Heartbreak Led 'Broad City' Co-Star Abbi Jacobson On A Cross-Country Road Trip

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

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It's Tuesday. 'Broad City' co-star Abbi Jacobson's new book, 'I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff,' chronicles her cross-country road trip following a devastating breakup. Tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels or email [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:08.8	If you are listening to this show on Tuesday in the US, Happy Election Day.
0:15.2	If you're anything like me, you're probably tired of hearing about Election Day.
0:19.2	I am.
0:20.2	So today on this show, we have some counter programming for you.
0:23.3	I'm talking with Abby Jacobson.
0:25.8	Abby is a star and co-creator of the Comedy Central Show, Broad City.
0:30.4	And she has a new book out.
0:31.5	It's called I Might Regret This.
0:33.4	Essays, Drines, Vulnerabilities, and other stuff.
0:37.2	The idea behind this book is pretty simple and also very brave.
0:40.8	A while back, Abby had a bad breakup.
0:43.6	To get over it, she decided to take a three week road trip across the country, New York
0:48.0	to LA, and write all about it.
0:50.9	This book is part confessional essay, part diary, and totally relatable.
0:56.0	Who among us hasn't wanted to get the hell out of Dodge after getting dumped?
1:00.4	So Abby talks me through her book and her journey in this chat.
1:03.7	But also, we talk about Broad City.
1:06.5	Abby entered a co-star on the show, Alana Glazer.
1:09.2	They created the show originally as a web series.
1:12.0	The fifth and final season of the show is airing next year on Comedy Central.
1:16.5	If you haven't already seen Broad City, change that.
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