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Fresh Air

Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres

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4.434.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Jenny Slate talks about childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special, Seasoned Professional. She'll do the voices of some of her animated characters, including Marcel from her Oscar-nominated film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.

Also, we hear from comic/actor Julio Torres. Growing up in El Salvador as a gay atheist he says he felt like an alien. Then he literally was labeled an "alien" when he came to the U.S. on a student visa. He's drawn on those experiences to write, direct and star in the new satirical film Problemista.

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From WHY in Philadelphia I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.

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Today comic and actor Jenny Slate talks about pregnancy, childbirth, and

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motherhood the subjects of her new comedy special, seasoned professional.

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She'll do the voices of some of her animated characters,

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including Marcel from her Oscar-nominated film,

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Marcel the Shell with shoes on.

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Like I can do it like whatever I want to,

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but probably at the end of the day of like recording it I get like a little I get tired

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Also we hear from comic actor and filmmaker Julio Torres growing up in El Salvador as a gay atheist,

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he felt like an alien.

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He literally was labeled an alien when he came to the US on a student visa

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and then tried to get a work visa. He's drawn on those experiences to write, direct, and star in the new satirical film Problemista.

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That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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