Mindy Kaling Grows Up

Mindy Kaling broke through as a writer and star of ‘The Office’ and then ‘The Mindy Project’ and this summer she has taken those roles to new heights in her excellent new film ‘Late Night’ opposite Emma Thompson. In this episode, we talk about the complicated politics of that movie, Mindy speaks out for the first time about her controversial Instagram post supporting Aziz Ansari and reveals why she had to turn down her ‘dream’ job at SNL.

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