Prentice Penny on 'Insecure'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Larry weighs in on testing positive for COVID-19, the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, the great Sidney Poitier, and the Amhaud Arbery verdict. He's then joined by Prentice Penny to talk about his journey from being a young writer inspired to work in television through a chance intervention at NYU (29:00) to navigating the industry as a prominent Black producer and showrunner (31:40). Prentice and Larry then offer valuable insight into what it takes to be a successful writer in show business (39:17) before discussing the HBO show 'Insecure' (54:59), his working relationship with the show's lead Issa Rae, (1:04:05) and Prentice's favorite memories from his time working on the series. (1:15:32) Finally, Larry shares some of his experiences working on the 'Bernie Mac Show' (1:21:19) and Prentice looks forward to his career after 'Insecure'. Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Prentice Penny Producer: Kaya McMullen Production Assistant: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.0	Everybody, happy new year. Welcome back. This is Larry one more. You are listening to Black Under Air and Happy New Year to everybody.
1:33.0	We are here in 2022. What a journey. I apologize. I have a little bit of a trace of I was going to say a cold.
1:47.0	But it turns out that I actually am recovering from COVID.
1:54.0	I felt like just a little bit of a cold couple of days after Christmas on a Monday. Like I had caught a chill. I had that feeling before.
2:07.0	I had a little bit of a fever. I took a COVID test. I was negative. I had a little bit of a...
2:15.0	The next day I felt better, but I had a bit of a sore throat. I had a sore throat for a few days.
2:20.0	I just thought nothing of it. Then a week later on that Monday after I was feeling much better.
2:28.0	I said, let me just take a test. I took a test and I was positive this past Monday. I don't know how soon after I first took that negative test that I was positive.
2:42.0	It was really shocking. Honestly, I really have not been anywhere. The chance is to get this Omni Crumb or whatever it's called. It was so slim.
2:54.0	That's how I think contagious this thing is.
2:59.0	I have to be honest with you. That was a little scared at first. A year ago, I lost my brother at COVID.
3:06.0	It was a bit different than. He did have some bad things he was going with health wise. It was pre-vaccine and all that.
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