136: Fran Lebowitz on “Pretend It’s a City”

Fran Lebowitz is one of New York’s great conversationalists. Martin Scorsese's new Netflix series “Pretend It’s a City” lets her talk at length about her five decades of living in New York City. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Lebowitz about working with Scorsese and her long friendship with Toni Morrison to whom the series is dedicated. Lebowitz also shares her opinions on the New York mayoral election and discusses her mother Ruth.
This interview was recorded on May 7, 2020 for DOC NYC Spring Showcase (www.docnyc.net/spring-showcas...) .

[@CarmelaGiordano-kh7rj]

I enjoy listening to Fran .

[@nancyj.peters3036]

I enjoyed this conversation. Wishing you success with your channel.

[@fullredplatinum]

"Taken them some effort to find it." Ever hear of Google?! 😊 You can literally giving you directions...

[@dexblue]

Fran is pretty conventional, guys ...

[@julesxish]

Love Fran but her ignorance of the risks of vaccines is appalling. Think more critically Fran.

[@dogwood9023]

How about you check out a few peer reviewed articles. You know, the ones that can be proved through research and then duplicated. Stay away from you tube experts. Think more critically.

[@erikasmith946]

Sounds like you need the research.shes brilliant and just fine . She could read circles around you.