Isaac Butler

Isaac Butler is the co-host of Slate's Working podcast. He previously hosted Lend Me Your Ears, a podcast about Shakespeare and politics. He is the co-author, with Dan Kois, of The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America and is currently working on The Method, a narrative history of method acting, for Bloomsbury.

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Novelist Jonathan Lethem Likes to Be Surprised by His Own Stories
Podcast Episode Working Jan 17, 2021 6:00 AM
How the Working Hosts Plan to Stick to Their Creative Goals for 2021
Podcast Episode Working Jan 03, 2021 6:00 AM
The Working Hosts Answer Questions About Creativity
Podcast Episode Working Dec 27, 2020 6:00 AM
Seeking the Truth About Trump’s America by Blurring Fact and Fiction

Isaac Butler

Dec 07, 2020 10:00 AM
Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every Day
Podcast Episode Working Dec 06, 2020 6:00 AM
How Lovecraft Country’s Cinematographer Guides the Viewer’s Eye
Podcast Episode Working Nov 22, 2020 5:30 AM
Democracy Shaken, Not Stirred
Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest Nov 04, 2020 9:54 AM
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How to Celebrate Halloween if Trick-or-Treating Is Too Risky This Year
Podcast Episode Mom and Dad Are Fighting Oct 29, 2020 2:00 PM
Understanding the World’s Conflicts Through Comics

Isaac Butler

Oct 26, 2020 10:00 AM
Cartoonist and Journalist Joe Sacco on How He Earns His Sources’ Trust
Podcast Episode Working Oct 25, 2020 6:00 AM
How Hamilton Got Its Iconic Sound

Isaac Butler

Oct 19, 2020 10:00 AM
Arranger Alex Lacamoire Breaks Down His Process for Hamilton
Podcast Episode Working Oct 18, 2020 6:00 AM
An Instant Oral History of the Strangest, Starriest Angels in America Ever

Isaac Butler and Dan Kois

Oct 08, 2020 5:45 AM
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The Writer-Director of Sneakers Explains Why the Movie Was Nine Years in the Making

Isaac Butler

Oct 05, 2020 10:00 AM
Director Phil Alden Robinson on the Making of His Cult Classic Sneakers
Podcast Episode Working Oct 04, 2020 6:00 AM
How a Gig at SNL Changed One Costume Designer’s Work Habits

Isaac Butler

Sept 14, 2020 10:00 AM
How a Costume Designer Dressed Two Seth Rogens in American Pickle
Podcast Episode Working Sept 13, 2020 6:00 AM
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When Tyler Perry Threatened to Kick a Pulitzer Winner’s Ass

Isaac Butler

Aug 25, 2020 10:00 AM
The Evolution of A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Winning Musical

Isaac Butler

Aug 24, 2020 10:00 AM
The Pulitzer Won’t Change Playwright Michael R. Jackson
Podcast Episode Working Aug 23, 2020 6:00 AM
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