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Jan 2025
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JUNE SQUIBB — on doing stunts in ‘Thelma...

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Thelma’ star June Squibb joins the show. Over grilled cheese, June tells me about exotic dancing for her audition for ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway, getting her first Oscar nomination in her eighties for ‘Nebraska,’ and how Beanie Feldstein helped her get her first leading role.  This episode was recorded at Zinc Cafe & Bar in West Hollywood, CA.

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