Author: jsweeney

• September 2019 Blog

  IT IS SEPTEMBER. And this is my September blog. This picture of me was taken today, September 12, 2019, in Chicago. My dear friend Annie took it as we ate lunch at Restoration Hardware. (Yes, there is a restaurant inside the store here — I was skeptical but it was delightful.) We were deep in … Continue reading September 2019 Blog READ MORE »

• August 2019 Blog

  I’m back to my monthly blog. What’s up, buttercup? Feeling pretty good, people. I’m still settling into our house in Los Angeles. August and September are the worst two months to be here; it’s painfully hot and the mosquitos are driving me batty. But even still, I’m giddy to be in L.A., and bugs and smog and heat cannot destroy my love READ MORE »

• Letting Go of God Trailer

  Letting Go of God is a one-person-monologue by Julia Sweeney chronicling her search for God. READ MORE »

• Freedom from Religion Julia Sweeney Ad

  Julia Sweeney cut this ad for FFRF to stand up against the Catholic Bishops who want to control health care decisions. READ MORE »

• Julia Sweeney has “The Talk”

  Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction -- and starts to ask some very smart questions. READ MORE »

• Letting Go of God - TED 2007

  Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs. READ MORE »

• MY FIRST BLOG ENTRY OF THE NEW ERA

  I shut down my social media life. Basically. Some of it carried on, me being too lazy to figure out how to actually let it all go. I wanted to direct a film based on a script I had written. I had a star, I had a budget, I had producers – but alas, the film didn’t get financed. Last June the writing was on the wall, it was not going to h READ MORE »