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The 29-Hour Podcast#42: Season Two FinaleIn this week's season finale mini-episode, Sam and Julia talk to each other about how the podcast has changed over its first two seasons, predictions for the next year, and all our angst over making reels for ourselves.
2019-11-2527 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#41: Christiana ColeThis week we talk to performer and writer Christiana Cole about a career in opera performance as a war of attrition, the trickiness of inhabiting liminal identities, and the worst piece of advice she ever got.
2019-11-111h 04The 29-Hour Podcast#40: Daniel K. IsaacThis week we talked with writer and performer Daniel K. Isaac about getting job offers via Instagram, writing autobiographically, and the moment you realize you can quit your day job.
2019-10-2859 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#39: Austen Danielle BohmerThis week we talk with performer Austen Danielle Bohmer about why to avoid explicit discussions about tone in the rehearsal process, how to identify a good human, and her recent performance with Sam in Fall Springs at Barrington Stage.
2019-10-141h 02The 29-Hour Podcast#38: Max CherninThis week we talk with performer Max Chernin about lessons learned from luminous castmates, setting the right tone in a rehearsal room, and what we're all hoping to find in Brooklyn.
2019-09-301h 07The 29-Hour Podcast#37: Ellen Condon MacyThis week we talk with actress Ellen Condon Macy about finding a healthy way to emotionally connect with your performance, using Instagram to relieve artistic frustration, and the difference between confidence and arrogance. And nobody cries.
2019-09-161h 01The 29-Hour Podcast#36: Evan MaltbyThis week we talk with performer Evan Maltby about feeling like an imposter in musical theatre spaces, paths not taken backstage at Spring Awakenings, and whether our careers are more like snowballs or flowering tendrils.
2019-09-021h 03The 29-Hour Podcast#35: Amina HenryThis week we talked with writer Amina Henry about naturalism and surrealism, multiple attempts to write her grandmother into a play, and our various reasons for avoiding vacations.
2019-08-191h 00The 29-Hour Podcast#34: Hana SlevinThis week we talk with actress Hana Slevin about how to stand out on paper, choosing to move to NYC, and the difference between acting for stage and film.
2019-08-0555 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#33: Chris DimondThis week's conversation with writer Chris Dimond features his origin story with collaborator Michael Kooman, thoughts on balancing commercial viability with personal predilections, and a sneak peak at the new studio album for The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes.
2019-07-221h 09The 29-Hour Podcast#32: Allison PosnerThis week we talk with performer Allison Posner about the rise and fall of the celebrity autograph, visible parenting in the theatre, and how she pre-gamed for her first date with her husband.
2019-07-081h 00The 29-Hour Podcast#31: Alex GibsonThis week we talk with actor Alex Gibson about his experience performing in Octet, misconceptions about the bass voice, and whether emotional truth is overrated.
2019-06-241h 04The 29-Hour Podcast#30: Tom CostelloThis week we talk with director Tom Costello about the myth of a secret code within the theatre industry, fear of doing things wrong, and why being an actor might not necessarily make you a better mafia player.
2019-06-101h 08The 29-Hour Podcast#29: Amy Burgess and Sara CooperThis week we talk with writers Amy Burgess and Sara Cooper about using all five senses in the theatre, the evolving experience of seeing a show multiple times, and our recent production of Elevator Heart.
2019-05-2759 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#28: Rachel DartThis week we talk with director Rachel Dart about imprinting on celebrities, different ways to go about casting a frat boy with a heart of gold, and the best way to answer questions about "what's going on next with you?"
2019-05-131h 05The 29-Hour Podcast#27: Matt CastleThis week we talk with music director and orchestrator Matt Castle about his super powers when teaching music, his process in re-orchestrating Into The Woods, and the futility in pressuring a guy's voice to be there when it just isn't.
2019-04-2957 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#26: Eli BolinThis week we talk to composer Eli Bolin about setting found text to music, writing songs for Sesame Street, and the ephemerality of kids' memories.
2019-04-151h 05The 29-Hour Podcast#25: John-Andrew MorrisonThis week we talk with performer John-Andrew Morrison about growing up in Jamaica, feeling like you don't tick the right boxes as an actor, and being mercifully dismissed from dance calls.
2019-04-011h 02The 29-Hour Podcast#24: Rachel FlynnThis week we talk to performer and director Rachel Flynn about why we feel at home in musicals, eating cookies and getting naked onstage, and why looking up from your phone isn't all it's cracked up to be.
2019-03-181h 02The 29-Hour Podcast#23: Eric William MorrisThis week we talk with performer and writer Eric William Morris about premeditated face grabs, how reviews train audiences to watch a show, and giving yourself the grace of a beginner.
2019-03-041h 00The 29-Hour Podcast#22: Grace McLeanThis week we talk with writer and performer Grace McLean about what you learn doing a single role hundreds of times over the course of three years, declining to sing dirty songs about Alan Rickman when overseas, and the multiverse in which Grace is a speech pathologist in Canada.
2019-02-1858 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#21: Sam SalmondThis week we talk with writer Sam Salmond about how to stand up for yourself without being seen as a diva, writing from (very) personal experience, and our collective adoration of Bill Finn.
2019-02-041h 03The 29-Hour Podcast#20: Sarah HammondWe're kicking off Season Two by talking to writer Sarah Hammond about vision boards, choosing your words in the face of very good news, and irrational behavior from famously rational historical figures.
2019-01-2159 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#19: Season FinaleIn this week's mini-episode slash season finale, Sam and Julia talk to each other about how they met, compare their relationship to a tree, and take stock of how this whole podcast thing is going.
2018-12-0318 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#18: Lynne Marie RosenbergThis week we talk to actor and writer Lynne Marie Rosenberg about going on dates with a language acquisition robot, representation in casting, and what a year without Shakespeare would look like.
2018-11-191h 00The 29-Hour Podcast#17: Jeff TalbottThis week we talk to writer and actor Jeff Talbott about becoming an "instant playwright", how to approach starting a new piece, and how little it costs to be kind.
2018-11-051h 06The 29-Hour Podcast#16: Lauren MarcusThis week we talk to actress and singer-songwriter Lauren Marcus about what it feels like to incur a serious injury onstage, being part of a cool cult, and the blessing and curse of being called unique.
2018-10-221h 11The 29-Hour Podcast#15: Ethan HeardThis week we talked to director Ethan Heard about exploring queerness in the classic canon, working with incarcerated populations on Beethoven's Fidelio, and the importance of being in rooms together.
2018-10-0857 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#14: Victoria Huston-ElemThis week we talk with actress Victoria Huston-Elem about feeling like a fraud, re-acclimating to New York after working out of town, and singing higher notes than she's ever sung before on tour.
2018-09-2455 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#13: Zack ZadekThis week we talk with writer Zack Zadek about our strict childhood piano teachers, the thrill of hearing new material for the first time, and whether musical buttons are a necessary evil.
2018-09-101h 04The 29-Hour Podcast#12: Brandon Michael LowdenThis week we talked with writer Brandon Michael Lowden about the similarities between electrical engineering and musical theatre writing, how we present ourselves on the internet, and what on God's green earth dogs are.
2018-08-2756 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#11: Jeremy YaddawThis week we talked with percussionist and arranger/orchestrator Jeremy Yaddaw about bringing diversity to musical theatre orchestras, communication between percussionists and composers, and seeking the approval of imaginary people.
2018-08-1358 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#10: Will AronsonThis week we talk with composer Will Aronson about voice vs. versatility in writing, the effect of humming Irving Berlin tunes to your infant, and the unsolvable mystery of what makes music satisfying.
2018-07-301h 02The 29-Hour Podcast#9: Gordon LearyThis week we talk with writer Gordon Leary about laugh leaders, arbitrary ideas about how long a musical "should" be, and the elusive similarities between Henry Sweet Henry and Pregnancy Pact.
2018-07-161h 04The 29-Hour Podcast#8: Shoshana GreenbergThis week we talk to writer Shoshana Greenberg about the strange experience of seeing childhood favorite shows as adults, gender differences in what characters get to sing about, and the difference between writing for pleasure and building a career.
2018-06-181h 02The 29-Hour Podcast#7: Michael R. JacksonThis week we talk to writer Michael R. Jackson about strange loops, the ability to explode a draft and put the pieces back together, and why it's important that not everybody likes your show.
2018-06-0458 minThe 29-Hour Podcast#6: Ally BoninoThis week we talked to actress Ally Bonino about originating roles, the difference between type and brand, and our many feelings about reality TV.
2018-05-211h 10The 29-Hour Podcast#5: Dustin SullivanThis week we talked with performer and writer Dustin Sullivan about latent murder undertones in his love songs, the wonderful community around Heathers: The Musical, and the theatrical mega-event that was Lindsor Newt and His Real Boy Suit at the Hangar Theatre in the summer of 1995.
2018-05-071h 04The 29-Hour Podcast#4: Alyse Alan LouisThis week we spoke to actress Alyse Alan Louis about creating full, distinct characters, the special way she prepared for her A New Brain audition, and what you learn from doing a show about porn stars.
2018-04-231h 06The 29-Hour Podcast#3: Dana SteingoldThis week we spoke to actress Dana Steingold about encounters with offended audience members, why she likes it when an understudy goes on, and what playing a child does to your psyche.
2018-04-091h 19The 29-Hour Podcast#2: Charlie Sohne & Tim RosserThis week we spoke to writing team Charlie Sohne and Tim Rosser about writing boy band songs, collaborators playing hard to get, and the heart-racing terror or working in the same room.
2018-03-261h 21The 29-Hour Podcast#1: Emily WaltonThis week we talk to actress Emily Walton about social media, fan mail gone sideways, and what it's like having a character written specifically for you.
2018-03-121h 09The 29-Hour PodcastComing Soon: The 29-Hour PodcastHere's a sneak peek at what's coming on The 29-Hour Podcast.
Episodes will be released every other Monday beginning March 12th!
2018-03-0402 min