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How I Built This with Guy Raz

How I Built Resilience: Samantha Bee of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.831.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Samantha Bee, the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, has been filming her show from her backyard in upstate New York since March. While Samantha remains unsure about returning to the studio, she's optimistic that her team will continue producing a broadcast-quality show remotely. These conversations are excerpts from our How I Built Resilience series, where Guy talks online with founders and entrepreneurs about how they're navigating turbulent times.

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:09.0

New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.

0:13.0

As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.

0:17.0

So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.

0:24.0

Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.

0:27.0

Hey everyone and welcome to how I built this resilience edition.

0:31.0

On these episodes, we're talking with entrepreneurs and other interesting people about how to think creatively during this really disruptive moment.

0:39.0

And today, we're going to hear from Samantha Bee, the host and creator of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

0:45.0

Samantha's been quarantining at her home outside of New York with her kids and her husband Jason Jones, who's also an executive producer on the show.

0:54.0

Writing and producing a show remotely has been a learning experience for Samantha and her staff, but it's allowed them to rethink the production process.

1:03.0

Samantha spoke to me from her apartment in New York City, where she returned just in time for our conversation.

1:10.0

I know you've been filming the show from upstate New York in your backyard.

1:14.0

You are now in your apartment in Manhattan, like I think it's just shot there, right?

1:19.0

Well, the tropical storm last week knocked out power to our house and we have do not have power yet at the house.

1:28.0

We don't have power and we don't have internet and today we'll make it like officially.

1:33.0

I think we're passing the one week mark since we've had power or internet.

1:37.0

So we came into the city where we also have questionable internet.

1:41.0

So I hope that it works.

1:44.0

Um, is there any talk about if when the show might go back to the studio?

1:50.0

We are constantly talking about it, but there doesn't seem to be any movement in that direction, which is really fine for now.

1:59.0

And it's fine for September.

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