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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Presenting: Julia interviewed — On with Kara Swisher

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.710.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Wiser Than Me will be back with a brand new episode next week. In the meantime, we wanted to share an episode of another podcast where Julia was a guest – On with Kara Swisher. In this episode, Kara and Julia discuss how in-depth conversations with iconic older women have radicalized her, her concerns about the commercialization of art films and why she thinks comedy is risky – but still very much possible. Listen to On with Kara Swisher every Monday and Thursday from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey listeners, it's me, Julia. We're back for season three of Wiser Than Me. We've got so much more wisdom to share from the legendary old ladies featured this season. You know, so many of our guests have written memoirs reflecting on their experiences, and by putting it all into writing, they've uncovered a better understanding of what truly matters.

0:22.7

Jane Fonda calls it a life review and wisely says, to know where you want to go, you first have to

0:29.3

understand where you've been. So brilliant, right? That's why we've created a special,

0:36.1

Wiser Than Me Notebook so you can kickstart your own

0:38.9

life review and write down some of the nuggets of wisdom these women share in each new episode.

0:44.6

We just added these groovy hardcover notebooks to our merch shop. To buy yours, head over to

0:49.8

wiser than me Shop.com today.

0:57.0

Lemonada.

1:01.7

Hey folks, Julia here.

1:07.2

The Wiser Than Me team is taking a break from our usual programming this week because it's election week.

1:08.0

And we want to share another podcast we think you're going to really

1:11.0

enjoy. It's hosted by my friend Kara Swisher, an award-winning journalist, and a really tough

1:16.4

interviewer who covers tech, politics, and media on her podcast on with Kara Swisher. In the episode,

1:23.4

we're about to share Kara interviews me. And we talk a little bit about everything, including

1:28.5

the importance of human connection, the commercialization of art films, death, why it's still

1:34.8

very possible to create great comedy in 2024, even if it's risky, and how making this

1:40.5

podcast and having deep conversations with older women has radicalized me. I love talking to

1:46.8

Kara because she's smart, she's funny, she knows a lot, and she's a great conversationalist. And in

1:54.1

just the past few months, Kara's interviewed powerhouse women like Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Rodham Clinton,

1:59.9

Rachel Maddow, Roxanne Gay, and Alexandria Ocasia Cortez.

2:04.4

You can listen to more of her show by clicking the link in our show notes or by searching for On with Kara Swisher in your podcast app.

2:12.2

Okay, here's the episode.

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