Writer/director Lena Dunham is the voice of my generation. Or at the very least, a voice of a generation. Her new show, Too Much, is now available to stream on Netflix.

We start by discussing her 2022 film Sharp Stick (6:20 ), the 1970s cinema that inspired it (9:50 ), and how it offers a “three-way mirror” to the female experience (12:41 ). Then, Lena reflects on meeting Judd Apatow on the heels of Tiny Furniture (15:39 ), her rapid ascension following Girls (17:39 ), the pain and power of grappling with OCD on the show (23:11 ), the genius of season five’s “The Panic in Central Park” (29:35 ), and how she’s continued to learn from public criticisms (35:27 ).

On the back-half, we sit with the end of Girls (43:59 ), the aftermath of that decade (49:57 ), the new creative path Lena had to forge (55:46 ), the prophetic presence of her father (1:00:27 ), the inspiration that is her mother (1:01:47 ), and the dreams she has for the years ahead—on the screen, and off (1:06:54 ).

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