Death, Sex & Money | After SNL, Ego Nwodim Has Her Weekends Back

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This September when SNL announced its season 51 cast, Ego Nwodim made the cut. Then, just days later, she announced on social media that she was leaving the show. "The hardest part of a great party is knowing when to say goodnight," she wrote. In this episode, she talks about learning to trust her body when making big decisions, growing up in a family of workaholics, and her 3 AM post-show ritual of eating an entire cake while FaceTiming her best friend. Plus, why her phone has been on silent for 11 years. Listen: Ego’s podcast Thanks Dad where she talks about growing up without a father, and talks to other comedians about their dads, and gets their dad-like advice. See: Ego perform at Lincoln Center’s The Comedy Series, November 19 through November 23. Podcast production by Andrew Dunn and Zoe Azulay Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus. And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was thinking, how I'm thinking about this conversation with you is I feel like there's two things I want to really understand about your life right now.
0:09.7	I feel like we're catching you in this moment of transition.
0:13.4	Yeah.
0:14.1	Where you had a very clear structure to your life.
0:17.7	Yeah.
0:19.2	I was just talking to someone about that literally today and last night, but yes.
0:23.8	Okay.
0:24.5	Specifically.
0:25.1	And that's different now.
0:26.9	Yes.
0:28.0	So I want to talk with you about that.
0:29.9	Yeah.
0:30.3	The other thing, then I want to go back and understand your family, your place in your family as the youngest, your relationship with your mom,
0:40.2	how you think about your relationship or lack thereof with your dad.
0:44.7	And the question I sort of have is how did you become this person who somehow both
0:52.8	strikes me as someone who has things under control.
0:58.4	You are mature.
0:59.4	I trust you.
1:01.1	Even when you're doing totally ridiculous things.
1:05.8	Thank you.
1:08.0	If you've watched Saturday Night Live over the past seven years, you know Ego Wodom.
1:13.6	She's known for many characters, some on weekend update,
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