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What makes you irrationally defensive?

Irrationally defensive?

Oh my gosh.

I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard.

The game where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest chooses questions at random from a deck of cards.

Pick a card one through three.

Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped them.

It's my least favorite thing is getting something wrong.

My guest this week is actress and producer Lena Waite.

And that can be in many ways.

You know, it'd be a relationship, you know, some trivia.

You know what I mean?

I love that those were in the same breath. Lina Waith knows what she wants. And what she wants is for people to look outside of their

own lives to try and understand other people and the choices that they make. Lena Waith's TV

shows and films are these powerful

little empathy engines. Lena became the first black woman ever to win an Emmy for comedy writing

on the show Master of Nun. She's also the creator of the comedy series Boomerang in 20s. She wrote the

film Queen and Slim and was the producer on the movie Dear White People. But for me, Lena's real triumph is the shy.

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