Julia Child’s Memoir My Life In France (with Tess Barker)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Chelsea welcomes back comedian and Pop Mystery Pod host Tess Barker to unpack the memoir of chef and television icon Julia Child. Bride-to-be cooking classes! Ina Garten similarities! A cooking-infused friendship breakup! Plus: her longtime child-free marriage to husband Paul Cushing Child, their brush with McCarthyism, and the publishing story that Chelsea will think about every day till the end of time. Contact us or send us your voice notes: hello@glamoroustrash.com Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Thank you to our sponsors: Quince - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Show Notes: Dringo! Card Groundhog Day episode of Pop Mystery Pod You've Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay 'Lavender Scare' Is Rarely Taught in Schools (Time Magazine) The United States Government's Anti-Gay Lavender Scare, Explained (Teen Vogue) Where to find our guest: Tess Barker Pop Mystery Pod Lady to Lady Podcast Toxic: The Britney Spears Story Instagram *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, Micah, what do you want now?
0:03.0	Roy! It's coming home, baby.
0:06.0	Can't you feel it?
0:07.0	The excitement, the group chats, the atmosphere.
0:11.0	Well...
0:12.0	Come on!
0:14.0	I've got a good feeling about this one, Roy.
0:17.0	The world's gone football!
0:24.6	Okay, Dan, a bit. Yes!
0:25.6	Getting on the action this summer with Skybet.
0:27.6	18 plus gambleaware.org
0:29.6	Welcome to Glamourous Trash.
0:35.6	This is a podcast that put club's viral articles, celebrity memoirs, and trashy discourse to elevate your life.
0:42.3	I'm your host, Chelsea Devontes.
0:43.8	I am a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
0:47.7	And today, we are book clubbing My Life in France.
0:51.3	The autobiography of renowned chef author and television icon Julia Child
0:57.2	published in 2006. Now you know Julia Child because she's Julia Child. She made the cookbook
1:04.0	mastering the art of French cooking. She is behind that. We'll hear all about it. And also,
1:09.2	she had a bunch of cooking shows on public
1:11.0	television, including the French chef, or perhaps you know her as the Julia parts of the film
1:17.8	Julie and Julia, where she was played by Merrill Streep. So we will get into that film a bit later.
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