755. Phoebe Robinson, Comedian, Author, Writer, Producer, Marathoner

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

"Now that I’m free of that relationship, who am I now? I needed to know this new version of myself. So I started doing things I’ve always been like, 'Huh, maybe I want to try this, maybe I want to do that.' I was like, 'Why don’t I just give running a go?' I'd always see people in Prospect Park doing the loop, and I was always like, 'I want to be one of those people who’s doing that!'"

Phoebe Robinson knows fun. She's a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, actress, and host and star of Two Dope Queens (the podcast and the show). She's the author of the best-selling You Can't Touch My Hair and Everything's Trash. And she moderated Michelle Obama's Becoming book tour in five different cities. So what's fun for Phoebe right now? Running, of course! In this episode, Phoebe talks about how and why she became a runner just one year ago. Phoebe ran her first marathon, the Boston Marathon, earlier this year, and is currently training for the New York City Marathon. Plus: Phoebe's takes on turning 40, her friendship with Bono, and Sex and the City.

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In this episode:

How it feels to be a marathoner (2:30)
How it feels to have just turned 40 (4:00)
What Phoebe is watching right now (16:00)
What Phoebe used to want to be when she grew up (19:55)
What hasn’t Phoebe done? (23:45)
What it was like moderating Michelle Obama’s Becoming book tour (28:15)
Phoebe talks running! (32:55)
Phoebe looks back on her first half marathon (45:45)
How becoming a marathoner has changed Phoebe’s life (51:05)]
How running has worked its way into Phoebe’s work (57:15)
Phoebe’s goals for the 2024 New York City Marathon (59:30)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm your host Ali Feller and on every episode I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:14.0	From professional athletes and celebrity runners
0:16.5	to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner,
0:19.8	we are here to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:25.1	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that has been holding
0:28.9	you back, I am here to help you pick up the pace. I'm going to make a strong statement to kick this one off.
0:36.0	The conversation you're about to hear easily ranks as one of my all-time favorite conversations here on the Alley on the Run show. Yeah, my
0:46.2	guest today is Phoebe Robinson. I have wanted to have Phoebe on the show ever
0:50.7	since I saw that she had gotten really into running about a year ago.
0:54.0	The stand-up comedian, writer, producer, actress, and podcaster is best known, perhaps for her
0:59.7	podcast turned HBO series Two Dope Queens.
1:03.6	For her best-selling books, yes plural,
1:06.2	including You Can't Touch My Hair
1:08.2	and Everything's Trash.
1:10.3	And very cool.
1:12.2	For moderating Michelle Obama's becoming book tour in five different cities.
1:17.0	What a job.
1:18.0	Baby ran her first marathon, the Boston Marathon, earlier this year, and now she's getting ready to run the New York City Marathon.
1:25.0	I expected this conversation to be fun because you know I love getting to talk with people who don't get to talk about running enough in their interviews.
1:33.2	Not enough people are asking celebrities about their side hobbies on the red carpet.
1:38.0	What I didn't expect was for this conversation to start on such an inspiring and uplifting note about turning 40
1:45.3	and about all the feelings that come up when you hit certain life milestones and things maybe
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