Special Guest Episode: Interview w/ Columbus Short

Unpacking The Toolbox

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

After Shows, Tv & Film

4.8 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Scandal co-star Columbus Short (Harrison Wright) sits down with Katie and Guillermo for an intimate conversation about the show and Columbus’ struggles. As Guillermo’s trailer-mate on set, Columbus shares some of his favorite memories of being on the show and how he got the job. Then, Katie dives into the difficult questions: What happened? What was Columbus going through that led to his downfall and how has he since recovered?

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.4	Unpacking the toolbox is a production of Shondaland audio in partnership with IHeartRadio.
0:21.2	It's the scandal. Okay, Okay, this is crazy.
0:25.2	You guys, we have...
0:27.5	You guys. We have... Okay, this is crazy.
0:39.3	You guys.
0:40.3	You guys, we have...
0:42.3	Our family's here.
0:44.3	This is the only gladiator in a suit.
0:48.3	Yes.
0:49.3	This is a very, very special episode.
0:53.3	It's a standalone. It's a bottle episode. episode. This is the first time we're in a studio with this podcast because of this man. And we were like, we've been wanting to get Columbus short on unpacking the toolbox for a while. I'd say like two years. Yeah, but we were saving it too because we know it was going to be special. We were saving it. We wanted to do in person and we were so psyched that you're open to it and into it. And we knew it was going to be special we wanted to do in person and we were so
1:11.7	psyched that you're open to it and into it and we're very happy to see you happy to see you
1:16.8	columbus short y'all and the gladiator is like this is your this is our harrison right they're gonna
1:22.3	flip their wigs remember when i said y'all would flip your wigs? This is why. Flip them. Oh my God, you guys. This is the man, the myth, the legend who literally said, do you want to be a gladiator in a suit? To you. To me. And your face. And your face. Like this is crazy. Like I could get emotional about it. I know. Me too. Columbus Short, first of all, thank you for doing this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let it be known gladiators that Columbus, we're going to get into questions and have a good time. But also, you brought the most funnest friends. You brought Neo. Neo came and sang happy birthday to Carrie Washington.
2:03.3	Because of Columbus short.
2:05.2	Neo came saying happy birthday and I gave him a hug and I was like, that's the most
2:10.0	cologne I've ever smelled on a human being in my childhood.
2:12.4	And it smells so good.
2:14.8	And he was so talented.
2:17.3	And all day I would like catch a whiff of it on my sweater
2:20.7	and I'd be like that's Neo.
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