Jenny Slate talks about childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special, Seasoned Professional. She'll do the voices of some of her animated characters, including Marcel from her Oscar-nominated film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Also, we hear from comic/actor Julio Torres. Growing up in El Salvador as a gay atheist he says he felt like an alien. Then he literally was labeled an "alien" when he came to the U.S. on a student visa. He's drawn on those experiences to write, direct and star in the new satirical film Problemista. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
On the Ted Radio hour, linguist Ann Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.
I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but.
It can't be singular.
And I will say, but it is the history behind words causing a lot of debate.
That's on the Ted radio hour from NPR.
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Today, comic and actor Jenny Slate talks about pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special seasons professional.
She'll do the voices of some of her animated characters, including Marcel from her Oscar nominated film Marcel the Shell with shoes on.
Like, I can do it like whenever I want to, but probably at the end of a day of, like, recording it, I get like a little, I get tired.
Also, we hear from comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres.
Growing up in El Salvador as a gay atheist, he felt like an alien.
He literally was labeled an alien when he came to the US on a student visa and then tried to get a work visa.
He's drawn on those experiences to write, direct and star in the new satirical film Problemista that's coming up on Fresh Air weekend.
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