Comedian Iliza Shlesinger on 'Girl Logic'

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🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Iliza Shlesinger's (@iliza) new book, "Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity," is her take on how women think. She and Sam talk about the book, her dog, Blanche; the party goblin in us all, growing up in Texas, getting her start in comedy, and publishing her book with what was formerly Weinstein Press. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

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0:00.0	Where can we debate today's big issues without getting attacked for speaking our minds?
0:05.3	One A provides a safe, smart place for tough conversations every weekday, and the Friday
0:10.4	news roundup breaks down the week's top stories.
0:13.3	I'm Joshua Johnson, check out the 1A podcast on the NPR1 app or wherever you listen to
0:18.5	podcasts.
0:19.5	Hey y'all, Sam Zanders here.
0:28.8	It's been a minute.
0:29.8	This Tuesday, which means it's time for our deep dive of the week.
0:32.8	And today I'm talking to Eliza Sushinger.
0:35.3	She's one of my favorite comedians at the moment, and we talked about her new book.
0:39.3	It's called Girl Logic, the Genius in the Obserty.
0:43.4	It's Eliza's take on why women do what they do, and how she finds humor in that.
0:48.6	It's the same stuff that she tackles a lot in her comedy.
0:51.0	So a bit about Eliza, she was the first woman to win NBC's last comic standing.
0:55.7	That was back in 2008.
0:57.6	And since then, she has put out three big comedy specials.
1:01.6	There was one in 2013, one in 2015, and one last year in 2016.
1:06.5	They're all on Netflix.
1:08.1	Also Eliza is currently on tour with new material, so she works the art.
1:13.0	Thankfully, we found some time to talk.
1:14.7	In person, we met up last week at NPR Studios in New York, and Eliza brought her dog, Blanche,
1:21.7	the second cutest dog in the world, second to my own.
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