Julie Klausner

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How Was Your Week: Episode 115
“Madame, No”: David Sedaris

Holy Crap! DAVID SEDARIS is on this episode!!!!!!!

Oh, hello. Sorry. I just got right into it, didn’t I. Anyway. This episode of How Was Your Week is so exciting, none of us can handle it.

As mentioned, DAVID SEDARIS is on the show to discuss his new book LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, and to surprise Julie with the revelation that HE has questions for HER! That’s right! David Sedaris is a fan of this very podcast! I know. I know. So, once that fact is dealt or not dealt with, David and Julie have lots to talk about. Eating steak during signings, renting cats with poopy butts, reading books about pederasty, writing about doing it, and having the good fortune to be friends with David Rakoff.

Also: Julie counts down to the Liberace movie, contemplates the new crop of network shows, briefly mourns Dr. Joyce Brothers, explains the source of her recent panic attack, speculates about Al Pacino’s headspace, and directs young men who wish to be sexy toward Don Draper’s hotel room shenanigans.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY! DAVID SEDARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy this.

This is happening.

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:11:49 -0400

This is happening.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 11:43:25 -0400

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How Was Your Week: Episode 114
“Battling Bots”: Jean Grae and a Message from GLAAD

Happy May, pals! This week’s episode of HWYW features both learning AND feeling.

Our one and only celebrity guest is the brilliant and fabulous JEAN GRAE, who joins Julie to chat about Sephora, dating, goat cheese, power tools, the first song she ever co-wrote with her brother, and growing up in the Chelsea Hotel. cod liver oil, and the billion projects she is working on currently.

Also! An important message a from GLAAD is at the top of the show, because you can and should make a difference in the upcoming vote to, hopefully, overturn the ban on gay leadership and troops in the Boy Scouts. Click here for more information, and ways to take action.

Plus! A story about a science teacher with stupid pants who hates Madonna, a cautionary tale about tweeting links to headshots, the Punkness of the Met Gala, and the best Jay Leno impression you will ever hear. A wonderful pre-Upfronts week show for your ears and hearts and…FEET??? Sure. Enjoy!

Hey! I wrote a YA novel called ART GIRLS ARE EASY. It’s...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:45:00 -0400

Hey! I wrote a YA novel called ART GIRLS ARE EASY. It’s on sale today!

If you are a young adult or know of any young adults— particularly teenage girls who might enjoy a funny novel set in an affluent, all-female fine and performing arts camp—please pass along the links below and help me influence young minds.

Order it on Amazon as either an e-book or a paperback!
Download it on iTunes for your tablet thing!
BN.com has it too! Boy howdy!

Thanks for reading and spreading the word.

Yours in teen spirit,
Julie Klausner

"Whatever happens, I really hope they pick a woman, or someone of color. And I know that’s a..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:25:44 -0400

“Whatever happens, I really hope they pick a woman, or someone of color. And I know that’s a quasi-political thing to say, but that would be nice. Maybe Maya Angelou. It’s a bold choice, but she’s a bold woman. She’s got a lot of life in her, and it would be nice to see someone beyond the clique.”

- Late Night Reboot - Jeff Garlin, Tig Notaro and More on Shows They’d Host - Esquire

Esquire asked me what I’d call my show if I replaced Jimmy Fallon, and I said “Late Night with Maya Angelou.” This gig is a done deal, guys. Forward my mail to 30 Rock.

Yesterday, the wonderful web-site JEZEBEL DOT COM ran an excerpt...

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:14:33 -0400

Yesterday, the wonderful web-site JEZEBEL DOT COM ran an excerpt from my YA novel, ART GIRLS ARE EASY. Read it here and buy AGAE tomorrow as an e-book. Print edition is out June 1!

#Influencing #Young #Minds

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Sun, 05 May 2013 10:44:43 -0400

I ate some disgusting garbage with Jim Gaffigan for Vulture, and...

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:42:48 -0400

I ate some disgusting garbage with Jim Gaffigan for Vulture, and here’s a fun video as proof.

Marc Maron and Julie Klausner Dissect Podcasting -- Vulture

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:41:05 -0400

Marc Maron and Julie Klausner Dissect Podcasting -- Vulture:

A fun chat between two Jewish people for you to read and enjoy today.

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Fri, 03 May 2013 12:06:52 -0400

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How Was Your Week: Episode 113
“Pete Ubu”: Jim Gaffigan, Ophira Eisenberg

Greetin’s, Granny-O! The new episode of HWYW features two comedians who’ve written books, and a lot of talk about whether enough straight white guys have talk shows right now.

First, JIM GAFFIGAN is here to discuss his new book, DAD IS FAT, grapple with the concept of jogging, ponder the influence of Disney and McDonald’s on American child-rearing, and comment on the Asian Belle he saw in the BEAUTY & THE BEAST musical.

Then, NPR hostess, comedienne and author OPHIRA EISENBERG chats with Julie about her book, SCREW EVERYONE, expresses horror at insect eggs, how shitty internet commenters are, and the difference between her podcast’s audience and this podcast’s audience.

Plus—A trip to the botanical garden, and what we can and can’t get from trees! Jenny McCarthy Versus Amanda Bynes, and how unfair that match-up is! One World Trade Center’s literal sky-cock measurements! Different ways to metaphorically poison yourself! And the latest hurtful thing Mad Men has done to black people.

A FINE AND FUNNY SHOW FOR YOU.

This happened this week and everything else that happened this...

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:52:13 -0400

This happened this week and everything else that happened this week is stupid.

ATTENTION AMERICA: THIS IS WHAT #JIMMYJAZZ IS DOING THIS VERY...

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:47:27 -0400

ATTENTION AMERICA: THIS IS WHAT #JIMMYJAZZ IS DOING THIS VERY MOMENT.

"Disclaimer —the placement of Vulture’s Real Housewives expert and video host is not nepotism; she..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:28:06 -0400

““Disclaimer —the placement of Vulture’s Real Housewives expert and video host is not nepotism; she was nominated by multiple people not on our payroll. And with good reason. She’s an octuple-threat: acting, singing, dancing, writing, monologuing, interviewing, kibitzing … and is TV recapping a threat? It should be. She’s written two books (her memoir I Don’t Care About Your Band and her upcoming YA novel Art Girls Are Easy) and for TV (Billy on the Street), but all of her talents are showcased in her podcast “How Was Your Week,” which features informal chats with comedians/authors/whomever and a free-associative comedic monologue about her pop-culture obsessions du jour (which usually includes Mario Lopez’s inane, diet-obsessed Twitter feed). The diversity of guests and highbrow/lowbrow mix on “HWYW” brings to mind the old The Dick Cavett Show, but with more of an old Broadway sensibility.””

- Vulture.com - The 50 Comedians You Should and Will Know

Psyched to be on this list!!!

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:32:36 -0400

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How Was Your Week: Episode 112
“Wesleyan As A Human Being”: Rachel Lichtman, Jena Friedman

Good day, sir. This week’s episode of HWYW begins with a meditation on God, and ends with a plug for a cabaret show. In between, Julie speaks to the hilarious and brilliant RACHEL “DJ ROTARY RACHEL” LICHTMAN about The Monkees, how Baby Boomers ruin everything, the counterintuitive artifice of The Ramones, and whether the retro cycle is broken. Oh, and also Rachel imitates Joe Pesci’s Bee-Gee’s cover, and that is just perfect.

Then, comedian JENA FRIEDMAN joins us to discuss preceisely how Long Island she is, how AIDS shaped her hook-up patterns, her attitude toward small dogs, and the anatomy of the New Jersey Devil.

Plus—the guilty part of the female brain! Whether super foods can adequately supplement eating off the children’s menu! Fleetwood Mac’s medicinal properties! And a LOT of talk about Amanda Palmer and whether she can possibly be for real.

A fun and frenetic show!

David Oxley painted this exquisite portrait of #JimmyJazz doing...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:50:43 -0400

David Oxley painted this exquisite portrait of #JimmyJazz doing a terrible job of hiding in my couch cushions. Oxley is an obscenely talented artist who has also immortalized, in oil paint, my beloved late Smiley Muffin taking shelter, as she would, in a Fresh Direct cardboard box.

More of David’s beautiful work can be found here.

I haven’t blogged pets with my stuff for a bit, so excuse...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:45:00 -0400

I haven’t blogged pets with my stuff for a bit, so excuse the deluge of adorability. All of these animals, I should add, are completely terrific. They are, from top to bottom and left to right:

Isaac P.R. and John Marshall’s pup Grammer (named after Camille, natch); Ariel Rasmussen’s fetching Russian Blue, Tabby; Abbey Lynch’s uncle’s mini-schnauzer, Jerry (Jerry!); Jenny Martin’s laughing bandana girl Audrey; Jedi, who belongs to Gabe Durham (an amazing author whose book you should pre-order!); Ronald Faulkner’s blonde pup Erie; Charlotte and Eric White’s tuckered-out Tucker; Maddy Boesen’s fan of eating magic markers and Ikea packagaing, Rue; Danielle McGurran’s family’s seeing-impaired angel, Bella; and supermodel of the year/cat most likely to make Emma Stone think really long and hard about whether she’s even pretty, PomPom—a stunning cat who belongs to Madeline Stano.

Thanks to the pets and their peoples for sending these life-affirming photos. What is the point of making things if you can’t collect pictures of animals standing next to them? Precisely nothing.

This, over and over again, all night every night for a long...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:18:58 -0400

This, over and over again, all night every night for a long time.

Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang (by Jose Antonio Bautista Aranda)

Where it all began. Happy One Year Jimmyversary to me and...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:14:47 -0400

Where it all began.

Happy One Year Jimmyversary to me and Senator J. Jazz. First year gift, I hear, is biscuits. That’s what he’s making, anyway.

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:31:46 -0400

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How Was Your Week: Episode 111
“Ann-Margret’s P-Belt”: Christina Gausas, Craig Rowin

What a week, huh? This new episode of How Was Your Week will not heal wounds, but, ideally, it will provide a whimsical distraction while the world burns.

First, CRAIG ROWIN, from the new TV show YOUR PRETTY FACE IS GOING TO HELL is here to tell Julie what he sees when he looks down at himself in a Speedo, precisely how he’d like to be conned, where he is reading Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir, and why you needn’t be a dad to enjoy the works of Dave Barry.

Then, CHRISTINA GAUSAS joins Julie to discuss her dislike of Gayle King, the hazards of the Anthropologie sale rack, the misdeeds of Isaac Mizrahi, and whether David Foster has ever eaten a human finger.

Plus! Julie recounts the tale of her Eye Irritation. The notion of “dating and mating” is straight-up ADDRESSED! The kind of man Charlie Rose may be is fearlessly speculated upon! And comfort dogs are honored.

Enjoy this show. Love to Boston.

Watch Julie Klausner and friends frolic delightfully at the first-ever beauty event for redheads only | Great Job, Internet! | The A.V. Club

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:27:10 -0400

Watch Julie Klausner and friends frolic delightfully at the first-ever beauty event for redheads only | Great Job, Internet! | The A.V. Club:

DO AS THE AV CLUB WISHES!!!!!