Rachel Bloom takes musical comedy seriously. A graduate of the NYU Tisch of the Arts, and an avid scifi reader, she's found a way to take music and fantasy and make comedy gold. She started hitting it big on her own YouTube channel and now is the Golden Globe-winning star of the prime-time musical comedy show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The CW show, which boldly references to Jazz, musical theater, old Hollywood, and some of the biggest names of Broadway, will launch a third season in the fall.

Clearly, Rachel Bloom's incidentals are much bigger than two lentils. When she came to the studio over Passover, Rachel and host Julian Fleisher made a meal out of the Great American Songbook, as well as our Naked American offering: a box of gluten-free matzo and a blessed bottle of fermented concord grape juice. All in the name of songs and freedom. 

Maybe it was the grape juice, but you can hear in this show that Julian was kvell-ing over Rachel's deep knowledge of great American art forms like Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Songbook. [For more on that, you can listen to our EXTRA: The Magic of Disney]

Rachel Bloom left her Naked American Songbook Interview with a taste for kosher wine(Kim Nowacki/WNYC)

Rachel kindly took time out of her busy schedule of co-producing Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, filming her husband's movie, and appearing on stage, to share her love of music with you, The Naked American Songbook audience. So why don't you go ahead and take the time to subscribe to the show on Stitcher or Apple Podcasts. And while you're there, please rate the show and leave a comment. It really helps the Naked American Songbook cause. Then you can join the Naked American conversation on Twitter,Instagram and Facebook.

Listen to what happens when you put a Disney Princess impersonator, a Funny Girl-quoting boy from Baltimore, two microphones, and bottle of kosher wine in a small studio!