Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
by Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
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Can You Tour 45 Weeks a Year and Still Call It Love? with Jackie Kashian
Jun 24, 2026
1h 00m 58s
What If Your Endgame Isn't to Get Bigger? with Mike Draper
Jun 17, 2026
1h 05m 49s
What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller
Jun 10, 2026
57m 22s
How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell
Jun 3, 2026
1h 09m 44s
What Happens When the People Building the Technology Stop Being Fans? with Anil Dash
May 27, 2026
59m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | Can You Tour 45 Weeks a Year and Still Call It Love? with Jackie Kashian | Stand-up comedian Jackie Kashian joins us to talk about 40 years on the road and what it actually takes to stay in love with a job that never stops moving. We get into the real math of touring across four decades, why a 20-year-old podcast might be her smartest business decision yet, and what it costs to keep choosing the road over almost everything else. Hear the bonus version at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 00m 58s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | What If Your Endgame Isn't to Get Bigger? with Mike Draper | Mike Draper, founder of Raygun, the greatest store in the universe, joins us to talk about what it costs to stay in control of something for 21 years. We get into the real math of brick-and-mortar retail, the night he was $800,000 underwater with a hospitalized wife and a newborn at home, and what it actually means to build a business around "enough." Plus, a bonus conversation at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 05m 49s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller✨ | creativitymusic industry+4 | Rhett Miller | Old 97’spatreon.com+1 | — | Rhett MillerOld 97’s+5 | — | 57m 22s | |
| 6/3/26 | How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell✨ | journalismmedia+3 | Gillian Brockell | Washington PostICE | — | journalismWashington Post+4 | — | 1h 09m 44s | |
| 5/27/26 | What Happens When the People Building the Technology Stop Being Fans? with Anil Dash✨ | technologycreative economy+4 | Anil Dash | patreon.commegaphone.fm | — | tech layoffscreative economy+5 | — | 59m 11s | |
| 5/20/26 | What If Your Runway Is Weeks, Not Months? with Olivia Messer✨ | independent journalismTexas newsroom+3 | Olivia Messer | The Barbed Wire | — | journalismvirality+4 | — | 50m 56s | |
| 5/13/26 | Can You Win Three Emmys and Still Wonder If the Check Will Clear? with W. Kamau Bell✨ | comedytelevision industry+3 | W. Kamau Bell | EmmyPeabody Award+3 | — | EmmyPeabody Award+7 | — | 1h 05m 04s | |
| 5/6/26 | What If Your Biggest Client Has Never Heard of Your Other Career? with Kim Newmoney✨ | freelance photographycareer building+3 | Kim Newmoney | HBOShowtime+2 | Los Angeles | photographyfreelance+6 | — | 46m 42s | |
| 4/29/26 | Past Due Turns One, Pt 2✨ | celebrationreflection+4 | Baron VaughnIan Danskin+1 | — | — | Past Duecelebration+5 | — | 46m 05s | |
| 4/22/26 | Past Due Turns One, Pt. 1✨ | celebrationreflection+3 | Paul F. TompkinsSiri Doll+1 | — | — | Past Dueanniversary+6 | — | 59m 37s | |
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| 4/15/26 | Is the Garage Is Better Than the Studio? with Chris Gethard✨ | successcareer+3 | Chris Gethard | — | — | successcareer+5 | — | 1h 08m 41s | |
| 4/8/26 | How Do You Build Something That Lasts? with Adam Gurri✨ | journalismpublication+3 | Adam Gurri | Liberal Currents | New York City | journalismLiberal Currents+5 | — | 52m 17s | |
| 4/1/26 | What If You Never Have to Quit Your Day Job? with Chandler Dean✨ | streaming showscreative careers+3 | Chandler Dean | NebulaAbolish Everything | — | streamingcomedy+3 | — | 1h 09m 01s | |
| 3/25/26 | Can Improv Fix Your Career? Your Relationship? Your Life? with Marry Holland and Matt Newell✨ | improvcreative life+3 | Mary HollandMatt Newell | WGASAG | — | improvcareer+5 | — | 48m 28s | |
| 3/18/26 | Is Everythign Actually Food? with Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl✨ | food criticismrestaurant industry+3 | Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | James Beard Award | Twin Cities | foodcriticism+4 | — | 59m 44s | |
| 3/11/26 | Was the Serious Version of You Holding You Back? with Ben Collins✨ | mediaidentity+3 | Ben Collins | The OnionNBC News | — | Ben CollinsThe Onion+5 | — | 1h 05m 36s | |
| 3/4/26 | What Does It Cost to Finally Feel Safe? with Lilan Bowden✨ | financial safetymental health+3 | Lilan Bowden | — | — | financial safetymental health+6 | — | 1h 09m 37s | |
| 2/25/26 | Ana and Mike Write Ghost Stories✨ | artsurvival+4 | — | patreon.commegaphone.fm | — | artsurvival mode+3 | — | 1h 03m 09s | |
| 2/18/26 | How Do You Build Your Own Thing Within the "Mothership"? with Jamelle Bouie✨ | mediafinancial stability+3 | Jamelle Bouie | New York TimesDemocratic Joe Rogan | — | legacy mediabillionaire owners+3 | — | 57m 35s | |
| 2/11/26 | What If Fear Is What Keeps You Working? with Xochitl Gonzalez | Despite writing bestsellers and landing a Reese’s Book Club pick, Xochitl Gonzalez opens up about the lingering shame of precarity, the invisibility of working-class success, and why we need to drag money talk out into the light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 55m 10s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | Is Joy a Better Goal Than Fame? with Jonah Ray | Jonah Ray joins us to talk about finding joy in creative work after letting go of the version of success he once chased. From DIY punk to rebooting MST3K, Jonah reflects on what happens when you stop waiting for permission and start making the stuff you actually want to see. We get into the fear of going unnoticed, and why it’s still worth it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 51s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Is Any Job Actually Safe? with Devin Field | Comedian Devin Field has one of the rarest things in Hollywood: a full-time, year-round job. But even that didn’t protect him from the chaos of the past few years. From presidential threats to network pullouts to a brutal WGA strike, Devin opens up about what it’s like when late-night comedy is under siege—and how he’s learning to navigate the myth of hustle culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 55m 05s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | Ana and Mike Don’t Quit | Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle kick off the year with a conversation about survival in a collapsing media economy. They get into dry January, capitalism, self-promotion, YouTube pivots, and what it means to keep showing up even when the numbers don’t add up. Plus: the upside of YouTube thumbnails, the reality of reporting on a shoestring, and why, in a world that wants you to give up, persistence might be the most radical act of all. Support the show: patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 19s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | What If Merit Was Never the Metric? with Karen K. Ho | Journalist Karen K. Ho joins us to talk about what it really means to navigate the creative economy as an immigrant, a freelancer, and a former "success story." We talk about the myth of meritocracy, the emotional and financial toll of precarity after grad school, and the difference between community and networking when your visa—and your future—are on the line. Karen shares how ADHD, burnout, and the invisibility of care shaped her path, and why finding the right support system might matter more than any byline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 15m 08s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | What If You’re Still Becoming the Person You Want to Be? with Baron Vaughn | Comedian, actor, and writer Baron Vaughn joins us for a deeply personal conversation about what it means to rewrite your story while you’re still living inside it. We talk about growing up with scarcity, the trauma of survival-mode success, the work behind the work, and why healing is harder when the industry expects your pain to be punchlines. Get more a patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 18m 07s | ||||||
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