
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


What do you do after founding one of the most beloved bands ever? If you’re Carrie Brownstein, you become the star of “Portlandia” and satirize one of the most beloved cities. Also, former “Saturday Night Live” political writer Jim Downey explains how a sketch comedy show came to shape American political discourse. Plus, how the novelist Emma Donoghue adapted her bestselling novel, “Room,” into a movie — with a little help from director Lenny Abrahamson.
By PRX4.5
666666 ratings
What do you do after founding one of the most beloved bands ever? If you’re Carrie Brownstein, you become the star of “Portlandia” and satirize one of the most beloved cities. Also, former “Saturday Night Live” political writer Jim Downey explains how a sketch comedy show came to shape American political discourse. Plus, how the novelist Emma Donoghue adapted her bestselling novel, “Room,” into a movie — with a little help from director Lenny Abrahamson.

91,067 Listeners

44,014 Listeners

38,501 Listeners

6,721 Listeners

43,567 Listeners

38,713 Listeners

27,240 Listeners

26,175 Listeners

11,604 Listeners

321 Listeners

9,188 Listeners

3,943 Listeners

931 Listeners

8,305 Listeners

464 Listeners

1,966 Listeners

306 Listeners

469 Listeners

1,285 Listeners

3,767 Listeners

2,623 Listeners

934 Listeners

322 Listeners

1,904 Listeners

1,547 Listeners