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🗓️ 6 March 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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0:00.0 | Invisibilias back for a new season with new stories about small personal battles. |
0:05.1 | I'm a different person now. You're fake. And huge cultural issues. |
0:08.8 | This is probably going to get somebody killed. So tune in for Invisibilias season four. |
0:21.5 | Hey y'all. From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute. Today on the show Brian Tyree Henry. |
0:27.5 | You may know him for his work on the award-winning FX show Atlanta. He plays Paperboy, |
0:32.7 | a.k.a Alfred, the rapper who contains multitudes. Also, Brian was part of the original Broadway cast |
0:39.9 | of the Book of Mormon. And this year you're going to see him in about half a dozen movies. He's |
0:44.4 | really busy. So season two of Atlanta just premiered on FX. And I got to tell you it is even better |
0:49.6 | than the first. If for some reason you're not watching that show, here's a quick description. |
0:54.4 | It is a comedy slash drama that follows two cousins Alfred, a.k.a. |
0:59.6 | paperboy, is trying to become a successful rapper. His cousin Erne is a Princeton dropout trying |
1:05.6 | to manage paperboy's career. Erne is played by Donald Glover, who was the show's creator and star. |
1:11.6 | Also a Grammy-winning musician. Also in the show, the third main character is Darius, paperboy's |
1:17.4 | best friend. Darius is played by LeKete Stanfield. Fun fact, we actually interviewed LeKete on |
1:23.2 | this show last summer. Go check that out if you missed it. My goal in life basically is to interview |
1:29.0 | the entire cast of Atlanta universe make it happen. So let's get to this chat. I talked with |
1:35.5 | Brian Tyree Henry in person in New York a few weeks back in the midst of like a crazy snow, |
1:41.5 | slash sleet, slash rainstorm. Before I moved back to LA, also FYI in this chat, Brian and I |
1:49.4 | use the in word a few times. And we've chosen not to bleep that word. We bleep all the other curse |
1:55.5 | words that happen in this conversation though. Alright, let's get to it. Atlanta season two is on |
2:00.3 | FX Thursday nights. Enjoy! |
2:10.0 | Alright, Atlanta. I'm not sure that I can recall a better first season of a show. Wow, |
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