{"podcast":{"title":"Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud","slug":"fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467","podcast_index_feed_id":7020467,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/fashionneurosis","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cfaba0aa-6f79-11ef-b002-1fdd7f77e814/image/e51bba1e0496e7dd9b0750e74143e146.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Bella Freud","episode_count":86,"summary":"Each week join the renowned fashion designer Bella Freud as she invites a special guest to lie on the couch and explore the connection between fashion and identity. Bella’s conversations begin with questions about style: what we reveal and hide through the clothes we wear. Bella also shares her own anecdotes and the conversations expand into deeper discussions on life’s universal themes - love, identity, culture, anxiousness, and even politics. Through a series of tailored questions, Bella creates a relaxed, intimate atmosphere where her guests - ranging from fashion icons to cultural figures in sport, art, music, film, and literature - reveal more about themselves than they might expect. Fashion is often dismissed as surface, but in this podcast it becomes the lens through which we examine our inner lives, relationships, and society. Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud offers a unique, thoughtful, and engaging conversation that goes far beyond what we wear, diving into the unspoken language of clothing and the ways in which we use style to navigate and communicate in the world. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. www.fashionneurosis.com www.fashionneurosis.substack.com @fashione…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:17:08.035057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467"},"episode":{"title":"Alexi Wasser","slug":"alexi-wasser","published_at":"2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467/alexi-wasser","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7002291785.mp3?updated=1769176271","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7002291785.mp3?updated=1769176271","summary":"Alexi Wasser is a New York–based filmmaker, writer, and actor whose work blends razor-sharp comedy with raw emotional candor. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Wasser’s late father was the photojournalist Julian Wasser, who photographed 20th century cultural icons including Joan Didion and Jack Nicholson, and her mother Leslie Knauer is a musician who was in rock bands in the 1970s and ‘80s. Wasser’s feature directorial debut, Messy - which she also wrote, produced, and stars in - was released in 2025. Messy is an intimate portrait of romantic humiliation, self-discovery, and reinvention in New York, drawing inspiration from the work of Nora Ephron and Carrie Fisher. As an actor, Wasser has appeared in acclaimed series including Rian Johnson’s Poker Face (Peacock), HBO’s Girls, and Search Party. She is currently developing her second feature, a modern-day New York comedy about the humiliations, disappointments, and occasional joys of adult life. Wasser continues to craft deeply personal comedic stories that interrogate identity, intimacy, and reinvention with an honesty and edge entirely her own. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and Alexi Wasser discuss directing your own sex scenes, big feet, and the tyranny of looking for love. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Alexi Wasser is a New York–based filmmaker, writer, and actor whose work blends razor-sharp comedy with raw emotional candor. Born and raised in Los Angel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3541,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467/episodes/alexi-wasser/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fashion-neurosis-with-bella-freud-7020467/alexi-wasser.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}