Introduction to Origins, with James Andrew Miller

Origins with James Andrew Miller

Audacy Podcasts

Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Origins Chapter One: Curb Your Enthusiasm is the first installment of an all-new podcast series by James Andrew Miller, award-winning and best-selling author of the oral history books on ESPN, Saturday Night Live and CAA, the Creative Artist Agency, which will be exploring epochal beginnings—whether from the fields of film, television, music, publishing, or even human relationships. The five-part Curb Your Enthusiasm podcast chapter of Origins will launch with Episode One on September 6th and feature conversations with more than a dozen key figures in the much-lauded, Emmy-winning show – among them, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Bob Einstein and others. Listeners will hear first-hand accounts of how the show was created, how it evolved, and how it changed the lives of everyone involved. The smash hit series begins its eagerly awaited ninth season on HBO October 1st. “Origins” will explore how greatness starts, how new ideas take shape, and how critical innovations come to be. This is the first chapter of a four-chapter fall 2017 slate. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think that the stories of startups, even from the most humble beginnings, are always the most interesting.
0:10.0	Have you ever wondered how the unheard of idea for a great new TV series was first heard of?
0:20.0	Or when a band came together and turned music on its ear?
0:25.0	Or why an incredibly popular movie got made despite itself.
0:30.0	And who wouldn't want to hear about these magical moments directly from the people who created that magic.
0:46.4	I'm James Andrew Miller, author of best-selling oral histories of E-SPN, Saturday Night Live, and CAA, the Creative Artist Agency. And I want to introduce you to a new podcast called Origins, in which I'll take you back
0:50.9	through the beginnings of the most iconic movies, television shows,
0:55.0	record albums, media companies, and more as we relive in Delival Turning Points
1:00.1	than went down in cultural history and changed it, arguably forever.
1:05.0	Remember the saying you had to be there? Now you will be.
1:09.0	You'll be there for the untold true tales of these creative adventures.
1:15.0	The beginnings are so interesting because it is this wild marriage of luck,
1:21.0	brilliant, and fortitude.
1:25.0	Starting in September, we'll open origins, Chapter 1,
1:28.0	with the five episode cycle digging deep into curb your enthusiasm.
1:32.0	The Emmy-winning
1:33.4	HBO series created by Larry David of Seinfeld Fame
1:36.7	that reinvented situation comedy.
1:38.8	You know when people told me after the shows started airing
1:41.7	that they had to leave the room for some scenes because they
1:44.4	were cringing and they couldn't bear to watch it like it was a horror movie.
1:49.8	I had no idea was having that effect on people and I liked it.
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