Janelle Monáe
Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist
NBC News
4.5 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. |
| 0:09.7 | I have for you this week, I think it's fair to say what is a one of a kind episode of |
| 0:15.9 | this venerable podcast with music star and now author Janelle Monet. |
| 0:22.1 | She is a unique voice in music. |
| 0:25.2 | She is a unique voice in our culture. |
| 0:28.0 | And my goodness, I have to paint you a picture because in fact, I encourage you to go online |
| 0:33.2 | and find the Sunday today version of the interview or just some photographs. |
| 0:37.6 | Here's the deal. |
| 0:38.6 | We're on the ninth floor of the Museum of Design in New York City right on Columbus Circle. |
| 0:44.9 | There's a restaurant up there. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm, we're all set up, lights on, cameras rolling, little table for the two of us to have |
| 0:51.2 | the interview, elevator doors open, out walks, Janelle Monet wearing head to tail. |
| 0:58.8 | I want to get it right because it's a designer and she'll mention the name in the interview. |
| 1:03.7 | But I think it's latex maybe, rubber at least. |
| 1:08.1 | And I mean head to toe. |
| 1:09.9 | She has a hodon. |
| 1:12.5 | She has a full body suit all the way down to her feet. |
| 1:17.0 | Her sunglasses are futuristic. One side is a circle for one eye. |
| 1:20.9 | The other side is a rectangle. |
| 1:23.7 | Hopefully you're googling as we discuss this. |
| 1:27.3 | Because I want you to have the mental image truly stunning. |
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