Lena Waithe

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.


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