Ilana Glazer Discusses Motherhood and Career After 2019 End of Broad City
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Updated · The New York Times · May 19
Ilana Glazer Discusses Motherhood and Career After 2019 End of Broad City
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 19
Ilana Glazer reflected on how motherhood is reshaping her life and work in an interview published last month, centered on her standup tour, podcast and political organizing.
The conversation also became personal for the reporter, who had recently returned from parental leave and approached Glazer as a fellow new mother.
Glazer, 38, first became widely known as the co-creator and star of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” which ran from 2014 to 2019.
The piece frames her current public persona as a shift from 20-something New York comedy toward parenting, with motherhood now recurring across her performances and media appearances.
How is motherhood fueling Ilana Glazer’s new era of comedy and civic action?
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