Mother’s Day with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

About this episode

Julia Louis-Dreyfus discusses her career, personal experiences, and insights on comedy in a special Mother's Day episode.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus ( Seinfeld, Veep ) is a national treasure with more primetime Emmys than any performer in the history of television. Then there’s her latest decade in film: two collaborations with Nicole Holofcener ( Enough Said and  You Hurt My Feelings )   along with a devastating turn in the heart-rending fairytale from A24, Tuesday . Her range is unparalleled, including in the role of host on her excellent, award-winning podcast, Wiser Than Me . This Mother’s Day, we revisit our conversation live from the Aspen Ideas Festival , where we discussed her early performances in the basement of her childhood home (15:45), a formative high school yearbook quote (16:45), landing at SNL in the 1980s (22:06) with Larry David (24:56), the legacy of Seinfeld (28:42), and where she stands on the issue of “political correctness in comedy” (31:54). On the back-half, a celebration of her uproarious turn as Selina Meyer on Veep (36:47), a life-changing diagnosis on the heels of her historic Emmy win (40:00), and the support she received from showrunner David Mandel (42:52) and President Biden (46:23). To close, words of wisdom from Jane Fonda (52:14) and the poem “Explanation” by…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Fragoso

Guest: Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Topics covered

• Mother's Day
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• comedy
• television history
• personal stories
• Emmy awards

Keywords

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Veep
• Seinfeld
• Emmy
• comedy
• Aspen Ideas Festival
• Wiser Than Me
• Nicole Holofcener
• political correctness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seinfeld, Veep, Wiser Than Me, A24

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