I Don’t Have Time For Podcasts: The Art of the Trade, How the Sausage Gets Made
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The show
Everything has a fan club online — everything, including and especially the weird stuff. But so do the big cultural moments like “Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. If you haven’t already deleted this email out of hipster pride, then you should check out “The Room Where It’s Happening,” a podcast hosted by superfans/comedians Travon Free and Mike Drucker. Interviewing celebrity guests who have also caught the bug, they dive deep into why “Hamilton” is so great, so re-listenable and so fun to discuss.
The episode
Before listening to any episodes of “The Room Where It’s Happening,” you should at least have listened to the “Hamilton” soundtrack (and if you haven’t, SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT, try this episode of my podcast “Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b”!) But assuming you already have Hamilaria, there’s no better place to start than “Alex Lacamoire: Musical Mastermind,” a jaw-dropping chat with the show’s musical supervisor that shows just how much care and genius went into every. single. note.
How to listen
“The Room Where It’s Happening” is on indefinite hiatus, but you can find past episodes on Earwolf’s website or Apple Podcasts.
My stuff
Want more podcasts? Here are the shows I’ve appeared on or produced in the past week:
- “Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b”: “This Is Us”
- “Recode Decode”: Congressman Ro Khanna
- “Recode Decode” bonus episode: Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton
- “Recode Media”: “American Gods” author Neil Gaiman
- “Too Embarrassed to Ask”: Fitness tech blogger D.C. Rainmaker
The weekly puppy picture
Happy listening!
Eric Johnson
@HeyHeyESJ
