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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Gets Wise with Gloria Steinem

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.710.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia sits down with 90-year-old author and revolutionary Gloria Steinem. The two delve into Gloria's remarkable journey as a pioneering feminist and discuss joining the army of gray-haired women who will take over the world. Gloria also gives Julia THE most incredible advice for aging without shame. Plus, Julia’s mom, Judy, recounts her early ambitions in acting and her initial reservations about working outside the home.   Follow Wiser Than Me on Instagram and TikTok @wiserthanme and on Facebook at facebook.com/wiserthanmepodcast.   Keep up with Gloria Steinem @gloriasteinem on Instagram.    Find out more about other shows on our network at @lemonadamedia on all social platforms.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    For exclusive discount codes and more information about our sponsors, visit https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.  For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hey, we are officially back for season two of Weiser than Me, to celebrate your out of this world support for our show, I've got a fun announcement to share.

0:09.0

Wiser than Me has its very own merch. It's out now and it's fantastic. Our team has whipped up some

0:15.4

items we think you're going to love. We're kicking off the collection with a

0:18.8

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0:28.0

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0:33.0

Lemonade. Maybe thanks to wiser than me I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a woman

0:47.6

Which is what I am and am so happy to be I know that every individual's journey with womanhood is unique and I recognize

0:56.5

that my experience might not align with everybody else's who identifies as a woman. But I cherish the aspects of femininity that resonate with me.

1:06.3

I mean, I just love being feminine, being a feminine person.

1:10.7

I loved carrying and birthing children. I love physically being a woman, which is why it was

1:20.1

so hard to have breast cancer, or it's one of the many reasons it was hard to have breast cancer or it's one of the many reasons it was hard to

1:23.4

have breast cancer because it took part of that away from me. But anyway I think the

1:29.2

thing that I really love most about being a woman is the kind of emotional intelligence that comes with it.

1:36.2

I think it's a big part of what they call female intuition. There's a reason that it's not called

1:41.6

male intuition.

1:42.9

I believe in female intuition, and I believe I have it,

1:45.9

and so do my fabulous sisters, FYI.

1:50.2

At critical moments in my life,

1:52.4

I've had this intuition, this feeling of knowing something

1:55.4

without any conscious reasoning and knowing it with certainty, a kind of certainty that

2:01.7

surpasses intellectual reasoning or fact gathering or weighing of evidence.

2:07.0

And I trust that intuition because frankly it's never been wrong that I can think of and I can feel that with other women and

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