Episodes

  • Ep6 - Claybourne Elder - The People Pleaser Part

    Ep6 - Claybourne Elder - The People Pleaser Part
    May 29 2024
    Claybourne Elder (The Gilded Age, Company) is one of the nicest guys in show business. What follows is a surprising and vulnerable conversation about the personal costs of people pleasing, even when it might make others more comfortable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Ep5 - Whitney Bashor - The Perfectionist Part

    Ep5 - Whitney Bashor - The Perfectionist Part
    May 22 2024
    Whitney Bashor (MJ, The Bridges of Madison County) has the voice of an angel. And what are angels other than perfect? In this episode, Whitney discusses the origins of her perfectionism, which drove her as a child through obedience, body image, and achievement. She shares the surprising drawbacks of having a talent that others perceive to be so perfect, and the work she has done, both as an individual and as an artist, to banish the impossibility of perfection from the menu, and to replace it with the much more interesting complexity of being human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • Ep4 - Daniel Isaac - The Good Boy Part

    Ep4 - Daniel Isaac - The Good Boy Part
    May 15 2024
    Daniel Isaac just finished a seven year run on the hit TV show Billions. He shares the story of his "good boy" part. He’s the son of a single mother, a Korean immigrant and devout Christian who he felt an intense responsibility to represent. From his from earliest memory, we was not just Daniel, but he was a representative of his family, of immigrants, of Koreans, and literally, of God himself. As an adult, Daniel has found happiness in creating his own value systems, and is still on the quest for how to define goodness on his own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Ep3 - Ben Cook - The Expectations Part

    Ep3 - Ben Cook - The Expectations Part
    May 8 2024
    Ben and Bobby met doing the Broadway revival of Ragtime. Ben was 11, Bobby was 27. Fast forward, now Ben is 26 and starring in the Broadway production of Illinoise. He is on the verge of a big moment, one that he is intent on staying present and grateful for, no matter how it unfolds. The actors discuss hard won lessons in leading with expectations that have led to disappointment and loss of core purpose, while sharing how they both returned to values that redefine success in more personal terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Ep2 - Shannon Tyo - The Storyteller Part

    Ep2 - Shannon Tyo - The Storyteller Part
    May 1 2024
    Shannon Tyo (2023 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence) is a prolific and versatile actor who can take on just about any role. She shares her experience as a transracial, transnational adoptee, and how the mysterious unknown of her origins was the source of her vivid imagination - something that has led to enormous strengths as an artist, and also something she's had to work on in terms of choosing the narratives that serve us best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Ep1 - Rory O'Malley - The Ambitious Part

    Ep1 - Rory O'Malley - The Ambitious Part
    May 1 2024
    Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon, Hamilton) is a fellow performer of inspiring perspective and heart and kindness. In this episode, we discuss the parts of us that are driven by ambition - how powerful it can be in the life of a younger performer, and how that ambition is so often driven by the need to be seen, to be validated, and ultimately, to stave off the pain of shame. Rory shares how his ambitious parts have entirely transformed through his experience as a parent, and as someone whose values have found home in family, health, curiosity for the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • Teaser

    Teaser
    Apr 27 2024
    Have you ever wondered how your favorite performer actually feels? Well, here’s your chance! Tony nominee and psychotherapist Bobby Steggert dives deep with Broadway's finest. Part interview/part therapy, he goes right to the heart of things with some of your favorite artists - What they still struggle with. What lessons they’ve learned. What they haven’t figured out yet. There’s enormous power in saying the quiet part out loud...are you listening? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min