You Asked, We Advised
For this very special episode, June, Isaac, and Rumaan answer listener questions about creative work. A video producer wants to get better at reacting to negative feedback. A musician wants to know ho...
27 Dec 202042min
George C. Wolfe on His New Film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
This week, Rumaan Alam talks with George C. Wolfe. Wolfe is a playwright, film director, and two-time Tony winner. His latest project, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, takes place in a single day of 1927, wh...
20 Dec 202057min
When Music Is the Family Business: Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche
This week, host June Thomas talks to Suzzy Roche, the youngest member of the harmonious folk group The Roches, and Suzzy’s daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche. The duo recently released an album called I ...
13 Dec 202054min
Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every Day
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to playwright Ayad Akhtar about dream journals, beginning the workday by reading Shakespeare, and other creative rituals and techniques. Then Ayad discusses the orig...
6 Dec 202047min
How Klancy Miller Designs Recipes for Single People
This week host June Thomas talks with cookbook author Klancy Miller, whose book Cooking Solo celebrates the joy of making delicious food for yourself. In the interview, Klancy talks about the trial an...
29 Nov 202035min
How Lovecraft Country’s Cinematographer Guides the Viewer’s Eye
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to cinematographer Michael Watson about what it was like to work on the HBO sci-fi series Lovecraft Country. In the interview, Michael talks about the unique challen...
22 Nov 202046min
A Look Inside the World's Longest-Running Medical Drama
This week, host June Thomas talks to Jenny Thompson, story producer for the long-running U.K. medical drama Casualty. In the interview, Jenny explains what a story producer does, and why it’s differen...
15 Nov 202048min
Poet Javier Zamora Wants Readers to Know What It’s Like to Be Undocumented
This week host Rumaan Alam talks to Javier Zamora about the truth-telling power of poetry. When Javier was 9 years old, he traveled to the U.S. from El Salvador without his parents. In his book of poe...
8 Nov 202044min
