Interview: Phoebe Robinson of '2 Dope Queens'

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🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It's Tuesday. Phoebe Robinson is doing a lot. There's her acting and her second book, 'Everything's Trash, But It's Okay.' And on top of that, there's '2 Dope Queens,' the podcast turned HBO live show that she hosted with Jessica Williams. Sam catches up with Robinson on the comedy landscape in the #MeToo era, getting out of debt, and abreevs. You'll find out what that means. Tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0	Hi, how are you?
0:02.0	I'm good, how are you?
0:04.0	My guest this episode is a very busy woman.
0:07.0	When we talked, she was on a promo tour for not one,
0:10.0	but two big projects.
0:12.0	Okay, so.
0:13.0	You're doing a promo for two dopes.
0:14.0	Two dopes and what men want.
0:17.0	The Throjie movie.
0:18.0	I'm excited, yeah, she's.
0:20.0	That is, of course, the voice of Phoebe Robinson.
0:23.0	And I am Sam Sanders.
0:25.0	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:27.0	Are you guys recording?
0:28.0	Because this is great.
0:29.0	Oh, okay, great.
0:30.0	This is great content.
0:31.0	In this episode, Phoebe tells me about everything she's working on,
0:38.0	which is a lot.
0:39.0	There's her acting, there's her latest book.
0:42.0	It's called Everything's Trash, but it's okay.
0:44.0	There's all her podcasting stuff, like her show,
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