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Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Lena Dunham’s Memoir Famesick (with Sierra Teller Ornelas and Brian Bahe)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea welcomes back Sierra Teller Ornelas to guest-host this dive into writer and actor Lena Dunham’s “Famesick: A Memoir.” Sierra and comedian Brian Bahe unpack Lena’s journey with fame and chronic illness, from her film debut with “Tiny Furniture” to her meteoric rise on HBO’s “Girls.” They chat about Adam Driver, Lena’s relationship with Jack Antonoff, and the wildest run-in with Bruce Springsteen. A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics, including medical abuse and substance use. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. 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  Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at ritual.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 The Lorde and Jack Antonoff PowerPoint Where to find our guests: Sierra Teller Ornelas Instagram Brian Bahe Instagram Website *** 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

Welcome to Glamorous Trash.

0:07.0

This is a podcast that recaps female celebrity memoirs and other glamorous trash to elevate your life.

0:14.0

I am your usual host, Chelsea Devonches.

0:16.0

You know me, but y'all, today, today, today, today. Okay, so we have put together a schedule this month that did not

0:25.2

include lina dunham's memoir famesick and i was flooded with messages and dmns and patreon chats

0:33.8

requesting famesick by lena dunham and here's the truth I am y'all I am struggling to keep up

0:43.1

with the pace of this podcast sometimes because you know it's not my full-time job and so when my

0:50.0

other work in TV and film there's a lot going. I can't fit in an extra unplanned book

0:56.6

way back when, when this podcast first went independent, I actually only did two episodes a month,

1:04.0

two book episodes a month, because I was headwriting John Stewart's show at the time, and I just

1:08.8

couldn't. And the podcast, you know,

1:16.0

the Patreon members have always been there. We held strong for a year. And then after that,

1:21.4

we bumped back up. And now we put out five to six episodes a month. And we always have a bonus episode and bonus zooms and book clubs for people on the Patreon. And so when I looked at putting an extra episode on,

1:29.5

I said, I can't, I can't, but I don't want to let y'all down. And so here's what I have decided

1:34.4

to do. I am bringing on a guest host. I thought to myself, who would I want to hear a recap

1:40.4

of this book from? And in my phone was my dear friend, Sierra, chatting away about this

1:47.7

book already. And I said, I have a mission for you. And you know Sierra because she's been on this

1:52.9

podcast a ton. We talked about some Maga viral articles together. Oh, one of my favorite

1:59.1

episode, Maria Bamford's memoir was starring Sierra.

2:02.4

And so she's on this podcast a lot. We debate about everything. We're almost always sending

2:09.0

voice notes back and forth, heatedly arguing with each other in something that is a deep love

2:15.0

language of mine. Like other people hear me and Sierra talking and they're like, are you guys okay?

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