Robin Thede on Being the Only Black Woman in Late Night and the Creation of ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ | Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Larry Wilmore is joined by Robin Thede, the creator of ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show,’ to talk about how she got her start in late-night television, hiring an all black women writers room, and what it’s like to create her own sketch show. Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Robin Thede Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
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0:31.0	Alright, welcome back everybody.
0:38.0	This is Larry.
0:39.0	One more you're listening to Black on the Air.
0:42.0	Nice to have.
0:43.0	We're better hope you're having a good summer.
0:45.0	This is a tough summer though.
0:47.0	There's so many things going on this shooting over the weekend.
0:52.0	A couple of shootings.
0:53.0	God, I don't even have the words for it, man.
0:57.0	These things just keep happening and it seems like we're getting these same cycles of
1:03.6	despair and everything.
1:05.0	I'll talk a little bit about this.
1:08.0	It's tough because I feel like I keep saying the same thing so it's hard to keep having
1:11.3	a circular argument.
1:13.1	We'll try to cheer you up today.
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