Ilana Glazer: ‘Broad City,’ ‘Babes,’ and ‘Human Magic’

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Ilana Glazer knows that she will forever be known as the “freewheeling stoner” Ilana Wexler from her beloved Comedy Central series ‘Broad City.’ But over the past few years she has fully embraced the role of mother—in her life, in her indie film ‘Babes’ and now on the stand-up stage in her upcoming Hulu special ‘Human Magic.’ In this episode, Glazer opens up about channeling the joy and anxiety of parenthood into comedy and the pressure not to disappoint the ‘Broad City’ superfans who want her to be her iconic character in real life. She also shares details about the episode of that show that she and Abbi Jacobson planned to shoot in Israel and why she’s “very glad” that decided not to go through with it at the last minute. And Glazer discusses the decision to walk away from ‘Broad City,’ her thoughts on a possible reboot down the line, and why, after so much time spent trying to mobilize young voters, she ultimately wasn’t “surprised” by the 2024 election results.

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today I am thrilled to welcome as my guest on this podcast, the one and only, Alana Glazer.
0:15.2	Alana is definitely most famous for co-creating one of my personal favorite comedies, Broad City, with Abby Jacobson,
0:22.9	who was on this show back in 2021. But since that show ended five years ago, she has put a lot of her
0:28.4	focus in stand-up comedy, putting out two hour-long specials, first 2020s The Planet is Burning,
0:35.1	and now Human Magic, which starts streaming on Hulu later this month.
0:39.8	Like much of Alana's work over these past few years, human magic centers on motherhood.
0:45.3	And as we discuss in this conversation, it's really a huge leap forward for her as a stand-up comedian.
0:50.7	We also talk about her excellent film from this past year, Babes, the long legacy
0:55.8	of Broad City, and how she's feeling after so many young people voted for Donald Trump. Before
1:01.5	we get into our conversation, let's listen to one of Alana Glazer's many iconic Broad City scenes,
1:07.2	this one where her character decides to hire three interns to do her job for her.
1:12.6	My interns gather.
1:14.6	Okay, kids, when I started this day, I had one goal, and that was to get a deal.
1:23.6	But then I learned what commission is, and now my goal is money, money, money, bitch.
1:30.5	Now, I'm going to take lunch, but I need you guys to keep it on, on, on, on.
1:35.9	Please don't leave the building so that you work. And also, I won't be able to sign you back in because I won't be here.
1:41.4	Okay, your flies down, yeah.
1:47.2	What a cool boss.
1:48.6	Four and three and two and one, one.
1:56.8	Alana Glazer, welcome to the last laugh.
1:59.1	I'm so happy to have you here.
2:00.7	It's very exciting to be talking with you today.
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