E236. Jena Friedman Knows You Will Hate This

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Jena Friedman, comic and author of new book Not Funny: Essays On Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera , has a frank conversation with Bridget about motherhood, parenting, and losing her mom while she was pregnant with her son. They cover the perils of turning to the internet for advice on sleep training, what gets you through grief and a staggering loss, the writer's strike, the middle class struggle, feeling disconnected, and what happened when comedians started to turn on each other. They also discuss trans activism, abortion rights, gun violence, media bias, and the process of writing a book - among other things. Sponsor Links: Allegiance Gold: https://bit.ly/trustbridget-wiw The Jordan Harbinger Show: https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP Your Welcome: https://bit.ly/WiW-YourWelcome

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0:00.0	This week we welcome comedian filmmaker and author Jenna Friedman.
0:05.0	I thought that the story is about my experience, my personal experiences.
0:09.0	If I could have like universal themes attached to them that maybe it would like resonate.
0:13.0	And I also, I don't want to be like a political pundit.
0:16.0	I don't know if I'm going to shit from some of the things I say on this podcast by your supporters.
0:20.0	I hope they're still listening.
0:21.0	I talk about cancel culture because it was like hard at the time to write a book about commenting culture without talking about that kind of weird elephant in the room.
0:27.0	But yeah, I mean, I, I hope that somebody who doesn't align with me politically will still appreciate what I'm saying in the book because it just really is my own experiences.
0:36.0	It's not.
0:37.0	I don't have like a larger agenda.
0:39.0	This is Watkins.
0:40.0	Welcome with Bridget Pettasy.
0:41.0	I'm Bridget Pettasy.
0:42.0	And you are welcome.
0:44.0	We know the drill.
0:51.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
1:03.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
1:05.0	If you like our work and want to support us, the best way to do that is join Fettasy.com.
1:11.0	You'll get access to behind the scenes content, outtakes, discounts on merch and the ability to submit questions for some of our upcoming guests.
1:20.0	Support your favorite scrappy little internet heroes at Fettasy.com.
1:26.0	I'm with Jenna Friedman.
1:27.0	Everybody welcome to Watkins.
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