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Tony's Wrap-Up with Nicole Hudson!
Jun 15, 2026
47m 39s
Poets Jason Morphew & Joe Wenderoth
Apr 14, 2026
1h 05m 45s
LIVE at the Comic Con Museum: Anjali Bhimani & Owyn P Taylor
Mar 31, 2026
1h 01m 03s
LIVE at the Comic Con Museum: Joshua Pruett & Scott Peterson
Mar 19, 2026
1h 01m 25s
Emily Deschanel & Scott Weintraub
Mar 5, 2026
57m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/15/26 | ![]() Tony's Wrap-Up with Nicole Hudson! | Tony’s recap alert! On this episode, Erica is joined by Nicole Hudson, Broadway Producer (The Wiz, Appropriate) and regional theatre genius, as they answer the question, “Why are theatre kids so into mentorship and arts education?” The discussion spans the magic of live performance, a focus on mentors within the awards show itself, and a deep dive into joy as resistance. To learn more about Nicole and her work, visit: https://www.thehudsonmannbridge.com/ | 47m 39s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | ![]() Poets Jason Morphew & Joe Wenderoth✨ | poetryeducation+3 | Jason MorphewJoe Wenderoth | Eject Citydead boy+6 | — | poetryteaching+3 | — | 1h 05m 45s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() LIVE at the Comic Con Museum: Anjali Bhimani & Owyn P Taylor✨ | arts educationmentorship+3 | Anjali BhimaniOwyn P Taylor | Ms. MarvelThe Legend of Vox Machina+2 | — | arts learningmentorship+3 | — | 1h 01m 03s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() LIVE at the Comic Con Museum: Joshua Pruett & Scott Peterson✨ | mentorshipartistic success+4 | Joshua PruettScott Peterson | Phineas and FerbMystery Science Theater 3000+3 | — | mentorshipartistic success+5 | — | 1h 01m 25s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Emily Deschanel & Scott Weintraub✨ | nostalgiamentorship+4 | Emily Deschanel | — | — | Emily DeschanelScott Weintraub+6 | — | 57m 17s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() How They Met Each Other: Craig Thomas and Rob Greenberg REDUX✨ | mentorshiptelevision+4 | Craig ThomasRob Greenberg | CBSHOW I MET YOUR MOTHER+7 | — | Craig ThomasRob Greenberg+5 | — | 1h 00m 02s | |
| 1/29/26 | ![]() Showrunners (& Sisters) Lilla & Nora Zuckerman✨ | sisterhoodtelevision+3 | Lilla ZuckermanNora Zuckerman | Twin PeaksPoker Face | — | Zuckerman sistersshowrunners+3 | — | 1h 19m 01s | |
| 1/19/26 | ![]() Lili-Anne Brown & Nadia Guevara✨ | theatreart-making+3 | Lili-Ann BrownNadia Guevara | Goodman TheatreNew York City Center | — | theatredirecting+3 | — | 1h 19m 32s | |
| 12/22/25 | ![]() Sharif Bey & Bill Strickland REDUX✨ | mentorshipceramics+3 | Bill StricklandSharif Bey | Manchester Craftmen’s GuildBidwell Corporation+1 | — | ceramicsmentorship+3 | — | 47m 55s | |
| 12/12/25 | ![]() Rachel Axler & Jim Shepard REDUX✨ | writingtelevision+3 | Rachel AxlerJim Shepard | The Daily ShowHow I Met Your Mother+3 | Williams College | Emmy-award winningwriter+5 | — | 55m 41s | |
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| 12/2/25 | ![]() Erica & Alek Chat #5✨ | arts educationteaching methods+3 | — | How the Arts Can Save Education | — | arts educationteaching+5 | — | 33m 12s | |
| 11/20/25 | ![]() Mizha Lee Overn & Jeffrey Mosser | On this episode we celebrate all things Midwest with Chicago-based actor and comedian Mizha Lee Overn and her mentor, Milwaukee Repretory Theatre’s Director of Training, Jeff Mosser. Mizha’s experiences at Milwaukee Rep launched her into a successful professional life as an actor – join us to hear how that happened and celebrate the power of the understudy/overstudy as a mentorship relationship that’s crucial for young artists! | 1h 10m 52s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | ![]() SNL's Cecily Strong with Mary Lou Rosato REDUX | One of our favorites from the archive... The incomparable Cecily Strong!! Fresh off her search for signs of intelligent life, soon to once again be live from New York, Cecily sits in conversation with Mary Lou Rosato, her CalArts acting teacher – the kind of acting teacher every artist dreams of having. As they talk sonnets, Lady Macbeth, and sketch comedy, you'll be very glad we started this conversation with her at our party. | 46m 40s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | ![]() Kurt Squire & Mickey Raphael | Ever wonder how musicians who don’t go to music school learn to play? Professor of video games and informatics Kurt Squire gives us the gift of his mentor, the greatest living harmonica player Mickey Raphael and their virtual mentorship relationship. You will not want to miss hearing how Mickey has played with everyone from Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson to U2 and Snoop Dogg, and how he has taught everyone from our friend Kurt to greats like Paul Simon and Bob Dylan! For real! | 1h 06m 34s | ||||||
| 10/17/25 | ![]() Dan Lipton & Gena Raps | Music director, composer, and virtuoso pianist Dan Lipton has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, on Live with Kelly Ripa, The Today Show, PBS Great Performances, Late Show with David Letterman, and with major symphony orchestras across the country. He has also been in my life since we were 13. He even wrote the music to this podcast. So the thrill of hearing him talk with his musical mentor, Gena Raps is an episode you won’t want to miss. And the Easter egg? We've got archival audio of a high-school-age Dan Lipton playing Rhapsody in Blue! It's the best! | 1h 14m 52s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | ![]() Bradley Whitford. Yes. Bradley Whitford. REDUX | We launched this podcast in Season One with a conversation between Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez, and Ms. Barbara Ames, who was not only their mentor (and elementary school music teacher), but Erica's as well. We now end Season Two with Bradley Whitford, whose mentor (and university theater professor) was, in fact, Alek's as well. Bradley Whitford is, of course, a three-time Emmy Award-winner actor, known for his work on THE WEST WING, TRANSPARENT, and now, as the enigmatic Commander Joseph Lawrence on THE HANDMAID'S TALE. As Brad explains, he's "now at the age when his mentors are no longer... mentoring." So we are thrilled to have with us Paul Milisch, the producing director of theater at Madison East High School, where a certain Mr. Whitford was a student years ago. Without further ado, enjoy this fantastic conversation about acting, directing, mentorship, and arts education--and we confront Brad's fundamenal question about students' access to the arts: "Are we expanding opportunity, or are we preserving privilege?" Follow Bradley: X: @bradleywhitford IG: @bradleywhitford | 50m 57s | ||||||
| 10/10/25 | ![]() Comedy writing with Chelsea Devantez and Anne Libera REDUX | We are honored to have Chelsea Devantez in conversation with her "comedy mom", The Second City's Anne Libera, who is also the Director of Comedy Studies for the Theater Department at Columbia College Chicago. Chelsea is an Emmy-nominated TV writer, comedian, and filmmaker. She’s written on Peacock’s Girls5Eva, ABC’s Not Dead Yet, and was the Head Writer on The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+. She hosts the hit independent podcast Glamorous Trash with Chelsea Devantez covering celebrity memoirs, pop culture and all things Glamorous Trash. Anne Libera is the Director of Comedy Studies for The Second City and is an Associate Professor who coordinates the degree in Comedy Writing and Performance at Columbia College Chicago. She is a resident director for The Second City. Her book, Funnier: A Theory of Comedy with Practical Applications, will be published by Northwestern University press, who also published her first book, The Second City Almanac of Improvisation. For more on Chelsea: Get her book: https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/the-book URL: www.chelsearosedevantez.com IG: @chelseadevantez Learn about Anne: URL: www.comedystudies.com IG: @anne.libera | 1h 04m 39s | ||||||
| 10/7/25 | ![]() Lin-Manuel Miranda & Bobby Lopez w/Barbara Ames REDUX (Part 2) | Let the Storm Rage on, because You'll Be Back! It's Part 2 of our conversation with Robert Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and their elementary school music teacher, Barbara Ames, where they discuss composition, performance, and reminisce about their school's auditorium... the room where it happened. | 27m 24s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 | ![]() Daniel Pollack-Pelzner on his new Lin-Manuel Miranda Bio | In this bonus episode, Erica talks with our good friend, writer Daniel Pollack-Pelzner about the myriad wonderful stories he encountered—ALL of them inspiring and ON POINT—while researching his new biography Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist (Simon & Schuster). EXTRA! EXTRA! Listen all about it... in this bonus episode where Erica talks with friend of the pod and author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner about his new book, Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist. You will love the myriad wonderful stories he encountered - ALL of them inspiring and ON POINT - and focused on teaching and learning with the mind, the body, and the heart. | 55m 24s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | ![]() Lin-Manuel Miranda & Bobby Lopez w/Barbara Ames REDUX (Part 1) | In this episode... Wait for It... then Let it Go. Lin-Manuel Miranda (HAMILTON, ENCANTO) and Robert Lopez (FROZEN, BOOK OF MORMON) together in their first ever joint interview, sit down with their shared elementary school music teacher, Barbara Ames. The trio discuss Barbara's dedication to instilling a love of music and the arts in all her students, and we hear stories about (and long-lost audio clips from) Lin and Bobby's early work on the elementary school stage. | 40m 03s | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | ![]() Jonathan Groff & Linda Tough REDUX | To round out the summer and mosey back into the school year over the next few weeks, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorites episodes from prior seasons. For any new listeners, be sure to check out our back catalogue -- we've got some DOOZIES!! In this episode, Broadway's reigning Tony-award winner for Best Actor, Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along, oh yeah, and Frozen, oh yeah, and Hamilton), and his elementary school music teacher, Linda Tough, talk about music-making, education, and their shared passion for "I Love Lucy." | 1h 05m 25s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 | ![]() "Teaching Through Emotion" Episode Swap! | As we gear up for a new school year, we're bringing you a special episode from our friend Betsy Burris called "Pre-school teachers have it right: Professional Love." In this episode, Betsy interviews her old and dear friend, Sarah Becker, who has been teaching and teaching teachers and directing at the early childhood level for years. They discuss a topic that has always fascinated Betsy (ever since she first met Sarah and saw her in action): What do early childhood educators know that the rest of us teachers, from elementary through graduate school, can afford to learn? In this conversation, you'll hear about:* basic tenets of early childhood education* how those tenets apply at other educational levels* emergent and project-based curriculum* the concept of “professional love” (great concept!)* what you can do tomorrow that will make you more present and effective whatever and wherever you teach The new season of TTE drops September 4th! And Betsy also just shared a wonderful back to school episode for teachers to get them through those first weeks that are always exciting and challenging. Get weekly practical tips and heartfelt stories to navigate relationships and really connect with one another for a change. Sometimes for teachers, mostly for everyone. https://www.teachingthroughemotions.com | 55m 20s | ||||||
| 8/6/25 | ![]() Live! at Comic-Con with Gerry Duggan & Heath Corson | Live and in person! Arts Educators Save the World kicks off our new series of super hero interviews, in partnership with the Comic-Con Museum, with a live recording at The Con with Marvel comics writer Gerry Duggan (X-men, Deadpool) and DC comics writer Heath Corson (Justice League, Bizarro). Listen to them discuss their creative evolution, their mentors, and how those lessons forged them into the artists they are today! | 52m 47s | ||||||
| 7/31/25 | ![]() We're at COMIC-CON! | Teaser for our upcoming episode that we recorded Live at Comic-Con!! | 0m 52s | ||||||
| 7/10/25 | ![]() Eve Ewing & avery r young | Sweet home Chicago! Join us for this love letter to arts education in Chicago with the amazing Professor-poet-comics-author-bookstore-owner Eve Ewing and her mentor, poet laureate and performance artist avery r. young. Arts education creates families! | 1h 03m 50s | ||||||
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