"Yeah, I F***ed That Up," With Author-Actor Jill Kargman Released

Irish author Oscar Wilde once said, "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." After all, no one makes it through life mistake-free. 

And that's the premise of Interval Presents, Warner Music Group’s in-house podcast network, Yeah, I F*cked That Up, which challenges the stigma of failure as the podcast highlights stories of defeat from prominent figures in the entertainment industry.

The interview series premiered July 11 with featured guests Kelly Rowland and Steven Van Zandt.

I've listened to every episode and with no need for a spoiler alert, I can tell you that the episodes are so fresh and elegant in their narrative about "what I've would have different."

The maestro here is the podcast's host is Grammy-nominated hitmaker Billy Mann, who has produced and written songs for some of the world’s most well-known musicians over the course of his 25+ year career.

This week’s new episode of Interval Presents’ ‘Yeah, I F***ed That Up,’ with Jill Kargman, who is an American author, writer and actress, based in New York City's Upper East Side. A common theme in her works is a critical examination of the lives of wealthy women in her city. Her 2007 Momzillas was adapted into the Bravo television show Odd Mom Out, which premiered June 8, 2015.

In this episode, host Billy Mann talks with Jill Kargman as they discuss her career and series of past relationships, along with the importance of staying true to yourself and following your gut.

Check out a clip from the episode HERE.

Episode Highlights:

● 10:20 - Billy asks what the Jill Kargman-ingredients would be for a f***-up.

● 12:10 - Jill shares her most public failure, which was her show not getting picked up at NBC.

● 16:05 - Jill discusses her series of past relationships, including two canceled engagements before she met her husband.

● 21:45 - Jill talks about her struggles after her last broken-off relationship.

○ Jill Kargman - “I feel like whatever success you have personally, if family and your personal life is important to you...for me, I was just as ambitious about getting married and starting a family as I was about being a writer and I felt like I was off-course and that I ruined my life.”

● 23:50 - Jill chats about her essay "A Letter To My Crappy One Bedroom," and how in this first apartment living on her own, she really came together as a person and was able to solidify who she was.

● 29:50 - Billy asks what advice Jill would give someone when things go bad.

○ Jill Kargman - “I would say this is specific to women and your daughters and my daughters. But I feel like societally, people always say that women strike from the heart and there’s always emotion. And then now, women can have kick a** jobs and be CEOs, and so our brains are now ratified as well. But I still think that gut and intuition is a male realm, that somehow men are allowed to trust their gut more. And I think that women have to trust their guts. I think somehow there’s something in our wiring or historically where you’re like, pros and cons chart and my heart feels this way and my brain feels this way. But sometimes your gut is the thing that’s rogue, and you have to listen to it.”

● 33:45 - Jill shares the advice she would give to people who have no filter.

○ Jill Kargman - “I think you have to know a time and a place. Like, I’m not disrespectful to elders. I’m not, I’m always a lady at the table. You know, I feel like even though my appearance might not seem terribly mannered, I actually have good manners. I think manners show that you care about people, and I’m trying to raise kids with good manners. However, I do curse and I do express myself. But I feel like if you have no filter, you have to wait for the right time and read the room.”

Check out ‘Yeah, I F***ed That Up,’ and maybe you'll reflect on your own life mistakes. 

Think about this mistake! In 1962, Decca Records executive Dick Rowe reportedly passed up on an opportunity to sign The Beatles to his label. “Guitar groups are on their way out,” he said at the time. Wow. What a ...Dick.