Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr and this is Life Lessons, a podcast spotlighting women who

have incredible careers within a single field or industry.

We talk about everything from how they got their start to the best things they've learned

along the way.

Today, I am so thrilled to have some time with a woman everyone is obsessed with because

she's one of the most brilliant humans in the entertainment industry.

Showrunner, producer, writer, director, Jenny Conner.

Jenny is truly a force of nature and has worked on and created incredible shows over the

years, starting with Undeclared, where she was a writer and story editor and then on

to the cultural juggernaut that is Girls, which she executive produced, wrote, directed,

and of course, was the showrunner for as well.

She's also just a delightful person, very much girl crush material for everyone who knows

her or even has just watched her work from afar.

But I'll let you decide that for yourself.

Now, on Life Lessons, it's Jenny Conner.

Jenny, we like to start at the beginning on this podcast.

So what did you study in school and what did you think you were going to be when you grew

up?

Well, I studied, I mean, I went to Sarah Lawrence, so there were no majors.

No majors.

I actually think that's kind of brilliant.

Yeah, totally.

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