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A Recast of ‘Origin Stories’

Have you ever wondered exactly how your favorite movie or book –– or podcast, TV series, documentary film, or magazine article –– got made? Origin Stories has you covered. Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer talks to a different writer or director about the creation of a work close to their own hearts (and to ours). Nothing is off the table: not the frustrations and the joys, not the setbacks and the successes. Intimate and incisive, instructive and eye-opening, Origin Stories is the ultimate podcast for anyone curious about the workings of the creative mind.  New episodes every Wednesday!


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Recastable Episodes (44)

1. Introducing, Origin Stories Aug. 14, 2025
2. Noah Hawley on Alien: Earth Sept. 10, 2025
3. Dan Taberski on Hysterical Sept. 10, 2025
4. Connie Walker on Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s Sept. 17, 2025
5. Patrick Radden Keefe on Say Nothing Sept. 24, 2025
6. Mimi Leder on The Morning Show Oct. 1, 2025
7. Yousef Srouji on Three Promises Oct. 8, 2025
8. John Robert Hoffman on Only Murders in the Building Oct. 9, 2025
9. Stephanie Foo on What My Bones Know Oct. 15, 2025
10. Brian Goldstone on There Is No Place for Us Oct. 16, 2025
11. Max Minghella on Shell Oct. 22, 2025
12. Debora Cahn on The Diplomat Oct. 23, 2025
13. Steve Burns on Alive with Steve Burns Oct. 29, 2025
14. Mitch Albom on Twice Oct. 30, 2025
15. Introducing Bad Elizabeth Nov. 3, 2025
16. Introducing Zero to Well-Read Nov. 4, 2025
17. Roy Wood Jr. on The Man of Many Fathers Nov. 5, 2025
18. Bonnie Tsui on Why We Swim Nov. 12, 2025
19. Evan Ratliff on Shell Game Nov. 19, 2025
20. Gilbert King on Bone Valley Nov. 26, 2025
21. Clint Smith on How the Word Is Passed Dec. 3, 2025
22. James Vanderbilt on Nuremberg Dec. 5, 2025
23. Lorelei Lee on Cash/Consent Dec. 10, 2025
24. Introducing So Your Parents Are Old Dec. 11, 2025
25. Janet Reitman on A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making Dec. 17, 2025
26. Dana Fox on Wicked Dec. 24, 2025
27. David Digilio on The Terminal List Dec. 31, 2025
28. Mandy Matney on the Murdaugh Murders Podcast Jan. 7, 2026
29. Selwyn Seyfu Hinds on Washington Black Jan. 14, 2026
30. Tommy Andres on The Eye of the Fighter Jan. 21, 2026
31. Alexis Coe on You Never Forget Your First Jan. 28, 2026
32. Brad Lichtenstein on American Reckoning Feb. 4, 2026
33. Lizzy Goodman on Meet Me In the Bathroom Feb. 11, 2026
34. David Greene on David Greene is Obsessed Feb. 17, 2026
35. Mo Amer on Mo Feb. 18, 2026
36. PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni on Search Engine Feb. 25, 2026
37. Caleb Gayle on Black Moses March 4, 2026
38. Gus Van Sant on Dead Man's Wire March 11, 2026
39. Salman Khan and Dr. Sohaira Siddiqui on More Muslim March 18, 2026
40. Shaun Raviv on The Killers of Swaziland March 25, 2026
41. Adam Rapp on The Outsiders April 1, 2026
42. Delaney Hall on Service Request April 8, 2026
43. Julie Cohn on The Redefector April 9, 2026
44. Joshua Hunt on What Ozempic Taught Me About Style and Self-Worth April 15, 2026