Karen Pittman on Acting Against the Odds

Your Mama’s Kitchen

Higher Ground

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this special, live-taped episode actress Karen Pittman join Michele on stage to talk about her journey from Nashville to her career in Hollywood. She revisits the childhood kitchen where she watched her parents' fraught dynamics play out and where she learned to build worlds of her own imagination. Plus, we learn how to make her mama's buttery cinnamon rolls.

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0:00.0	This summer, deciding between eating, drinking and chatting is over, thanks to the new
0:06.8	tipple topper from Waitrose. Our mini-chartery boards sit on top of your wine glass and come
0:12.8	with delicious nibbles, such as Milano salami, Iberico cheese wedges, tangy pickles, olives and
0:19.9	crunchy brisketta bites. Perfect for mingling without
0:23.1	juggling plates. Let your somerside out with waitros. Selected lines and stores subject to availability.
0:30.2	Hi everyone. I'm Jenna Bush-Hager from today with Hoda and Jenna, and I'm excited to share my new
0:35.1	podcast, Open Book with Jenna. Each week, celebrities, experts, friends, and authors will share candid stories with me
0:41.1	about their lives and new projects.
0:43.1	Guests like Stephen and Evie Colbert, Nicholas Sparks, Emily Henry, and more.
0:47.9	Like a good book, you will leave feeling inspired and entertained.
0:51.1	Join me for my brand new podcast, Open Book with Jenna.
0:59.4	New episodes of Open Book with Jenna are released every Thursday. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.6	This podcast is brought to you by Alloy Health. Hello everyone. Welcome back to your mama's kitchen. This is a place where we explore how we are shaped as adults by all the things that happen in the kitchens of our use. Everything that happened there, not just the food, the memories, the homework at the kitchen table, the laughter, the arguments. I'm Michelle Norris.
1:29.6	And today's episode is a little bit different than our usual programming. You're about to hear
1:34.1	a conversation that I had with Karen Pittman, the actress known for her incredible range.
1:40.0	You've probably seen her on the Apple TV series called The Morning Show.
1:49.8	You may have caught her in the Netflix hit series that's running right now called Forever.
1:55.0	It's a remake of the popular Judy Blume novel of that same name.
2:02.5	I spoke to Karen Pittman in front of a live audience at a conference in California called Leading Women Define.
2:08.0	It was a beautiful conversation about defying expectations and letting go over the things that sometimes can hold us back. It's a beautiful conversation, and I can't wait for you to hear this one.
2:13.7	Let's listen. This is such a special treat for me because I get to make all of you a part of an important
2:26.3	part of my life.
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