Rebecca Mead on the Challenge of Writing About Herself
This week, host June Thomas talks to New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead about her new memoir Home/Land, which traces her experience moving back to Britain after making a home for herself in New York and b...
13 Feb 202244min
Working Overtime: Bong Joon-ho’s Creative Advice
For this episode of Working Overtime, hosts Karen Han and June Thomas dissect some creative advice from the director Bong Joon-ho, who claimed during his 2020 Oscars acceptance speech that “the most p...
10 Feb 202217min
How a Playwright and a Director Harmonize to Make Great Theater
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to playwright Aleshea Harris and director Whitney White, whose new play On Sugarland is currently in preview performances at the New York Theatre Workshop. In the in...
6 Feb 202252min
How Late Night Writer Karen Chee Generates Punchlines
This week, host Karen Han talks to comedy writer Karen Chee, who works as a writer and performer for Late Night With Seth Meyers. In the interview, Chee discusses her early work writing humor pieces f...
30 Jan 202243min
Working Overtime: The Pomodoro Technique
For this edition of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas, Isaac Butler, and Karen Han discuss the pomodoro technique, which involves breaking work into timed intervals and taking breaks in between thos...
27 Jan 202222min
Author Malinda Lo on the Limits of the Young Adult Label
This week, host June Thomas talks to author Malinda Lo, whose book Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the National Book Award. In the interview, Malinda explains that she never intended to write boo...
23 Jan 202244min
How the Alien Languages in “Foundation” Were Created
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Fionnuala Murphy, an actor and linguist who invented multiple alien languages for Apple TV Plus’s series Foundation. In the interview, Fionnuala explains how she ...
16 Jan 202250min
Working Overtime: “Get Off the Freaking Internet”
Welcome to the debut episode of Working Overtime! In these bi-weekly episodes, June, Isaac, and Karen dissect creative advice—and sometimes offer it to listeners and each other. This week, they disc...
13 Jan 202227min
