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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Does Spencer Care About the Royals?

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Dec 01, 2021 5:05 AM

How Stephen Sondheim Solved the Puzzle of Being Alive

Isaac Butler

Nov 27, 2021 3:37 PM

Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Structure, Editing, and Sound

Podcast Episode Working

Nov 14, 2021 7:00 AM

Leslie Ann Sebert on Movie Makeup Magic

Podcast Episode Working

Oct 31, 2021 6:00 AM

How Alessandro Nivola Became the Right Kind of “Tough Guy” for the Sopranos Prequel

Podcast Episode Working

Oct 17, 2021 6:00 AM

Reservation Dogs is Hilariously Unapologetic

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Oct 13, 2021 5:05 AM

Squid Game’s Social Message Might Not Make Up for Its Violence

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Oct 06, 2021 5:05 AM

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What the Clothes in Only Murders in the Building Say About the Show’s Characters

Podcast Episode Working

Oct 03, 2021 7:00 AM

Is Clint Eastwood finally slowing down?

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Sept 29, 2021 5:05 AM

How Ava Duvernay’s Film Selma Captured the Sound of 1965

Isaac Butler

Sept 15, 2021 1:07 PM

Only Murders in the Building Is a Charming Dad-Joke Bonanza

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Sept 15, 2021 5:05 AM

How Morgan Rhodes Uses Music to Elevate a Visual Narrative

Podcast Episode Working

Sept 12, 2021 6:00 AM

Three Critics Pull Apart The White Lotus in Spoiler-Filled Detail

Podcast Episode Spoiler Specials

Sept 03, 2021 6:41 PM

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What Makes the Music in The White Lotus Stand Out

Isaac Butler

Aug 30, 2021 10:30 AM

The White Lotus’ Composer on the Show’s Distinct Sound

Podcast Episode Working

Aug 29, 2021 6:00 AM

You Don’t Have to Suffer for Your Writing

Isaac Butler

Aug 25, 2021 11:18 AM

Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu Is Done Suffering for Her Art

Podcast Episode Working

Aug 22, 2021 6:00 AM

Can a Movie About Medieval Masculinity Enchant Modern Viewers?

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

Aug 04, 2021 6:00 AM

Author J. Robert Lennon on the Importance of Revision

Podcast Episode Working

July 25, 2021 7:00 AM

Roadrunner Is a Moving Portrait of an Artist’s Struggles

Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest

July 21, 2021 5:05 AM

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