Introducing So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin
Today, we're sharing a preview of an original new audiobook produced by our colleagues at Pushkin Industries. It’s entitled So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin. The book is an engrossing audi...
10 Maj 202311min
Jay Jordan Was Incarcerated At 18. Now, He’s Transforming the Criminal Justice System.
Today, CEO and activist Jay Jordan tells his story. We begin in Stockton, California (13:31), where he came of age on the heels of the 1994 Clinton Crime Bill (16:33) before being arrested at eighteen...
7 Maj 20231h 28min
All the Women in Actor Betty Gilpin’s Brain
Today, we sit with actor Betty Gilpin! We talk about her role in the prescient new Peacock series Mrs. Davis (6:35), her relationship to technology and social media (8:54), and growing up around actor...
30 Apr 202354min
Carol Burnett Turns 90
Today, on her 90th birthday, a celebration of Carol Burnett! After seven decades in the industry, Burnett sat down with Sam to discuss her upbringing in the Hollywood Arms Apartments (4:25), a mysteri...
26 Apr 202359min
Alison Roman’s Imperfect Approach to Cooking
Today, we’re joined by cook and food writer Alison Roman! We discuss her new dessert cookbook Sweet Enough (4:55), her early years as a restaurant pastry chef (12:24), and the chaotic conditions of wo...
23 Apr 20231h 3min
A Portrait of Actor Michelle Williams
Today, we sit with brilliant actor Michelle Williams! At the top, we walk through the making of Showing Up (6:05), Williams’ fifteen-year partnership with director Kelly Reichardt (8:10), and her upbr...
16 Apr 202354min
Actor Steven Yeun Tells a New Story
Today, we sit with actor Steven Yeun! At the top, we discuss his new Netflix series Beef (3:40), a powerful church scene from the show (12:10), and his personal experience immigrating to the US from S...
9 Apr 20231h 14min
How Author Jenny Odell Discovered a Life Beyond the Clock
Today, we’re joined by writer and artist Jenny Odell! At the top, we discuss the recent legislation regulating social media in Utah (4:02), how these platforms affect our perception of daily life (5:2...
2 Apr 202354min
