100,000 or so years of human history and young adulthood is still getting weirder. 

Jason Gots: My guest today is actor and filmmaker Noël Wells. She’s been a cast member of Saturday Night Live. She played Rachel on the Netflix series Master of None. And she’s making her directorial debut with Mr. Roosevelt, a sweet, moving indie comedy that’s ostensibly about a dead cat, but that’s really about that very awkward and for some of us very protracted moment of coming to terms with life as a grown up.

Surprise conversation-starter clips in this episode:

Reza Aslan on what religion is for, David Eagleman on creativity

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