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Untraditionally Lala

Give Them LaLa presents The Just Enough Family

Untraditionally Lala

iHeartPodcasts

Kids & Family, Tv & Film, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

3.4 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Listen to a clip of The Just Enough Family, the story of the rise and fall of the Steinbergs—who were once one of the richest families in America—through the eyes of its most charismatic member, the fashion designer Liz Lange. Liz is the niece of the infamous corporate raider Saul Steinberg, who amassed a fortune before he was thirty, and brought his entire tight-knit Jewish family along for the ride.  Profound intimacy, over-the-top parties, staggering success, unexpected loss and shocking betrayals are woven together into a high-profile family-therapy session. The conversations the Steinbergs have with Ariel are startlingly frank and revealing, and will leave you dying to find out what happens next.

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0:00.0

Hey, my loves, I just want to tell you about a new podcast called The Just Enough Family.

0:05.2

It's the story about the rise and fall of the Steinbergs, who were once one of the richest

0:09.2

families in America. And this story is told through the eyes of the family's most charismatic

0:13.6

member, the fashion designer Liz Lang. Liz is the niece of the infamous corporate raider

0:19.3

Saul Steinberg, who amassed a fortune before he was 30 years old, and he brought his entire tight-knit Jewish family along for the ride.

0:27.4

But the family fractures and loses everything after Saul suffers a stroke, and his little brother Robert takes control of the family business.

0:34.9

Robert presides over the largest insurance company collapse in American

0:38.3

history. The Just Enough family is hosted by New Yorker staff writer and best-selling author

0:43.5

Ariel Levy, who had unprecedented access to the Steinbergs because of her very close friendship

0:48.8

with Liz. Profound intimacy, over-the-top parties, staggering success, unexpected loss, and shocking

0:55.3

betrayals are woven together into a high-profile family therapy session.

1:00.2

The conversations the Steinbergs have with Ariel are startling, frank, and revealing, and

1:04.6

will leave you dying to find out what happens next.

1:07.5

Here's a clip from The Just Enough family.

1:09.8

We're going to hear Liz and her little sister,

1:11.5

Jane, talk about how differently they experience their childhoods, and we're going to hear

1:15.7

their parents talk about how differently they thought of their daughters. Did she treat

1:19.4

you and Liz differently? I don't feel like much was, like, demanded of me. Everything

1:25.2

was demanded of Liz. Everything. You got an A minus, why isn't it an A? You know, and I feel like for me it was like,

1:31.3

you got a C in French. Well, that's not your thing. You don't want to go to Hebrew school? Don't go to Hebrew school.

1:38.3

You know, Liz, it was like, you are going to Hebrew school.

1:41.3

Well, Liz was very smart.

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