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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Listen Again: Julia Gets Wise with Julie Andrews

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.710.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

"Mary Poppins" was released in August 1964. To mark the occasion, we're listening back to Julia's conversation with Academy Award-winning icon Julie Andrews. Acclaimed for her enduring roles in both “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music,” among many others, Julie brings a depth of wisdom from a lifetime in the spotlight. The pair discuss the restorative feeling of being in nature, their favorite curse words, and Julie’s 60-year friendship with Carol Burnett. Plus, Julia and her mom, Judy, talk about a life-changing health scare in Judy’s past and how it helped her find her creative voice.    Follow Wiser Than Me on Instagram and TikTok @wiserthanme and on Facebook at facebook.com/wiserthanmepodcast. Keep up with Julie Andrews on Instagram @julieandrews. 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 shows and get bonus content. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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

Well, hi there. It's me, Julia Louis Dreyfus. We're back for season three of Wiser Than Me. We've got so much more wisdom to share from the magnificent old ladies featured this season. To celebrate the start of season three, we've added some groovy new items to our Wiser than Me merchandise collection. Head over to our merch shop to check out all of our great stuff, like a classic

0:21.9

Wiser Than Me Bagu tote bag, a kitchen tea towel with my Grandma Deity's delicious peanut butter cookie

0:28.8

recipe featured on it. And a brand new, gorgeous, hardcover Wiser Than Me notebook to capture

0:35.5

all of this season's bits of wisdom. Start shopping today by visiting Wiser Than Me Notebook to capture all of this season's bits of wisdom. Start shopping today by

0:39.6

visiting wiser than me shop.com. Lemenada. I am a hiker. I'm somebody who likes to get out on a

0:53.2

trail in the hills and the mountains or along the beach, just out in nature.

0:57.8

It's an activity that brings me an enormous amount of solace, of joy, peace of mind. Hiking can really change my mindset.

1:06.9

In fact, as I'm saying this, I realize I've really got to get out there right now and move, which I'm going to do right after we record.

1:13.4

There is something about walking and looking at the natural world and feeling and smelling the world around me.

1:20.4

Smells are important to me, too.

1:22.4

My memories are really full of smells, for real.

1:26.1

Where I live in California, we have seasons, believe it or not.

1:29.6

They're subtle, but we do have seasons that change, and the smells in the air from the trees

1:34.1

and all the shrubbery, the chaparral, it changes from season to season for month to month.

1:39.4

And I love that. The pittosporum, the Cianothus, the jasmine that blooms at night. I mean, one night,

1:46.7

you can't smell it at all, and then the next night it's almost dizzingly sweet. The orange blossoms,

1:53.8

which just are California to me, the eucalyptus and the boxwood. Oh, well, I can't smell boxwood without thinking of my dad, my dear dad.

2:03.6

These smells, you know, they wax and wane from month to month from year to year, but they're all so

2:09.2

wonderful. And I find that if I'm having a hard time, or if I'm anxious, or if I'm trying to figure

2:15.3

something out, to get out of my head and to free up my

2:18.7

brain, I really need to move in the outdoors. This, to a certain extent, has always been true

2:24.3

for me, but as I've gotten older, it's only become more and more true. My favorite thing to do

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