Jessi Klein On Grown-Up Tomboys, Motherhood, And Backpacks
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2016
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Jessi Klein, head writer for Inside Amy Schumer, talks about the awkwardness of being a grown-up tomboy and when you’re finally too old to carry a backpack. Then she explains that there may only be two types of women in the world: wolves and poodles. Her new book is called You’ll Grow Out of It.
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| 0:00.0 | This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events. |
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| 0:13.6 | From W be easy Chicago this is Nurdett |
| 0:19.7 | I'm Tricia Bobita and I'm Greta Johnson. This week we talk with The Glorious, The |
| 0:25.1 | Magnificent Jesse Klein. I don't know why I'm being like a circus caller today |
| 0:29.0 | but I'm just really excited about Jesse Klein I guess. And you should be. |
| 0:32.1 | Jesse Klein is the head writer for |
| 0:34.2 | Inside Amy Schumer, the hilarious sketch show on Comedy Central. She's also |
| 0:38.1 | written for Saturday Night Live and the Kroll Show and she's a frequent panelist |
| 0:41.8 | on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me tell me yes her new book is called |
| 0:44.9 | you'll grow out of it you may have actually seen an excerpt of it it was put in the |
| 0:48.7 | New York Times in this article called get the epidural which I don't know about you |
| 0:52.4 | dear listener but at least for me and Tricia |
| 0:54.3 | I feel like it's fair to say it went viral it was a prevalent thing in our Facebook feeds for a while |
| 0:59.1 | it was all over the place because Jesse Klein's take on motherhood is one that is maybe more |
| 1:04.6 | judgmental and less judgmental all at the same time. She is telling her story and as |
| 1:09.0 | the title of that suggests she got the epidural. We'll talk to her about that later in this |
| 1:13.8 | interview. Yes, we'll also talk with her about how pregnancy and pending |
| 1:17.8 | motherhood informed her writing for Inside Amy Schumer, when a Tom boy becomes |
| 1:22.0 | a Tom man... a Tom Man. |
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