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Wild Card with Rachel Martin Julianne Nicholson just wants everyone to take a beat

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Anyone who has seen Julianne Nicholson in “Mare of Easttown” or “Janet Planet” knows she is really good at portraying grief. In her new show “Paradise,” she plays Sinatra, a heartbroken tech billionaire trying to micromanage the end of the world. She’s an evil genius who is also a little bit funny. She shares with Rachel an early memory of “outhouse beauty” and her secret to social situations.

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