Julie Klausner on Madonna “I’m Breathless,” Difficult People, Death Becomes Her & more

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jess is joined by DIFFICULT PEOPLE creator/star & BILLY ON THE STREET producer JULIE KLAUSNER! Topics: Madonna x Sondheim “I’m Breathless” collab, Death Becomes Her vs. She-Devil, John Waters Quote Tournament, the Liza documentary, writing for Joan Rivers, preceding Brian Moylan as Vulture Housewives recapper, first WNBA game, the return of her podcast HOW WAS YOUR WEEK & more!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hot takes and deep dives, and I am here with the creator and star of difficult people.
0:20.8	She was a producer on Billy on the street.
0:23.4	She was at the forefront of the comedy podcast game.
0:27.3	I want to really discuss the origins of how was your weekend, how you feel about how
0:32.0	podcasting is evolved.
0:33.9	Hi, Julie Klausner.
0:34.8	Hi, thank you for having me.
0:36.2	How are you?
0:36.9	I'm good.
0:37.4	I'm delighted to be here.
0:38.8	You can't, so you just told me you came here straight. Yes. From seeing the Liza doc for a second time.
0:44.4	Well, I'm not straight. I can't say that I came here straight. That would be unfair. I don't think you can leave the Liza dock in that, in that condition. You left a little bit gayer.
0:56.1	It's such a great documentary.
0:59.5	It was the second time I'd seen it, and I came directly from my FC.
1:05.7	So it was a pleasure to see it with an organic audience.
1:10.3	The first time I'd seen it was at the Tribeca Film Festival, as did you. We were both there the same night.
1:11.7	Yeah, which was exhilarating.
1:13.7	So it was wonderful to see it with a different crowd.
1:16.6	And I...
1:17.0	What were the demographics tonight, the crowd?
1:19.6	All over the place.
1:20.7	I mean, I think mostly like middle-aged, but pretty diverse otherwise, like gender all across the spectrum. And I loved hearing
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