Elizabeth Meriwether

I think both of us were like, holy shit, we have this opportunity to make a show about women in their 40s and sex and bodies. And FX said we could do whatever we wanted. This is an amazing, maybe once in a lifetime opportunity.

I think both of us were like, holy shit, we have this opportunity to make a show about women in their 40s and sex and bodies. And FX said we could do whatever we wanted. This is an amazing, maybe once in a lifetime opportunity.

I mean, I was so honored and excited when Liz called me about this. And Liz has been one of my favorite writers forever since I was 22 and I read this play that she wrote about a salmon. I don't know. We've been friends for so long. We're so old. That's what's really surreal about this, honestly, is that we're old enough to be reflecting on this friendship for like so long. I know.

I mean, I was so honored and excited when Liz called me about this. And Liz has been one of my favorite writers forever since I was 22 and I read this play that she wrote about a salmon. I don't know. We've been friends for so long. We're so old. That's what's really surreal about this, honestly, is that we're old enough to be reflecting on this friendship for like so long. I know.

I feel like I knew you were lying, but I didn't care.

I feel like I knew you were lying, but I didn't care.

She's a businesswoman.

She's a businesswoman.

Yeah. Well, I was like, yeah, I'm in like a really dark place. I'm really sad. It was like a, you know, dark time. Liz was like, I would like you to listen to this podcast. It's about a woman who has stage four cancer. And I was like, yeah, I don't know if that's good for me right now. But she also has a lot of sex. And I was like, absolutely. Just send me the link. I'm in.

Yeah. Well, I was like, yeah, I'm in like a really dark place. I'm really sad. It was like a, you know, dark time. Liz was like, I would like you to listen to this podcast. It's about a woman who has stage four cancer. And I was like, yeah, I don't know if that's good for me right now. But she also has a lot of sex. And I was like, absolutely. Just send me the link. I'm in.

And then I listened to it. And it was actually such an emotional experience for me. I feel like I... It opened me up to like actually have some like real emotional reactions that I hadn't been having like to just life. I suddenly was like just sobbing about everything because the podcast is it kind of is this like magic trick where it is kind of about everything by the end.

And then I listened to it. And it was actually such an emotional experience for me. I feel like I... It opened me up to like actually have some like real emotional reactions that I hadn't been having like to just life. I suddenly was like just sobbing about everything because the podcast is it kind of is this like magic trick where it is kind of about everything by the end.

And all of life and like all relationships. It's this really small specific story of Molly and you and Molly. But somehow it also just felt so huge by the end. And I felt like I was just sobbing on my floor. I was supposed to talk to you. I feel like I called you. I was like, well, now I can barely talk.

And all of life and like all relationships. It's this really small specific story of Molly and you and Molly. But somehow it also just felt so huge by the end. And I felt like I was just sobbing on my floor. I was supposed to talk to you. I feel like I called you. I was like, well, now I can barely talk.

I'm shaking, you know, with actual human feeling, which maybe I haven't allowed myself to have in a long time. Wow.

I'm shaking, you know, with actual human feeling, which maybe I haven't allowed myself to have in a long time. Wow.

It was a long process. The very first thing that I feel like we talked about was like, In the podcast, you are in the role, as you are now, of interviewer. And so we were like, we need to make Nikki and her role as caretaker like a much like we that was something that we knew we wanted to build out.

It was a long process. The very first thing that I feel like we talked about was like, In the podcast, you are in the role, as you are now, of interviewer. And so we were like, we need to make Nikki and her role as caretaker like a much like we that was something that we knew we wanted to build out.

You know, and I think one of my first conversations, at least with you, was just I feel like I grilled you. I loved it. I feel like Liz made fun of me. It was like, that was like a stalker. I was like, tell me every single moment. It's like an interrogation. Cause I was like, I want to actually know what are the things we didn't hear on the podcast? What was going on for you?

You know, and I think one of my first conversations, at least with you, was just I feel like I grilled you. I loved it. I feel like Liz made fun of me. It was like, that was like a stalker. I was like, tell me every single moment. It's like an interrogation. Cause I was like, I want to actually know what are the things we didn't hear on the podcast? What was going on for you?