Jenny Slate returns today for her fourth appearance on the program.

We discuss how this role in the new FX series Dying for Sex offered her ‘full wingspan’ as a performer (5:45), embodying best friend and caretaker of Molly, played by Michelle Williams (9:25), and what she extracted from herself to play a confrontational character (12:30). Then, Jenny describes her relationship to motherhood (17:30), her breaking point while making her 2019 film The Sunlit Night (22:32), and how some timeless words from her first story collection Little Weirds help make sense of this moment (28:56).

On the back-half, we unpack Jenny’s journey to healing from social media (33:11), a token of advice from her father, poet Ron Slate (41:48), and, to continue our tradition—Slate’s personal and creative aspirations for the years to come (43:51). To close, a formative passage from Shakespeare’s The Tempest (51:57).

Hear our previous talks with Jenny from 2022, 2020, and 2017.

Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at mail@talkeasypod.com.

Jenny Slate returns today for her fourth appearance on the program.
We discuss how this role in the new FX series&nbsp;Dying for Sex offered her &lsquo;full wingspan&rsquo; as a performer (5:45), embodying best friend and caretaker of Molly, played by Michelle Williams (9:25), and what she extracted from herself to play a confrontational character (12:30). Then, Jenny describes her relationship to motherhood (17:30), her breaking point while making her 2019 film The Sunlit Night (22:32), and how some timeless words from her first story collection Little Weirds help make sense of this moment (28:56).
On the back-half, we unpack Jenny&rsquo;s journey to healing from social media (33:11), a token of advice from her father, poet Ron Slate (41:48), and, to continue our tradition&mdash;Slate&rsquo;s personal and creative aspirations for the years to come (43:51). To close, a formative passage from Shakespeare&rsquo;s The Tempest (51:57).
Hear our previous talks with Jenny from <a href="https://talkeasypod.com/jenny-slate-2022/">2022</a>, <a href="https://talkeasypod.com/jenny-slate-returns/">2020</a>, and <a href="https://talkeasypod.com/jenny-slate/">2017</a>.
Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mail@talkeasypod.com">mail@talkeasypod.com</a>.

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