Writer Fran Lebowitz

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2012

⏱️ 62 minutes

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A conversation with the New York cultural authority Fran Lebowitz. Find out why she was expelled from high school, why she waltzed into a publishing office barefoot to submit her first manuscript, and why she's had writers block for more than thirty years. Plus, hip hop drummer and producer Karriem Riggins on the James Brown song that changed his life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jay from San Diego. I'm Chase from Seattle.
0:03.5	I'm Jamie from New York City.
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0:17.5	Fran Leibowitz, the writer, more or less doesn't feel stage fright.
0:22.0	I have no anxiety about it at all.
0:24.6	I have actually fallen asleep in the Letterman Green Room.
0:27.1	She's pretty much fearless, except in one key area.
0:30.9	I have only one fear, and that is of writing. It's bullsey.
0:34.0	Hey!
0:37.0	This week I sit down with one of the world's funniest people, the writer Fran Leibouitt.
0:45.0	Find out why she thinks she was expelled from high school,
0:48.0	why she once strolled into a publishing office to submit a manuscript while not wearing any shoes and why she's
0:55.7	had writers blocked for going on 35 years.
1:01.7	Then drummer and producer Karim Riggins tells us about the record that changed
1:05.4	his life. He was ten and if he's being completely honest, he picked it because he liked
1:10.8	the label. James Brown's name just looks so grand to me, you know.
1:17.0	All this week on Bullzon, let's go. Yeah. Every week on Bullseye, we're joined by one of our favorite culture critics to share some recommendations for stuff that's worth your time.
1:38.0	This week, we're joined by our friend Mark Fraunfelder from Boingboing.net, the directory of wonderful things. Hey Mark how's it going?
1:45.1	It's going great Jesse thanks. So let's start with your first recommendation from I will say a friend of the program
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