Cord Jefferson is an Emmy award-winning writer on shows like Succession, The Watchmen, and Master Of None. We spoke with him from his home in Los Angeles about John Mayer at MSG, hanging with Andy Cohen, Chris is going to a steakhouse in Brooklyn, the Turkish Getup should not be enjoyed, hyperlocal gym chat, where to live in Los Angeles depending on which types of celebrities you’re trying to avoid, defund Hollywood’s algorithmic risk-averse greenlighting, what kind of freak would want to direct their own screenplay, Cord can’t quit Tumblr, the rise of Tom Crusie in Magnolia style podcasting, who exactly is watching Andrew Tate videos, growing up in Arizona as well as Saudi Arabi, the ungenerosity of Twitter, and we run down Cord’s top three prescription pills.
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