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Hosts Isaac Butler, Ronald Young Jr., and June Thomas interview creative people about how they write, compose, paint, and more.

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How Does the Head Designer for Magic: The Gath...
Meet Mark Rosewater, the head designer for Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast.
40 min
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How Does a Worldbuilder for Magic and Dungeons ...
Meet Alison Luhrs a Narrative Designer for Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering.
44 min
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How Do a Toy Designer and Toy Engineer Do Their...
Meet John Warden, the Transformers Senior Design Manager, and Lynsey Bernier, the Transformers Senior Project Engineer, at Hasbro.
38 min
354
How Does a Firefighter Do His Job?
Meet Jason Powell of Engine Company 69 in Harlem.
49 min
355
How Do Oyster Farmers Do Their Job?
Meet Isabel and Mike Osinski of Widow’s Hole Oyster Farm.
50 min
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How Does a Tugboat Pilot Do His Job?
Meet Capt. Jeffrey McAllister, a Senior Ship Docking Pilot on New York’s waterfront.
44 min
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Working for the Holidays: How Does a Fireworks ...
Meet Phil Grucci, the CEO and Creative Director of Fireworks by Grucci.
38 min
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How Does an Aquarium Director Do His Job?
Meet Jon Forrest Dohlin, Director of the WCS New York Aquarium.
56 min
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How Does a Recording Studio Designer Do His Job?
Meet Tim Crossley, Partner and Lead Designer at Crossley Acoustics.
43 min
360
Working Classics: How Does a Queer Theorist Work?
For Pride Month, we're revisiting Jacob Brogan's conversation with Elizabeth Freeman, a queer theorist and professor of English at UC Davis.
58 min
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How Does a Longtime Comedy Cellar Comic Do Her ...
Meet Marina Franklin, a standup comedian who has been working at the cellar for a decade and a half.
45 min
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How Does a New Comedy Cellar Comic Do His Job?
Meet Ian Fidance, a comic who was recently passed at the Cellar.
41 min
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How Does The Comedy Cellar’s Outside Steve Do H...
Meet Steve Fabricant, the man at the door.
34 min
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How Does a Server at The Comedy Cellar Do His Job?
Meet Aaron Nystrup, a server and manager who has been working at the Cellar for 10 years.
31 min
365
How Does The Comedy Cellar's Booker Do Her Job?
Meet Estee Adoram, the Cellar's legendary booker of 37 years.
38 min
366
How Does an MC at The Comedy Cellar Do His Job?
Meet Wil Sylvince, a comedian and regular MC at New York's Comedy Cellar.
36 min
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How Does The Comedy Cellar's Owner Do His Job?
Meet Noam Dworman, the owner of New York's legendary Comedy Cellar.
37 min
368
How Does Bon Appétit’s Video Food Director/Styl...
Meet Rhoda Boone, Video Food Director for Bon Appétit and Epicurious.
47 min
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How Does the Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appétit Do ...
Meet Adam Rapoport, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appétit.
54 min
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How Does a Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Chef Do Her...
Meet Molly Baz, Senior Associate Food Editor at Bon Appétit.
50 min
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Second Acts: How Does a Tech Exec Become a Phil...
Meet Patty Stonesifer, who moved from Microsoft to the Gates Foundation and on to Martha’s Table.
45 min
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Second Acts: How Does a Lawyer Become a Rabbi?
Meet Nicole Auerbach, who went from criminal justice to social justice.
39 min
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Second Acts: How Does an Airline Employee Becom...
Meet Gerry Allen, who became a park ranger in his late 50s.
28 min
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Second Acts: How Does a Writer Become a Physician?
Meet Adriane Fugh-Berman, a writer-activist who became a physician.
23 min
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Second Acts: How Does an Economics Professor Be...
Meet Mary Stevenson, who pivoted from the invisible hand to jazz hands.
27 min