Well, hello there. It's me, Julia Louis Dreyfus. I'm so happy to be back with Season 3 of Wiser Than Me.

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Lemonada

Hi there. Lemonada.

Hi there, Wiser than me, listeners and dear friends.

I just quickly wanted to let you know that this episode of our show was actually recorded before the big and consequential election that we just had. And I got to say, I am truly glad that this is the episode that we're sharing today

because our guest is a living reminder of the resilience it takes,

win or lose, to keep on, keep on organizing and fighting for the things that you believe in.

I mean, she is really wisdom and action.

It is so fortuitous that this is the episode that comes out this week. So anyway, I hope you enjoy the conversation and thanks so much for listening.

When I was very young, I remember going to the grocery store with my mom and grabbing some grapes, because I mean, who doesn't love grapes?

And my mom told me, Julia, Julia, no, no, we can't buy those.

And she explained that we were supporting the United Farm Workers and I had to put the grapes back.

So I did.

And in fact, putting those grapes back might have been the first activist thing I ever actually did.

Now, a few years later, I like to think of myself as an activist because I think that's a great thing. It's an honorable thing to be.

When I was pregnant with our eldest son, I was thrilled to march in Washington, D.C., in support

of reproductive justice for women. That march and rally drew several hundred thousand people

to D.C. because we were all afraid the High Court, with its then new conservative majority,

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