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    Lena Waithe

    Lena Waithe

    FromYour Mama’s Kitchen

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    Lena Waithe

    FromYour Mama’s Kitchen

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    Length:
    45 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 5, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Award-winning screenwriter and funny person Lena Waithe takes us back to her fast-food filled childhood in the Southside of Chicago. We’ll hear about what it was like to live in a house with three generations of women and about her grandmother’s dining table, which plays a big part in an award-winning episode that Lena wrote for Master of None. Plus, we hear why Chicken and Dumplings is the ultimate comfort meal.Lena Waithe is a comedian, actor, writer and screenwriter. She was the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her Thanksgiving episode on Netflix’s Master of None. She created The Chi, which she currently produces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Released:
    Jun 5, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (40)

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