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Unavailable'Insecure' Showrunner Prentice Penny
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'Insecure' Showrunner Prentice Penny

FromIt's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders


Currently unavailable

'Insecure' Showrunner Prentice Penny

FromIt's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Sep 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Prentice Penny, showrunner for 'Insecure', joins Sam to talk about the HBO comedy series, which just wrapped its second season. They also discuss what a showrunner does, how he got the job, collaborating with star and co-creator Issa Rae, diversity in television, why he likes Drake (and Sam doesn't), how he came to love television and writing as a kid, how he almost became a marine biologist, and black Twitter. Email the show at samsanders@npr.org and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.
Released:
Sep 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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A talk show with a heart. Each week, Sam interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists. Join Sam as he makes sense of the world through conversation.