Hey folks, Sam Jones here.

Welcome to another edition of Off-camera, the show where I get to talk to iconic,

creative, curious artists, and find out how they got that way. iconic Jenny Slate. I'm really happy to have Jenny Slate back again. She's smart, funny, and

charming, and she's refreshingly honest about her struggles as an artist and a human being.

Every time I find myself in conversation with her, I feel inspired and joyful. She's just released a Netflix special called

Stage Fright which is part stand-up, part documentary, part confessional, and

wholly original. She's also released a new memoir called Little Weards, which is probably the most

esoteric and private book to ever land on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Bottom line, Jenny is an unapologetically human artist, and she's at the height of her powers.

Jenny had to do some soul searching over the last few years.

Divorce, the public spotlight, and emotional turmoil were inhibiting her creativity and as she depicts in her memoir

she had to work through some of that gloop.

Writing little weards led to a maturity and self-assureness that helped her reach not only new

creative heights but also to find

peace and happiness within herself.

She inhabits an interesting space between creating entertainment and soul searching.

As Jenny says, I don't think there will be a world in which I don't try to be funny and add levity to reality.

But the most important thing for me as an artist, and the only constant is openness until death.

Jenny joins off camera to talk about losing her creative

spirit in the woods of New England, freaking out after she bombed the stage fright

rehearsal, and the psychological and creative benefits of dressing monochromatically for a couple of weeks.

So pull up a chair and listen in.

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