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Samantha Bee On 'Full Frontal,' Feminism And The Freedom Of Her 40s

At 46, former Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee says she's not very concerned with what people think of her.

"Being in my late 40s has been absolutely freeing and liberating for me," Bee tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I'm a married woman with kids. I'm a professional. People just can't [put me] me in a tiny box that makes sense to them, so now I just don't care that much what people think of me ... and now I do my own thing."

Bee, who left The Daily Show after more than a decade last April, now works on two TBS shows: She hosts Full Frontal, a late-night political satire show that puts a feminist perspective on the news.

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Other segments from the episode on April 7, 2016

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 7, 2015: Interview with Samantha Bee; review of film Louder Than Bombs

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