Jenny Slate and the Flight to Varennes
SNAFU with Ed Helms
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Jenny Slate is a connoisseur of finer things. Ed invites her to revisit an epic failure on the part of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they attempt to flee revolution, yet cling to their superfluous lifestyle. Will they make it to the city of Varennes or lose their lavish heads in the process?
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone says, like, I could never join a cult. |
| 0:02.7 | Like, I would never fall for that insane. |
| 0:05.3 | Oh, I would. |
| 0:06.8 | You would. |
| 0:07.7 | I really love friendly groups. |
| 0:11.1 | I love cooking. |
| 0:12.3 | I love it when people are, like, trying to help each other actualize their dreams. |
| 0:16.2 | And I like it when people, like, are dedicated to each other. |
| 0:19.2 | And a lot of times, cults are, like, nonviolent, except I don't like having to be other and a lot of times cults are like nonviolent except i don't |
| 0:22.4 | like having to be naked in a group of people and i don't like having to do like oral sex to like |
| 0:27.7 | the head of the cult that is that's that's that's in the cult bylaws there's usually some guy. |
| 0:48.3 | This is an I heart podcast. |
| 0:50.4 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:53.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, |
| 0:53.8 | welcome to Snafu, |
| 0:56.2 | the show about history's greatest screw-ups. |
| 1:02.6 | I'm Ed Helms, and more specifically, this is a show where we look at mishaps from history and wonder, oh, what does this say about humanity? |
| 1:06.4 | And I always bring along a very exciting guest. |
| 1:09.1 | Today I'm joined by one of my dear friends. She's an actress, a writer, a comedian. She's been in so many incredible shows and movies like it's borderline annoying. Just to name a few, obvious child, Zootopia, gifted, everything everywhere all at once, an Emmy nominee for Dying for Sex with Michelle Williams, an Oscar nominee for Marcel the Shell. |
| 1:31.0 | She's the author of two fabulous books, Little Weirds, and Life Form, and she recently launched her own podcast called I Need You Guys with Gabe Leedman and Max Silvestri. |
| 1:45.5 | Please welcome the amazing Jenny Slate. |
| 1:48.2 | Hi, hi, Ed. |
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