Tracee Ellis Ross on 'I Am America'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Larry is joined by actress Tracee Ellis Ross and they begin their conversation by sharing what they've learned about themselves and society through the events of the pandemic. Next, Tracee talks about her new podcast 'I Am America', explains why she wanted to start the project, and details some of the amazing individuals and stories featured in the show (18:22). After the break, they dive into their shared love of cinematic storytelling, their individual acting processes, and Tracee's professional chemistry with her 'Black-ish' co-star Anthony Anderson (36:03). Finally, they discuss some of Tracee's most recent roles, her new hair care company Pattern, and the enduring qualities of her iconic mom Diana Ross (51:35). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Tracee Ellis Ross Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	An Instagram post gets an unexpected boost. A TikTok catches in the algorithm.
0:05.0	Sometimes that's all it takes to launch someone into internet fame. But then what?
0:10.0	This blue up is a new podcast documentary that reveals how social media
0:14.8	start and is made. It's a different kind of fame. That's not always as glamorous as it looks.
0:20.0	From Spotify and the Ring or Podcast Network, I'm Alyssa Bereznek.
0:24.0	You can listen to this blue up on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	All right. Welcome back, everybody. You know what? Sometimes you got to bring people back in the pot.
0:41.0	Who are your faves? Could you haven't talked to them in a while?
0:44.0	And the world loves them and when you hear from them,
0:47.0	so I'm like, well, they need to come in my pot so we can talk.
0:51.0	Is that the expression come on the pot?
0:53.0	Come on the pot. Yeah, although that can have some horrible double and triple on top of it.
0:57.0	I love this. That's great. So I mean, she's just beloved by America,
1:05.0	but I love her because she's just so genuine, so funny and she's so smart.
1:10.0	She does everything and she's doing everything right now, which is crazy.
1:13.0	And we'll talk about that. I want to know what's happening.
1:15.0	But you know from Blackish, from girlfriend, she's award winning,
1:19.0	she's producing, she's acting out there, but she's got a podcast, guys.
1:23.0	She's doing this, what we're doing now. And it's really beautiful.
1:27.0	I think it's the word I want to use. It's so well produced and it's just a beautiful show.
1:31.0	It's called I Am America.
1:33.0	And they're really best way to say inspiring stories from everyday people.
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