Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus · November 19, 2025 · 1h 16m

Julia Gets Wise with Roz Chast

Julia Louis-Dreyfus talks with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast about anxiety, caregiving, and using humor to cope with life’s chaos. Chast discusses raising kids with constant worry and the experience of caring for her aging parents, which she chronicled in her award-winning memoir. Julia’s mother Judy also joins briefly to share a memory of how she handled the sex talk.

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Drawing Through Chaos

Roz Chast explains how creating cartoons and illustrations helps her process life’s anxieties and find order in chaos.

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Caregiving for Aging Parents

Roz Chast discusses the experience of caring for her aging parents, the subject of her memoir 'Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?'

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Parenting with Chronic Worry

Roz Chast reflects on raising her children while grappling with constant worry, and how that anxiety shaped her parenting.

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Judy’s Sex Talk Memory

Julia’s mother Judy Bowles recalls how she handled the sex talk with Julia when she was a child.

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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? — Roz Chast

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