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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
Hosted by Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · EN
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle explore what it takes to survive as a creative today. From juggling side gigs to redefining success, we dive into the real stories behind making a living when one job just isn’t enough
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How do you Get Into (and Out of) Debt? with Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster
6d ago01:05:37Tap to summarizeJamie Feldman and Rachel Webster, the duo behind the award-winning podcast Debt Heads, join us to talk about the 1978 Supreme Court decision that quietly eliminated interest rate caps and created the modern credit card crisis, why shame is the most profitable tool the financial industry has, and why the answer to "how did we all end up here" is never as personal as we've been told. Get more of this conversation at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Ana and Mike Show Up
2w ago00:39:39Tap to summarizeMike's running at full speed with no room to breathe, Ana's navigating the gap between making art and making rent, and together they unpack why showing up, week after week, broke or not, might be the only honest answer left. Get more at patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →What If Working Harder Was Never Actually the Answer? with Rainesford Stauffer
3w ago00:54:51Tap to summarizeWriter and author Rainesford Stauffer joins us to talk about what happens when you've spent your whole life working your way into worthiness and it still doesn't feel like enough. We get into the real economics of freelancing plus nonprofit work plus mentoring student journalists in Kentucky, what OCD has to do with financial anxiety, and what she actually tells young people entering the worst job market of their lifetimes. Get more at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Who Wins When Everyone’s a Freelancer? with Adam Conover
4w ago00:54:13Tap to summarizeComedian Adam Conover joins us to unpack the real costs of the so-called "creator economy" from algorithmic gatekeeping to the crumbling of stable creative jobs. Get more at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Can You Rebuild After the Industry You Helped Build Collapses? with Alex Goldman
Jul 801:02:22Tap to summarizeAlex Goldman, co-creator of Reply All and current host of Hyperfixed joins us to talk about what it actually looks like to start over. We get into 18 months of floundering and how he ended up funding Hyperfixed with a $200,000 loan he's still paying back. Get more at patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Is It Possible to Make Peace With Rejection? with Connor Ratliff
Jul 100:51:02Tap to summarizeActor, comedian, and podcaster Connor Ratliff joins us to talk about building a creative life out of the parts you can actually control. We get into SAG insurance that resets every year and what it actually means to lose a Spielberg role and feel genuinely okay about it. Hear more and support the show at http://patereon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Can You Tour 45 Weeks a Year and Still Call It Love? with Jackie Kashian
Jun 2401:01:13Tap to summarizeStand-up comedian Jackie Kashian joins us to talk about 40 years on the road and what it actually takes to stay in love with a job that never stops moving. We get into the real math of touring across four decades, why a 20-year-old podcast might be her smartest business decision yet, and what it costs to keep choosing the road over almost everything else. Hear the bonus version at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →What If Your Endgame Isn't to Get Bigger? with Mike Draper
Jun 1701:05:49Tap to summarizeMike Draper, founder of Raygun, the greatest store in the universe, joins us to talk about what it costs to stay in control of something for 21 years. We get into the real math of brick-and-mortar retail, the night he was $800,000 underwater with a hospitalized wife and a newborn at home, and what it actually means to build a business around "enough." Plus, a bonus conversation at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller
Jun 1000:57:22Tap to summarizeMusician and writer Rhett Miller joins us to talk about staying creative in an industry that keeps changing. From fronting the Old 97’s to writing children’s books, Rhett opens up about the financial rollercoaster of life on the road, the loneliness of independence, and the challenge of keeping faith in your work when the world stops clapping. Get more at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell
Jun 301:10:14Tap to summarizeJournalist Gillian Brockell spent a decade at the Washington Post, took a buyout thinking she'd be back in two years, and watched the place fall apart from the outside. She joins us to talk about what it actually cost to leave, why the buyout money wasn't Bezos being generous, what happened when she filed a major Emmett Till story and the new editors tried to make the bad guy look less bad, and how she ended up becoming what may be the only journalist in America covering ICE deportation flights full time. Hear the bonus conversation at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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