Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild
Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Podcast serving quick hits & deep cuts on LGBT pop iconography & NYC culture. Recent guests include Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fortune Feimster, Roxane Gay, Fran Drescher, Isaac Mizrahi, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge, Rachel Dratch, Gina Gershon, Margaret Cho, L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Gold, Mario Cantone, Michael Musto & more!

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Jackie Warner (Work Out) Returns! Sex, Love & LA Fires

    Jess is joined by JACKIE WARNER (Work Out, Thintervention) in her fifth appearance! Topics: The Los Angeles fires, RIP Moonshadows & The Reel Inn, update on her TV comeback, her 6 year relationship with Jillian Michaels, run-ins with The L Word's Kate Moennig, wild NYC nights doing press for "Work Out," Stevie Nicks, Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon & a lot more! WE LOVE YOU LA. Text or call 323-301-3522 to train / life coach with Jackie over FaceTime!  IG: @jessxnyc | @jackiewarner10

    1h 3m

  2. 12/23/2024

    Business of Broadway — Financials, $$, Flops (w/ Katharine Quinn)

    Jess is joined by Katharine Quinn, owner of the Broadway media and marketing agency And That’s Showbiz, currently representing The Great Gatsby, Maybe Happy Ending, The Roommate and more. Topics: the business (financials) of Broadway: how productions are funded, why 8 out of 10 shows never recoup their investment, Oh Mary, do traditional reviews matter, vanity projects, Rosie O’Donnell’s “Taboo” flop, how to predict the "health" of a show, digital rush & lotto, upcoming in 2025 and more!  IG: @jessxnyc | @itskatharinequinn

    45 min

  3. 12/12/2024

    Culture Debate: 2024 Theater, Film, Concert Revue (w/ Mark Snyder)

    Jess is joined by “All I Want to Do Is Talk About Madonna” co-host Mark Snyder for a 2024 revue of our fave theater, films, concerts and cabaret. Topics: Broadway vs. Off / fringe, film adaptations of Wicked vs. Chicago, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Sunset Blvd, Joni Mitchell, Justin Vivian Bond, Jill Sobule, London / West End, Natalie Joy Johnson, Gavin Creel, Fire Island, Tracy Bonham, Jonathan Larson RENT doc “No Day But Today” & more! Plus — most enticing happenings in 2025.  IG: @jessxnyc | @marksnyder2024 Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    47 min

  4. 11/25/2024

    Danny Pellegrino on Wicked Press Tour, Fixing RHONY, Hallmark Christmas & more!

    Jess is joined by author & screenwriter DANNY PELLEGRINO! Topics: Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo musical theater-ing the WICKED press tour, how to fix RHONY, “two different gay men” calling BETHENNY re: RHONY, what should ROSIE O’DONNELL do next?, deep cut MARIAH & NSYNC Christmas songs, Danny documenting his journey eating re-called Tastykakes, Jeff Lewis is a Housewife, Dorinda & Margaret Joseph’s canceling their tour, QUEER AS FOLK, Danny writing & starring in his Hallmark Christmas movie & more!  IG: @jessxnyc | @dannypellegrino Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    55 min

  5. 11/04/2024

    Jamie Babbit on Directing But I'm A Cheerleader, Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, The L Word

    Jess is joined by prolific TV & film director JAMIE BABBIT! Jamie is best known for writing/directing the cult classic BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER w/ Natasha Lyonne & Clea DuVall. Over the past two decades she has directed HBO's GIRLS, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, GILMORE GIRLS, THE L WORD, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING and more. Topics: shooting around different actors' nudity clauses, how to fix bad acting & bad dialogue in post-production and more! IG: @jessxnyc Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island Read More

    1h 2m

  6. 10/15/2024

    Showgirls, Midnight Movies & Camp Classics (w/ Peaches Christ)

    Jess is joined by legendary drag performer PEACHES CHRIST to analyze the legacy of the cult classic SHOWGIRLS and to answer the questions of why and how did this “masterpiece of sh*t” get made. Topics: Peaches Christ's Showgirls drag theatrical extravaganzas in San Francisco, Elizabeth Berkley’s personal Showgirls journey, DEATH BECOMES HER, HOCUS POCUS, Hollywood Forever cemetary screenings, YOU DON'T NOMI doc & more! IG @jessxnyc | @thepeacheschrist Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    43 min

  7. 09/30/2024

    Makeup Artist Kristofer Buckle on Madonna, Mariah, Bethenny, Cher & more

    Jess is joined by celebrity makeup artist KRISTOFER BUCKLE! Topics: discovery as a punk/goth in Penn Station, working MADONNA’s SEX book party, transforming MARIAH into her post-“Butterfly” image, CHER poaching him while working XTINA for “Burlesque,” BETHENNY filming him do her (drug store) face and an airline losing his makeup kit hours before doing JENNIFER LOPEZ. Plus, real talk on hair transplants, eyebrows, lashes, the "Kristofer Buckle" name origin story & more!  IG: @jessxnyc | @kristoferbuckle

    1h 2m

  8. 09/16/2024

    L Word Rockers BETTY - Behind the Music, Sondheim & more

    Jess is joined by pop/rock trio BETTY (known for THE L WORD theme song) as they release their 11th album “EAT.” Topics: how an indie bon vivant band (composed of sisters Elizabeth Ziff & Amy Ziff, best friend Alyson Palmer) lasts for 40 years, living together in the late 80s East Village, their performance at Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, HBO’s ENCYCLOPEDIA, Aly’s college daughter watching THE L WORD, starring in their own Off-Broadway show “BETTY Rules” directed by RENT’s Michael Greif & more!  BETTY live in NYC @ The Cutting Room - Sept 22 hellobetty.com for tour dates IG: @jessxnyc | @bettyrules

    54 min
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Podcast serving quick hits & deep cuts on LGBT pop iconography & NYC culture. Recent guests include Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fortune Feimster, Roxane Gay, Fran Drescher, Isaac Mizrahi, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge, Rachel Dratch, Gina Gershon, Margaret Cho, L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Gold, Mario Cantone, Michael Musto & more!

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  • Creator
    Jess Rothschild
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    224
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jess Rothschild
  • Show Website
    Hot Takes & Deep Dives

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