Lena Waithe from 'Master Of None'

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🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Sam talks to producer, writer, and actor Lena Waithe about microwavable pork rinds, growing up in front of the TV in Chicago, transcribing reality television footage, finally making it as a Hollywood writer, powerful storytelling by people of color, and writing and acting in Master Of None with Aziz Ansari. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:00.0	Quick word before the show, news is happening fast, but then take a lot of time to keep up.
0:05.0	The NPR podcast, Up First, is the best way to get 10 minutes of the day's top news.
0:10.4	Every weekday morning.
0:11.4	Check out Up First on the NPR One app and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:15.6	Hey y'all, it's been a minute.
0:22.5	Sam Sanders here.
0:23.5	Today and every Tuesday here on the show, we're bringing you a deep dive.
0:28.1	One interview, one topic.
0:29.6	Today, we have a really fun and special guest, Lena Weif.
0:33.6	You probably know her as Denise, the best friend of Aziz Ansari's character on Master
0:39.4	of None.
0:40.4	That's Ansari's Netflix show.
0:42.2	So Lena Weif has this amazing episode in the show, which she wrote and stars in.
0:47.5	It's the Thanksgiving episode.
0:48.8	It's all about her coming out story as a black woman.
0:51.4	It is just brilliant.
0:52.9	I hung out with her in LA a few weeks ago at NPR Studios out there.
0:57.5	And she was the sweetest.
0:58.5	She showed up like 15 minutes early.
1:00.7	She skipped breakfast just to hang out with me.
1:02.8	So I ended up buying her a bag of Doritos and some fruits and action from our Vending machine.
1:07.2	We had a great chat.
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