Issa Rae on the ‘Hoe Phase’ and Finding Her Voice (Ep. 10)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Larry Wilmore riffs on the Anthony Scaramucci firing, Lavar Ball’s antics and Trump’s continued lying (1:00) before being joined by Issa Rae to discuss her rise from school plays, to a web series, to her hit show, ‘Insecure,’ on HBO (16:00). She and Larry also discuss working together on the early phases of ‘Insecure’ and how cheating is perceived differently for men and women (40:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Larry Wong Black on the Air, part of the Ringger Podcast Network.
0:14.5	I am Larry Wong and I am Black on the Air.
0:17.1	Wow, that pun works in a lot of different ways, guys.
0:19.4	And I'm really happy with that, with Black on the Air at this point.
0:23.6	It was just a straight pun at first, but now there's so many deeper meanings.
0:28.0	No, they're really art.
0:29.4	I just like it.
0:30.4	It just makes me laugh.
0:31.4	Nice to be back.
0:32.4	We're off for a week.
0:33.4	Really, really fun conversation with the very talented Esa Rae coming up a little later
0:38.5	on.
0:39.5	Starb Insakere, a show which I was very fortunate to co-create with her.
0:44.2	And we just have a fun conversation.
0:46.0	We talk about some really interesting stuff, especially how this show has gotten a lot
0:50.9	of a lot of talk and attention around the issue of cheating, especially from a female
0:55.7	point of view.
0:56.7	I think you guys really enjoy it.
0:57.7	It was really, really fun.
0:59.2	Esa's great.
1:00.0	We had a fun talk.
1:01.0	Man, so much stuff happens when we're just down for a week.
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