Jenny Slate has been busy. The multi-hyphenate star — actress, writer, stand-up comedian, former “SNL” player, prodigious voice performer, SAG winner, and so much more — has not only done a little bit everything, but continues to do so at an admirably high level. When this writer last caught up with her it was (somehow?) eight years ago, on the occasion of her “Landline” reunion with her “Obvious Child” compatriots, director and co-writer Gillian Robespierre and writer Elisabeth Holm. Even Slate couldn’t believe how much time had passed.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wow. What have I been up to? My life has changed drastically since that time, and luckily I’m all the better for it,” Slate said with laugh during a recent Zoom with IndieWire.

“I’ve made a lot of my own work: two standup specials, I’ve written two books of little pieces about emotional states,” Slate said. “Those four projects have been really,...