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That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

How To Be Perfect: Mike Schur

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Sarah welcomes back famed television writer and producer Mike Schur for a record third time. They catch up on their past conversations including the changes in Hollywood as a result of #MeToo and the racial reckoning in the summer of 2020. Then they discuss Mike's new book, "How To Be Perfect" and how his pursuit of living a moral life led to the creation of The Good Place and the realization that he can be really annoying about certain things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:10.0

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0:14.8

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0:20.0

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0:23.0

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0:28.4

music, and the very best analysis of the games. Plus, there's a robust community of friends,

0:33.4

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0:38.4

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0:49.5

Welcome to That's What She Said with Sarah Spain, a podcast about, well, whatever the hell I want,

0:55.4

actors and musicians, athletes, comedians, neuroscientists, wine experts. If I find somebody

1:00.8

interesting, I'm bringing them to you. We'll talk about how they became who they are, how they found

1:05.8

success, battled failures, and how they ended up here, talking to me. Hi, my name is Michael Shore,

1:11.6

and my dilemma is that I'm about to do a lengthy interview with a woman who hasn't even bothered

1:17.1

to finish the book I wrote. Well, I'll have you know that I do not have a rebuttal for this very

1:25.0

accurate point. Nor do I have a solution for your dilemma. I do have an excuse, and that is hours

1:31.6

of watching and analyzing playoff football for my other jobs the last couple of weeks. Also,

1:37.0

my own mistake of booking basically through guests in one month that all had new books,

1:42.3

because I got to read yours, and I got to read Lindsey Vaughn's, and I got to read Kendall Coins.

1:47.3

And honestly, if I could clone myself, I would, and I would have read the whole book instead of half.

1:52.4

My only solace is that Aristotle might have excused me. He might have argued that I found the

1:59.2

perfect amount of fortitude and courage, because I exhibited fortitude when facing the adversity

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