BONUS: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hamilton in DC, lessons & hip hop with Ari Melber

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast extra, celebrated actor, composer, lyricist and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda talks Obama, “Hamilton,” “Warriors,” and life lessons in this extended interview with MSNBC anchor and music obsessive Ari Melber. Parts of the interview aired on MSNBC and this is the full discussion, the newest installment of “Mavericks with Ari Melber,” a series of interviews with artists, musicians and cultural icons. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Ari Melbert from MSNBC.
0:02.3	Thanks for listening to The Beat with Ari Melbert podcast.
0:04.9	We want to share some extra programming today, so buckle up and stay tuned for a special
0:09.8	edition from MSNBC brought to you by the Beat with Ari Melburgh podcast.
0:14.6	Welcome to Maver with Ari Melburgh.
0:16.0	We are particularly thrilled today because we are joined by Grammy, Emmy, Tony, and Pulitzer
0:20.5	Prize winning composer, lyricists, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer,
0:21.7	lyricists, and world-embraced performer Lynn Manuel Miranda. You probably know him for many things,
0:27.9	including famously writing and starring in Hamilton, an absolute Broadway sensation that went global.
0:33.8	He left the title role in 2016. The show continues to run. He's been busy in the year's sense across the culture, television movies, writing some of your favorite and most repeated songs, especially by your kids.
0:45.9	The new project he has is Warriors, a concept album that we're going to get into.
0:50.1	Lynn Manuel Miranda joins us for the first time now.
0:53.5	Thank you.
0:54.1	Thank you, Ari. Thanks for having.
0:55.2	I try to keep it real. I don't play. I tell the truth. We have been trying to get you here for an
1:00.8	interview for years. You've been understandly busy. So I'm really glad to have you here.
1:05.3	Yeah, thank you for having me. To be honest. Yeah, great to have you. We'll get into Warriors like
1:10.0	this. You have so many different choices.
1:14.2	So when you make choices that are considered unusual, or some would say odd, or of all the things,
1:21.2	that thing, this might be in that category. Maybe that makes it even better. But tell us about that.
1:27.1	Sure. I mean, I think
1:28.3	that when it comes to writing something like an original score, like Issa Davis, my co-writer and I did for this album,
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