My guest on today's show, you know her as an actress and a sketch comedian,

but she also occasionally fronts a Prince cover band. Yeah, a Prince cover band.

A cover band that I saw perform at the 930 Club in Washington DC several years ago.

That was the first time I realized that really die-hard Prince fans are now coming to see our shows.

And so there were a few ladies in the front row who were like,

I'll see you at the next one.

What they throw on panties up there, it's all right. We got a couple bras that night.

Love it. I'm gonna come clean. Like you can throw me anything. I don't want your stinky panties.

So this Prince cover band is called Princess. Get it? And there is one Prince song my guest

loves to perform with her band. I think I always look forward to doing

darling Nikki just because it's such a dynamic song. That's an underwear throwing song.

Listen. I'm by the end of this conversation I might retract my statement.

If the Princess concert is really good and we're all sweating, all the underwear is gonna be moist.

It's gonna be funky. Moist panties and Prince songs on stage. Those go together.

You're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR. I'm Sam Sanders.

In this episode, a very special treat. No news, no who said that. Just one iconic guest.

Maya Rudolph. So Maya's up for two Emmys this year. One nomination for

guest toasting Saturday Night Live. Playing one role in particular that you might remember.

Good evening America. I'm Vice President Kamala Harris.

And she has another nomination for playing Connie the Hormone Monstrous on the Netflix animated show Big

Mouth. Now let's fling ourselves onto the bed and cry so hard no sound comes out.

So Maya already won at the Emmys last year for the same two shows. And you know in the last few

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