Jenny Turner Hall

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode, award-winning writer/director Jenny Turner Hall joins Rhett from her home in Maplewood, NJ to talk about the creative projects she’s working on, including a scripted series inspired by New York’s infamous Brill Building. Jenny tells Rhett about growing up in a family of storytellers, why she prefers collaboration, and that time she ran an artist’s speakeasy out of her basement. Jenny and Rhett reminisce about being a young creative in New York City and Jenny reads a letter that she wrote to her 21-year old self. Jenny Turner Hall is a Peabody Award Winner and a Writer/Director at the forefront of multi-platform storytelling. She has projects in film, television, podcasting, immersive theater, and fiction. With her friend Marcy Thompson, Jenny writes and produces for STUDIO B, a home for experimental theater, live performance, and hybrid art. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted by Rhett Miller. Produced by Rhett Miller, Kirsten Cluthe, and Nick Ruffini. Production assistance by Revoice Media. Music by Rhett Miller. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Upcoming episodes of Wheels Off include artist Ashley Longshore, singer-songwriter Parker Milsap, composer/playwright Masi Asare, musician David Wax, and more.Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with guests Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like this podcast, please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:05.1	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:24.4	Jenny Turner, Jinnie Turner Hall is a storyteller.
0:31.3	She does a lot of things, and she can do any number of things, but I feel like at her heart that's who she is.
0:33.3	She had a scripted podcast series for kids that she was a part of making called The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel.
0:42.7	It was a global hit, but she's done all sorts of crazy stuff.
0:50.7	And talking to her is an invigorating experience.
0:57.7	I'm so glad I got to speak with her for wheels off because I think that her energy is infectious,
1:06.1	the way she thinks about what she does, but then also kind of just does what she wants without thinking
1:12.6	too much about it.
1:14.5	Towards the end of the interview, we have a bit of a denouement, where we kind of riff around
1:20.0	about different memories, different stuff that you can dig up from your childhood on the
1:24.9	internet.
1:26.3	And I think that that is a funny little section of the interview or conversation because
1:33.5	it really, I feel like gives a window into sort of how she works, not like how she does
1:40.0	her job works, but sort of what makes her tick?
1:43.3	Like she's just excited and she's constantly
1:46.9	looking around and, you know, lighting on different things and finding the spark in those things.
1:55.3	So I'm so glad I got to speak with Ginny Turner Hall. I think she's just a really
2:00.2	brilliant person.
2:01.8	And I'm really glad I get to bring the conversation to you.
2:04.8	So please welcome to Wheels Off, Jenny Turner Hall.
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