pancakes always be fluffy and flavourful.

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