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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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
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
The Advice Jordan Peele Gave Composer Michael Abels to Define the Sound of Us

Isaac Butler

Aug 10, 2020 10:00 AM
Meet the Nice Guy Behind Jordan Peele’s Terrifying Film Scores
Podcast Episode Working Aug 09, 2020 6:00 AM
An American Pickle, in Spoiler-Filled Detail
Podcast Episode Spoiler Specials Aug 07, 2020 6:00 AM
How Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes a Celebrity Profile

Isaac Butler

July 13, 2020 10:00 AM
How to Interview Celebrities, With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Podcast Episode Working July 12, 2020 6:00 AM
Before She Wrote Her Graphic Memoir, Mira Jacob Had to Learn to Draw

Isaac Butler

June 22, 2020 10:00 AM
The Vulnerability of Memoir Writing, With Mira Jacob
Podcast Episode Working June 21, 2020 6:00 AM
How a Mine Disaster Became a Work of Documentary Theater

Isaac Butler

June 01, 2020 10:00 AM
How Documentary Theater Goes From Interviews to Final Production
Podcast Episode Working May 31, 2020 6:00 AM
The Normal Heart Was Addressed to a Specific Crisis. But Its Insights About Anger and Love Are Timeless.

Isaac Butler

May 27, 2020 7:54 PM