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The Nod

The 40-Year-Old Version

The Nod

Gimlet

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Sundance award winning director Radha Blank joins B + E to discuss her debut film, The 40-Year-Old Version, produced by Lena Waithe. She shares why Spike Lee and New York City play a major influence on her work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's Brittany.

0:01.9

And Eric.

0:02.7

And we are back again with a very special episode of our

0:06.2

Quibi Show, The Knob with Brittany and Eric.

0:09.1

This week's sixth degrees of separation is back.

0:12.1

And we're connecting two of your favorite aunties.

0:14.4

So you got to listen to Find Out Who.

0:16.7

Brittany and I are also going to be joined by Aaron Haines,

0:19.5

the editor at large of the 19th news,

0:22.0

to dig into what the nomination of Amy Coney Bear to the Supreme

0:26.2

Court means for Black people.

0:28.4

And Brittany and I are ranking the worst husbands from TV

0:32.2

and film.

0:33.4

James St. Patrick, this one, this one's for you.

0:36.4

But that's not all.

0:37.7

Yes, on today's episode, we're talking to Roda Blank,

0:41.2

the writer, director and star of the new Netflix film,

0:44.4

The 40-year-old version.

0:46.0

She lets us in on her artistic process, both as a filmmaker

0:49.5

and a mixtape rapper, and shares her favorite hip-hop artist

0:53.2

in the 40 plus club.

0:54.8

We enjoy both the movie and talking with Roda so much.

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