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I have been binge listening to your podcast over the past few days. I have a bit of a wisdom hangover, but in a good way! I was born in 1964, so it should come as no surprise that my 2 idols were and are Carol and Julie. I began my listening with Carol and ended with Julie-it seemed like no other way to listen. Thank you for all that you have shared, through your own stories and with these women. 💚

Such a wonderful conversation

Being honest in the situation. Yes Julia’s mom.

Thanks Julia for a most inspiring interview. I’m an older woman and listening to Gloria has sparked some areas that I forgot was important to me. Laughter and being with strong and smart women who are contributing to the world. I appreciate Gloria so much more now, I’m a late bloomer and was a total pleaser so keep on sharing your thoughts.❤

i feel such joy in my gut listening to such intelligence, heart and passion for ideas and a desire for a just and loving society.

Loved the Grace and Frankie episode where Jane and Lily go to a convenience store and are ignored by the cashier for a pretty young thing. Their portrayal of mature women was real and refreshing. Thank you Julia for this spotlight on women!

Gloria Steinem has always been brilliant and beautiful inside and out, but she has never believed in natural ''femininity'' and ''masculinity'' and just a few years ago in an interview on CZcams she was still saying that gender is not natural we made it up,and she's so right.

Good conversation with Gloria. Enjoyed her comments on getting older.

Are you kidding me? The F word is not as bad as words in England? I spent a year and a half in England. Never heard as offensive a word as you used.

Fantastic. You can always count on Carol Burnett to bring the everything. When I was very very young she made me laugh so hard I wet myself.

I can’t wait to watch the Tuesday film. I cry when I watch the Trailer. ☮️

Thanks to one of the most amazing women on Earth, Julianne Bonnet, artist/writer extraordinaire, for introducing me to this wonderful podcast!

I first became aware of your podcast during a recent "Action for Happiness" Zoom meeting. I mentioned that I was watching The Flying Nun as a way to counteract my anxiety based on current events (it really works!). I started with this episode and I am now hooked!! It is nice to get perspective about aging (I will be 65 in November) and hearing conversations with so many icons that we a part of my childhood. If you read this and are still in touch with Sally, please tell her "thank you". I know she said that she really didn't want to do this show but I am very grateful that she did!

I hired Debbie Allen (forced into by my client is closer to the truth) to direct a PSA in the '90's in Houston (the town she hates), where I owned a production company. This job was a big deal for my little company. It was one of the worst, most horrific professional experiences of my life. She was rude, intolerable & talentless, unable to come up with one original creative idea of her own. When the day was done (her boob actually popped out of the tank top she wore), I found myself a corner & just cried my eyes out. I got up as I saw her approach me, thinking that she might finally say one word to me or even thank me for the directing job I gave her (she was paid, along with her assistant very, very well; first class travel, hotel paid for them both). She stuck her hand out (as did I, thinking she would shake my hand) & instead said, "I want my per diem." I forked over $150 in cash & she turned her back on me & walked off. It wasn't easy being a female producer back then just starting off. My male partners were at the bar celebrating with the client, while I was "wrapping up the crew". She was more insulting to me than those knuckleheads. She was the worst (and that's saying a lot). An experience I still feel so hurt by even all these years later. No class. No camaraderie. Ungrateful (this PSA might have been one of her first directing jobs). A real cruel streak runs through this woman.

I love Ina, I use loads of her recipes. She makes cooking easy and fun.

It’s a bit pathetic that being the heir of a billionaire you make your audience sit through a 3-ad break… Honestly, how much richer do you want to get? 🥴

I adore and admire Fran Lebowitz enormously, but it’s inevitably true that she tells the same stories over and over again with the same jokes and punchlines. I personally love hearing the stories many times, but the problem for an interviewer who does “their homework” on Fran is that if you actually read all of her work and see all of her interviews, very often, as soon as she starts a story, you automatically know where it’s going. Case in point, Fran’s porn book being names after her headmaster: Julia tried to sound shocked and amused but the truth is she already knew the story… I’m a huge FL fan, I too have seen and read all that’s available, and every story told here, I had already heard before. 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

So so good !❤❤

So great! ❤

A wonderful interview!! Funny thing...Your Mom and you have the same cadence in your voices. Timing wise. Great to hear your Mom react to the interview.made me miss my Mom.

This was the most amazing interview. I love you Sally Field. Thanks Julia for your work, got to get her book.

28:21 she's so me

Oh my gooosshhh I'm so happy they talked about Anne Bancroft for a bit... and Jane called her Annie <3

14:48 don't mind me, just pretending she's talking directly to me.

This is precious

Loosen up Julia!! How can you be so humorless?

Such a pleasure to hear this conversation with Gina McCarthy!♥️

2 part post: 1. Trying to connect with Ruth and 2. Our mutual friend Marty Newman from NU, thought I should connect with you. Please pass on to Ruth as my intention is just to share a magical memory: On October 25, 2004 I emailed my brother, Chip Fleischer, if I should gift myself a belated 45th birthday present of attending a dinner in Kansas City, Missouri celebrating the 60th anniversary of Gourmet Magazine. I wrote to him, “should I bite?” He replied “If I were you and I had the money to spare, I would.” Flying solo, I entered the cocktail hour and my friend Jane Zieha asked if I were sitting with anyone and when I replied no, she seated me at her table next to you. When I introduced myself, you asked if I happened to be related to Chip Fleischer and when I replied yes, you shared his title Hero was your favorite book of the moment to give. I cannot even describe what that moment was like for me. I recently recounted this story when the host of our next Book Club announced we are to read “Comfort Me with Apples.” I went to my copy of “The Gourmet Cookbooks” and love seeing your signature with both our names on the same page with a copy of the email I sent to Chip, the newsletter from Rainy Day Books and a copy of the Kansas City Star about the new cookbook. I am now listening to “Save Me the Plums” after finishing “Comfort Me with Apples.” Writing with much appreciation for such a fantastical celebration. And, on a very separate conversation, I am the domestic manufacturer of Patient Apparel I wanted to chat about the dignity and comfort my products give patients during their health journeys. Given your breast cancer journey, Marty thought my product might be intriguing to you. Www@Twirlconnect.com Pam@twirlconnect.com

I loved Julia too. I had read and loved “Pentimento” when it came out. The movie was beautifully made. Now controversy follows that part of the book. It’s worth watching if you haven’t seen it.

I met Isabel en Buenos Aires, and Loved her, I wanted to make a movie out of one of her books that I had just read! And her answer was so honest!!! It couldn’t happen…We were connected through by Jean Shinoda Bolen, an amazing wise woman too!!!

Thank you Julia and Isabel❤ Very emotional and wise! Great to hear both of you❤

I've loved both of these women for forty years. I was lucky enough to meet Julia twenty five years ago, and she couldn't have been more sweet.

😂 Visual picture from 60's. Kids today post😮

70 yr old here. Thank you Sally for being so open and vulnerable about your social anxiety and shyness. I have struggled and worked on this all my life. ❤

I love this podcast. Two questions: is Season 2 over? Why isn’t the Patti Smith interview showing up in my list of your podcasts?

You crazy chooks

Wow.. Amazing interview.. Thank you. 🔵

OMG I can't stand cilantro either because it tastes like soap!!!!

Yep. They want 'whores'. What 'work'?

Love the talk at the end with your mom. 💞

I love your podcast Julia. And great interview with Sally Field!

THANK YOU for this podcast! We need this so much. Celebrating and learning from older, wiser, more grounded women speak their mind and aren't afraid to BE. Finally. FINALLY!!!!

"The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." - W.B Yeats

I owe Gloria Steinem a debt of gratitude that I can never repay. She (and the other Women's Lib motivators) gave me education and career opportunities that my forebearers never had. I have my own checking account, I own my own home, I have my own credit card. None of which were available to women born before me.

BJK is a fascinating interviewee. She is candid and knowledgeable. Thank you to her for doing the podcast and thank you to you for creating this. By the way, according to BJK's Wikipedia page, she phoned Bobby Riggs on the night before he died and her final words to him were, "I love you." Classy lady.

Wow Debbie Allen thoughs on Bill Cosby are very concerning. All she could say is that others need to be in jail? Was there someone else drugging and raping these women? None of them have said so? No support of all these women and what they went through? Lost all respect for her and not much wisdom on this episode. Julia responded very well. She didnt agree but met her with silence. No Julia this one is not wiser then you

Suggestion for other guests: Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time magazine. Throughout her Senate career, she was considered one of the most moderate members of the chamber.

my first purchase as an adult with a real job was a down comforter and brass bed, because of sound of music and "these are a few of my favorite things"

This podcast is cool for my 62 years old self. WISE woman are the best.

Julia is a great conversationalist, invites great guests, the music choice though-- even Desperado would be a better pick ...🙀🙉