Austin Nichols
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 24K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Sophia reunites with "One Tree Hill" co-star Austin Nichols to celebrate the directorial debut of his first indie film, "The Long Shot." While the two happily share secrets from their time on the OTH set, as they discuss his latest passion project, find out why they are both inclined to keep one filming location under wraps! Plus, hear what happened when Austin snuck into a sold-out theater to watch audience reactions to his film one night!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome back to this week's work in progress. |
| 0:22.3 | Friends, we have a dear one on the podcast this week. |
| 0:27.2 | Someone I've called a friend for over 20 years, been on plenty of adventures with both on screen and off, been an advocate alongside, and watched Bloom into such an amazing |
| 0:43.0 | phase of his career. I am so proud to have Austin Nichols on the podcast today. You all know |
| 0:50.2 | him from my world playing my husband on screen on Wentree Hill, the iconic producer, |
| 0:56.5 | director, writer Julian Baker, and he has an incredible history in film and television. As an athlete |
| 1:04.3 | in sports movies like Matchpoint and Glory Road, as an off-screen advocate for Global |
| 1:09.0 | Green and an on-screen victim of a natural disaster in the day after tomorrow, early in his career. |
| 1:14.9 | Austin has become not only an incredible advocate, but an incredible director. |
| 1:21.3 | Most recently, he directed the series Walker in Austin, Texas, his hometown, and now those worlds are collecting on his latest project, |
| 1:29.6 | a feature film he has spent the last five years lovingly bringing to the screen called |
| 1:35.3 | The Long Shot. It's about sports, friendship, love, ingenuity, the city that shaped him, |
| 1:41.9 | and how important the spaces in our communities are to not only our communities |
| 1:48.1 | but to us, to our friendships and to our life. There is so much to talk with Austin about and reminisce |
| 1:55.6 | about. I cannot wait for you all to hear him share his stories of what it took to make this film and how he |
| 2:01.8 | feels now that it is finally on screen. Let's dive in to all the behind-the-scenes tea from the |
| 2:09.5 | long shot with our pal, Austin Nichols. |
| 2:24.8 | Thank you. I'm so happy you're here. |
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