A Sampling of Jen’s Work
TV Reviews
The Bear Season 4 is on the Clock (June 26, 2025)
On Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry is Forever Going to Larry (July 17, 2024)
Thank the Algorithm for Mrs. Davis (April 20, 2023)
The Problem With Dahmer (Sept. 23, 2022)
We Need to Talk About Cosby Wrestles With a Fractured Legacy (Jan. 28. 2022)
Succession Returns, Nastier Than Ever (Oct. 12, 2021)
Essays and Think Pieces
Shrinking Doesn’t Work Without Harrison Ford (Oct. 18, 2024)
Matthew Perry Couldn’t Be Boxed In (Oct. 29, 2023)
We Need to Talk About Nate One Last Time (June 2, 2023)
The Opening Ceremonies Glowed With a Political Charge (Feb. 4, 2002)
Features, Oral Histories and Interviews
The Brat Pack, Revisited (June 12, 2024)
When Lisa Cried (Feb. 14, 2024)
Sphere is an Unnatural Wonder (Oct. 3, 2023)
Ken Marino Will Do Anything for Comedy (Mar. 31, 2023)
How TV Writers Crafted Abortion Stories Before the Fall of Roe (July 5, 2022)
‘No, They Weren’t Dead the Whole Time’: Oral History of the Lost Finale (Feb. 25, 2021)
Veep is Over. Is America Next? (May 12, 2019)
Podcasts and Video/TV/Live Appearances
Vulture Festival 2024: You’re the Worst Reunion
Basic with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen (Mar. 1, 2023)
Basic with Daily Show’s Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead (Dec. 21, 2022)
Vulture Festival 2017 with Aziz Ansari
Assorted Nonsense
The Bear’s Non-Negotiables, Ranked by Negotiability (June 28, 2022)
Where Were You When Harry Styles (Allegedly) Spit on Chris Pine? (Sept. 6, 2022)
A Run-on Review of The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window (Jan. 28, 2022)