Hey, I'm Ben Stiller.

And I'm Adam Scott.

And we host a podcast called The Severance Podcast, where we used to break down every episode

of the TV show Severance.

It's been a few months since the season two finale, and not only do I miss seeing everyone

react to the show, but I also miss coming here and talking with you every week about it,

Adam.

Yeah, me too.

It's felt unnatural talking to you over the

last few months without a microphone in front of me. Yeah, I know. It's weird. It's really one of the

many reasons we decided to bring the podcast back. But we're going to do things a little differently

this time around. One of our favorite parts of doing the podcast has been talking about the movies,

TV shows, and artists that influenced us

while making severance.

While we were recapping the episodes, we'd mentioned something that inspired a performance

or like a shot, like how Star Trek influenced some of the sets on the severed floor, for

example.

Right. Or how workplace satires like The Office and the movie Office Space inspired the

comedic tone of the

show. And so we thought it would be really fun to talk to the people behind those influential

movies and TV shows. We want to kind of dig deeper into the craft of how and why people

make stuff. What is their process like? What inspires them? And most importantly, what do they

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