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Hey, everyone. It's Sophia.

Welcome to Work in Progress.

Hello, Whipsmarties, today we are joined by one of my favorite smart, creative, I mean, brilliant

women who also happens to be one of the coolest chicks that I know. Today's guest is actress,

writer and director Lake Bell, who is starring in the upcoming series The Chair Company on HBO, and who has just

released a book inspired by her daughter. The book is called All About Brains, a book about

people, and it is a whimsical story that celebrates the ways all of our different brains make us

special in a lighthearted

and you'll hear me crying emotional exploration of neurodiversity. The book was inspired by Lake's

own daughter, Nova. And today we're going to talk about what it's like to be a parent of a brilliant

and different kid, what both of our journeys with families look

like, and how she views her career as both a personal sense of expression and as a real

responsibility because with a platform comes privilege.

And Lake is so amazing at mobilizing her privilege for others in really beautiful and

inclusive ways. Let's dive in with Lake Bell.

I was reading so many articles about your audiobook because it fascinates me.

And also I feel like I needed to go back in time a little bit.

And when you were talking about having a voice like you have, a voice similar to my own.

I was going to say, you, yeah, you were on the list of unique voices.

Well, just in terms of what it was like as a young actor, particularly not sounding like,

all the little ingenues.

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