Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

  • 46 minutes 31 seconds
    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

    12 December 2024, 10:15 am
  • 54 minutes 50 seconds
    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

     

    25 November 2024, 10:15 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    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  

    4 November 2024, 10:15 am
  • 42 minutes 51 seconds
    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

    15 October 2024, 9:36 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    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

    30 September 2024, 9:15 am
  • 53 minutes 53 seconds
    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

    16 September 2024, 9:15 am
  • 45 minutes 27 seconds
    Countess Luann de Lesseps & Assistant Roger Dawley

    Jess is joined by COUNTESS LUANN and her right-hand man, Roger Dawley! Topics: Spending 2 nights on Fire Island over Labor Day Weekend, her summer run-in with Bethenny, tales from Luann’s time as a geriatric nurse, loving cigarettes, brief thoughts on RHONY reboot, latest with Sonja Morgan, prepping to film the Housewives Bachelor show and her plan for cabaret world domination. 

    IG: @jessxnyc | @countessluann | @rogerdawley

    Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    Tix avail: countessluann.com

    9 September 2024, 9:15 am
  • 58 minutes 40 seconds
    Judy Gold Returns! Gay Divorce, Writing Rosie's Talk Show, Janeane Garofalo & more

    Jess is joined by comedian JUDY GOLD! Topics: gay divorce, loving Ozempic, meeting her partner via a Time Out New York dating ad, buying her Provincetown house in 1994, not living with a partner, separate bedrooms, writing/producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show, filming her 1995 HBO standup special with Janeane Garofalo, creating a new TV series w/ Sandra Bernhard, bonding over being very tall | petite women & more! 

    IG: @jessxnyc | @jewdygold

    Check out Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    3 September 2024, 9:15 am
  • 57 minutes 39 seconds
    NYC Restaurant Culture Deep Dive (w/ Jake Cornell)

    Jess is joined by comedian JAKE CORNELL for a deep dive into NYC restaurant culture. Topics: asking waiters what to order, restaurant temperature and sound/music levels, tips for people on dates, best celebrity tipper, oddest celebrity group sighting, best / worst bathrooms and more. Plus, Jake’s summer of Provincetown 4x, Edinburgh Fringe Fest tales + Jake’s AND JUST LIKE THAT debut opposite Che Diaz. 

    IG: @jessxnyc | @jakewcornell

    Check out Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    26 August 2024, 9:15 am
  • 50 minutes 22 seconds
    Provincetown Fringe, Cape Cod Serial Killer & Hooking (w/ Ryan Landry)

    Jess is joined by the king of Provincetown fringe performance — playwright and drag theater impresario, RYAN LANDRY!  Topics: bringing JENNIFER COOLIDGE and PARKER POSEY to P-Town, setting fire to The Pyramid Club, working as a hooker, appearing in the Roy Cohn documentary, his cemetery plot with MARGARET CHO, the Cape Cod Serial Killer, hosting the long-running weekly Provincetown show, SHOWGIRLS… and more! 

    IG: @jessxnyc | @captryanlandry

    Check out Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island: Finding Fire Island

    19 August 2024, 9:15 am
  • 51 minutes 21 seconds
    Isaac Mizrahi Returns! NYC Real Estate, Unzipped, Madonna, Sandra Bernhard

    ISAAC MIZRAHI returns! Topics include: securing his West Village combination apartment, his friendship w/ RUPAUL, the truth behind the MADONNA - SANDRA BERNHARD - INGRID CASARES love triangle, his seminal documentary UNZIPPED and SEX AND THE CITY + AND JUST LIKE THAT musings. Plus, his cabaret version of “Borderline,” '90s dial-a-date lines, meeting his husband while walking the dog and pivoting his career from fashion to a live performer.

    IG: @jessxnyc | @imisaacmizrahi

     

     

    5 August 2024, 9:15 am
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