It's funny, but it's also kind of dark and sad.

But it's also really, really funny, but it's also really, really dark and sad.

But you know what?

That's exactly what makes it work.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A.

My agenda is simple.

Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the creative process of

storytelling. And folks, I'm very pleased to have with me today, our guest, Kim Rosenstock,

she is the co-creator and co-showrunner and writer of Dying for Sex on the FX channel and also

Hulu, which is also now inside the Disney Plus app. So there's a lot of ways for you to watch it.

And one of the things that we are celebrating today,

aside from the accomplishment of the series,

is that it received nine primetime Emmy nominations,

including Outstanding Limited Series

and Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series for the pilot,

which is called Good Value Diet Soda, which you could actually

read in its entirety as a screenplay on our website. All you got to do is type in backstory.net

forward slash dying dash 4-sex, and you will find the page. But you know, this is a really

interesting project because it started as a true

story, a podcast, and it's been adapted for television, and it is really funny and really sad and

really kind of dark. And that is what makes it work. And that is why it received nine Emmy

nominations. So if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend you do. And the good news about today's

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