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The Envelope

The Envelope

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 The Envelope podcast pulls back the curtain to reveal intimates stories from this award season’s top contenders. A-list actors, directors and showrunners join Los Angeles Times entertainment reporters Yvonne Villarreal and Mark Olsen for conversations about their personal lives and creative processes — and how it all fuels their art. Art Social Sciences
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  • Dan Fogelman's clues to 'Paradise' Season 2: Jane's backstory, the outside world and more

    Dan Fogelman's clues to 'Paradise' Season 2: Jane's backstory, the outside world and more
    Jun 19 2025

    In the latest episode of "The Envelope" video podcast, we sit down with "Paradise" creator Dan Fogelman in front of a live audience at the Newport Beach TV Festival to hear what he has planned for Season 2 of Hulu's buzzy dystopian drama and much more.

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    51 mins
  • Janelle James on 'Ava's season' of 'Abbott'; Aaron Pierre breaks down the action of 'Rebel Ridge'

    Janelle James on 'Ava's season' of 'Abbott'; Aaron Pierre breaks down the action of 'Rebel Ridge'
    Jun 12 2025

    In the latest episode of "The Envelope" video podcast, Janelle James discusses her character's arc on "Abbott Elementary," and Aaron Pierre details the training required to master the "seamless" action of "Rebel Ridge."

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Kathryn Hahn on ‘Agatha All Along,’ ‘The Studio’; how ‘Étoile’ creators won over the dance world

    Kathryn Hahn on ‘Agatha All Along,’ ‘The Studio’; how ‘Étoile’ creators won over the dance world
    Jun 5 2025

    In the latest episode of "The Envelope" video podcast, Kathryn Hahn explains how she brought her inner "class clown" to "Agatha All Along" and "The Studio," and Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino discuss the making of their transatlantic dance comedy "Étoile."
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    1 hr and 15 mins
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The guests are great, the hosts are unskilled and unprepared. The music pauses are overdramatic and interrupts the story. Maybe once the hosts get a little more experience podcasting and interviewing it will get better?

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