Lena Dunham on Jack Antonoff
4/19/202643 min
MONDAY ANALYSIS: Lena Dunham has just released a brand new memoir – it’s titled Famesick, and it goes into a LOT of detail about the last fourteen(ish) years of her life. There is just far too much in this book for us to cover everything, so we decided to home in on one of the major figures in this book: Jack Antonoff. Huge thanks to Nespresso for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also, shout-out to Ecosa – don’t forget, Shameless listeners can get 30% OFF EVERYTHING (!!!) at Ecosa until May 14 2026. For terms and conditions, visit https://www.ecosa.com.au/terms. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Why Did Bad Things Happen to Lena Dunham? She’s Still Trying to Figure It Out – The Interview from The New York Times Famesick by Lena Dunham Lena Dunham’s mea culpas, part one – Apple | Spotify Lena Dunham’s mea culpas, part two – Apple | Spotify Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Divya Simmie and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsEilish Gilligan0:00
[upbeat music] Shameless Media.
Michelle Andrews· Host0:05
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff. You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers Michelle Andrews, that would be me, and Zara McDonald, that would be you.
Zara McDonald· Host0:43
Hello, Michelle Andrews, and hello, producer Eilish Gilligan.
Eilish Gilligan0:46
Hello.
Michelle Andrews· Host0:46
Hi, Gil. Coming up on today's show, Lena Dunham has released her memoir, Fame Sick. There is so much to discuss in that book. We are going to focus on the biggest player, dare I say, Mr. Jack Antonoff.
Zara McDonald· Host1:02
I know. There's a world where we could have done the entire book- [laughs] ... in this episode, and yet we got talking about Jack Antonoff, and there was the entire episode. [laughs] Otherwise, we'd be here for 100 hours. This is already our longest run sheet in about three years. [laughs] [laughs] Just, just to be really honest. There's so much in here we won't be able to cover everything. Sick name for a book, Fame Sick.
Michelle Andrews· Host1:20
So good.
Zara McDonald· Host1:21
Really cool.
Michelle Andrews· Host1:21
It's amazing.
Zara McDonald· Host1:22
Yeah.
Michelle Andrews· Host1:22
Fame Sick's so good. We're going to focus on Lena and Jack Antonoff, and therefore Lena, Jack Antonoff, and a teen