Julia Sweeney
5/25/20261 hr 6 min
Julia Sweeney is a writer, performer, and actor whose work spans Saturday Night Live, acclaimed television roles, and a groundbreaking body of one-woman shows that blend wit, humor, intelligence, and inquiry to redefine personal storytelling. She joins to reflect on the unexpected turns of her career, how comedy became a way to navigate trauma and identity, and how embracing contradiction and reinvention shaped both her work and her life.
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First 90 secondsJulia Sweeney· Guest0:01
All that stuff, but I couldn't believe anymore. So then I had to live in a world without God. And actually, I think that's a more beautiful world, and it's a more realistic world, and I think it's a truer world. That being said, I've rejoined the Catholic Church.
Debbie Millman· Host0:13
[upbeat music] From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman. On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on. On this episode, a conversation with Julia Sweeney about her career in comedy and performance, and about the attractions of Catholicism.
Julia Sweeney· Guest0:41
And the music, come on. Y- it can't be beat.
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Speaker 41:20
[tense music] Since he got out, bad things keep happening.
Speaker 51:27
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