This week’s New Yorker of the Week is Jess Rothschild, writer, producer, and professional documenter of New York’s most fascinating subcultures. Jess is the creator and executive producer of Cult of Body & Soul, the seven-part series that unpacks how SoulCycle went from sweaty spin class to full-blown cultural movement. She’s also behind Finding Fire Island, the lush docu-series on queer legends and lore from Cherry Grove to The Pines.
Since 2019, Jess has hosted Hot Takes & Deep Dives, a pop-culture feast featuring icons like Rosie O’Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fran Drescher, and Isaac Mizrahi. She even got her start as a founding writer for Autostraddle, the internet’s longest-running independent LGBT site.
Tune in as we talk cult workouts, queer icons, and what it means to tell the stories that make New York so perfectly New York.
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