Jena Friedman is an Academy Award-nominated writer and comedian. She is the creator of SOFT FOCUS on Adult Swim and TRUE CRIME STORY: INDEFENSIBLE on AMC+. Her writing credits include BORAT 2: Subsequent Movie Film, THE CONNERS on ABC and THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. She was also a field producer on THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART from 2012 through the end of his tenure in 2015, where she wrote and directed field segments. ​She's a contributing writer to THE NEW YORKER and her first book, NOT FUNNY: ESSAYS ON LIFE, COMEDY, CULTURE, ETC., is a US national bestseller. Additionally, she has appeared on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, CONAN on TBS, THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE and in the Sundance hit movie PALM SPRINGS, now on Hulu. Her first stand up special, AMERICAN CUNT, was named Top Ten Comedy Specials by Paste Magazine in 2016 and her second special, LADYKILLER was listed as #2 in Decider’s Ten Best Stand Up Specials of 2022 .

Jena Friedman is our guest in episode 467 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

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