What If You Never Have to Quit Your Day Job? with Chandler Dean

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Business, Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Comedian and speechwriter Chandler Dean joins us to talk about building a streaming show without burning down his career to do it. We get into why keeping a day job might be the most radical creative decision you can make, how Abolish Everything went from a monthly live show to the Nebula's most-watched new series, and why deadline-based work is secretly a gift. Get more at patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Springs blooming at Starbucks.
0:03.0	A new season calls for new discoveries,
0:06.0	like our iced Ube-Vinilla Machilate.
0:09.0	Smooth, creamy and nutty, balanced with notes of vanilla.
0:13.0	It's a treat for the ice too,
0:15.0	with vibrant lilac hues to brighten your spring mood.
0:19.0	Hot or iced, there are so many ways to love this stunning serve.
0:23.8	Uber Vanilla, pouring now at Starbucks.
0:27.5	Subject to availability while stocks last.
0:30.7	What does it look like to build a streaming show from the ground up, no budget, no safety
0:35.3	net, all while keeping your day job.
0:38.0	This week, we're talking with Chandler Dean, comedian, speechwriter, and the host and creator
0:42.4	of Abolish Everything. We get into the surprisingly good argument for keeping your day job,
0:47.5	why AI might actually be more of a threat to speech writing than stand-up comedy, and what it
0:52.2	means to build something creator-owned in an
0:54.3	industry that usually takes everything. And how a show about abolishing things became its own
0:58.9	argument for why human creativity still matters. The creative economy is broken, but some people
1:07.2	are still making it work. We're here to find out how. I'm Anna Marie Cox.
1:11.7	And I'm open Mike Eagle in this past due.
1:17.4	Chandler Dean is a comedian and speechwriter.
1:19.7	He is also the creator, host,
1:21.3	an executive producer of A Ballish Everything,
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