Interview: Writer, Actor, & Producer Lena Waithe

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Before she was the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, before her Showtime series 'The Chi', and before she was listed on the Time 100, Lena Waithe met Sam on a Saturday morning at NPR, and he bought her Doritos from the vending machine. Encore episode, first released in 2017. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:08.7	Today we're going to bring you an encore presentation of one of my favorite conversations
0:13.0	I've ever had here on the show.
0:15.6	My chat with Lena Weith.
0:17.5	Lena is the in-be-award winning writer, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
0:22.5	She does everything.
0:23.5	We first spoke in 2017 about her work on the Netflix series Master of None.
0:28.8	But since our chat back in 2017, Lena has had one hell of a run.
0:33.8	Not long after we spoke, Lena became the first black woman to win an Emmy award for comedy
0:38.2	writing for her work on Master of None.
0:40.8	If you haven't already, go watch the Thanksgiving episode of that show.
0:43.7	It is brilliant.
0:45.2	After that, Lena made a show for Showtime.
0:47.0	It's called The Shy, and it's currently in its second season.
0:50.2	Lena is also working on new comedies for BET and Showtime, and she's going to be on HBO's
0:56.1	Westworld next year.
0:57.9	On top of all of this, Lena also runs her own production company.
1:02.3	And she was recently perhaps the best dressed person on the red carpet at the Met Gala.
1:07.3	But before all that, Lena met me on a Saturday morning at NPR West in LA.
1:12.4	Solo.
1:13.4	No entourage.
1:14.4	Very chill.
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