Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah. She's been diving since she was 16 years old. And no, she's not stopped. I've never seen anything quite like it. And it was an extraordinary conversation because she's talking to me in her bathing suit, wearing her sunglasses, hair is wet. You know, she's like poised to go right back in the water again. And she is, have you ever been diving, mom, in your life?
Yeah. She's been diving since she was 16 years old. And no, she's not stopped. I've never seen anything quite like it. And it was an extraordinary conversation because she's talking to me in her bathing suit, wearing her sunglasses, hair is wet. You know, she's like poised to go right back in the water again. And she is, have you ever been diving, mom, in your life?
Did you like snorkeling?
Did you like snorkeling?
Well, she talked about her first experience of like she was talking about it as if she was, you know, going through a secret door into another world, which is exactly what it's like. There's so much of the earth is covered in ocean and there's so much about the ocean that's unexplored. And of course, she's been at the forefront of that exploration. She is an explorer. She's an aquanaut.
Well, she talked about her first experience of like she was talking about it as if she was, you know, going through a secret door into another world, which is exactly what it's like. There's so much of the earth is covered in ocean and there's so much about the ocean that's unexplored. And of course, she's been at the forefront of that exploration. She is an explorer. She's an aquanaut.
Three children and grandchildren, and she's gone deep sea diving with her grandsons. I think she said she'd been on a submersible with her grandsons.
Three children and grandchildren, and she's gone deep sea diving with her grandsons. I think she said she'd been on a submersible with her grandsons.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you're a grandmother. You can take my kids down a poetry rabbit hole. Why not?
Well, you're a grandmother. You can take my kids down a poetry rabbit hole. Why not?
No, but I think you have already. Remember when Henry took a Mary Oliver poem and he set it to music? Remember that?
No, but I think you have already. Remember when Henry took a Mary Oliver poem and he set it to music? Remember that?
That's right. For your 90th birthday, they did their toast and they took Measure for Measure, your poem, And they said it to music. And I'm going to post that poem to our Wiser Than Me Instagram so people can read it, Mama.
That's right. For your 90th birthday, they did their toast and they took Measure for Measure, your poem, And they said it to music. And I'm going to post that poem to our Wiser Than Me Instagram so people can read it, Mama.
All right, good. Well, we've I think we've done enough here, I suspect.
All right, good. Well, we've I think we've done enough here, I suspect.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.