RiYL
RiYL
Brian Heater
Episode 065: Julie Klausner
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2014 at 4:57 pm.
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It’s a hot one out there today. Come, have a seat on the couch in Julie
Klausner’s fancy Manhattan apartment, while we discuss podcasting and
writing for television series — and I spend way too much time explaining
how I’ve just never been into musical theater. Oh, don’t mind the cat
hair. You took your Claritin today, right? I’d attempted to sit
down with the comedian for some time — at least two podcasts ago. Not
podcast episodes, mind you, entire podcast series. Every time I’d asked,
she was either living on the opposite coast in a TV show writer’s room
or otherwise knee-deep in some other project. On the upside, however,
there’s plenty to talk about. When we sat down, Klausner had just
finished filming a TV pilot with Billy Eichner, the Amy
Poehler-produced Difficult People about two struggling New York
comedians. It’s not autobiography, of course — Klausner seems to be
doing just fine. And besides, when she’s searching for a more direct
method of venting, she’s always got her weekly podcast How Was Your Week
to turn to.  Other topics discussed herein include: David
Rakoff, my unexpected turn as a Mike Love apologist, the downside of
bearing your soul and whether or not Ben Folds is this generation’s
Billy Joel.