Brené with Jason Sudeikis & Brendan Hunt on Ted Lasso

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

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Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.6 • 24.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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As the self-appointed president of the TLFC (Ted Lasso Fan Club), it was a blast to talk to Jason Sudeikis, the co-creator, writer, and executive producer who plays Ted Lasso, and Brendan Hunt, the co-creator and writer who plays Coach Beard on the Apple TV+ hit series. The show follows the adventures of a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. We talk about the show’s interesting origin story, writers’ room inspirations, and why intention is critical to the creative process. It’s a fun conversation about a show that is unapologetically awkward, brave, and kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I'm Brinay Brown and this is unlocking us.
0:04.3	In case you don't know this, in addition to being the podcast host for unlocking us,
0:08.9	I am also the self-appointed president of the Ted Lasso fan club. Ted Lasso is a show on Apple Plus and it's one of my favorite joys right now.
0:22.0	It's just so fun and big-hearted and funny. It's interesting
0:28.0	because this is not the first time we've met Coach Ted Lasso. We first met Ted Lasso when he starred in a couple of
0:36.0	NBC promos after NBC acquired the television rights to the English Premier
0:41.8	Soccer League. So Jason Sudakeus played this kind of wide-eyed
0:46.7	American college football coach who was hired to be the new manager for a big Premier Soccer League club and of course he knew
0:57.1	nothing about soccer. These promos were so funny, especially if you know just a little bit about soccer, but you still don't understand
1:05.5	offsides, they're just funny. And both promos were really successful. They went viral. They helped NBC build its audience for the Premier League games.
1:17.0	And it introduced us to this guy that we really loved. So now fast forward, you know, six, seven years later and Ted Lasso's a new show.
1:27.6	The whole first season is now completely out. I had to watch them painfully, drip slowly one at a time like old school
1:35.6	But now episodes one through ten season one are out and again. It's just funny and smart and kind and thoughtful and just
1:46.7	unapologetically goofy in the best way. And in this episode today on Unluckinessiness, I'm going to talk to Jason
1:54.0	Sudakes who plays the lead. He plays Ted Lasso. He's also the co-creator, writer,
1:58.7	and executive producer. And I get to talk to Brendan Hunt, who is also a co-creator, writer, and he's the actor who plays
2:06.4	Coach Beard. It's just a joyful thing for me to get to talk to these funny, smart guys about a show I love.
2:15.0	Every time I watch it, I just I'll say I'll quote Ted Lasso right here for you.
2:19.2	I feel like I fell out of the Lucky Tree, hit every branch on the way down,
2:23.2	and ended up in a pool of cash and sour patch kids.
2:27.7	When you're an American Express Platinum Card
2:29.6	member, don't be surprised if you say things like,
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