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I'm Terry Gross.

The first time I interviewed comic and actor Jenny Slate, she told me that when

she was in her 20s, she felt like an imposter adult. That interview was 10 years ago when

Slate was 32. Now Now she's a mother. Her daughter was born during the COVID lockdown.

Getting married, getting pregnant, and the pain and joy of giving birth are at the center of Slate's new comedy special,

seasoned professional, which is streaming on Amazon. In her earlier Netflix comedy special stage fright,

I learned that she grew up in a house her family believed was

haunted.

Sla is back on her show and there's lots more to talk about.

She co-wrote and starred in the Oscar-nominated animated film Marcel the Shell Was Shoes on, adapted from the web series that she

co-created.

She's done voice work for other animated films and TV shows, including Bob's Burgers, Big Mouth, the LEGO Batman movie, The Secret Life of Pets,

and Zutopia.

She played a laundromat customer in the Academy Award winning film Everything Everywhere

all at once. She was a regular on the

Kroll show and had a recurring role on House of Lies. Although she was on just a

few episodes of Parks and Recreation, a lot of people know her for her role as Mona Lisa

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