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“Find me a sushi place between 14th and 42nd” with Julie Klausner
You know Julie Klausner — creator and star of Difficult People, iconic comedy writer, actor, podcaster, and the patron saint of every self-respecting queer Jew with a Hulu login. She’s been on Bob’s Burgers, she’s written for everyone from Joan Rivers to Billy Eichner, and she’s basically Broadway’s unofficial mayor. This episode is everything you want from a real celebrity Yenta: unfiltered queer wisdom, Jewish cultural analysis, and absolutely deranged gossip.
We Yenta about:
1. How queer Jewish culture keeps you sane when the world is on fire
2. Joan Rivers as the ultimate Jewish mother figure
3. Julie’s hunt for the perfect sushi spot between 14th and 42nd
4. Why Pride Month should be replaced by Queer Summer Vacation
5. Why ukuleles and clowning are aggressively queer
6. The Broadway shows that made us gay
7. Why every good procedural should have a version starring Cate Blanchett
8. What it means to keep “finding your people” at every stage of queer Jewish life
9. An epic game of Jewish, Queer, or Treif?
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Julie Klausner: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-was-your-week-with-julie-klausner/id424991092
Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller
Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
3:30 – Celebrity gossip + Jewish geography
6:30 – Aging out of chaos
8:15 – Pride Month: Exhaustion
13:00 – Julie’s Jewish queer journey
15:45 – Jewish matchmaking
25:40 – Broadway gossip
34:30 – Julie’s goss: Joan Rivers, dinner parties, and Robert Mitchum
50:45 – Jewish / Queer / Treif lightning round
Published on 3 weeks ago