Work in Progress: David Oyelowo

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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Music, Arts, Comedy

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

One of our favorite guests is back on the pod! Multi-award-winning actor, producer, director, and proud father David Oyelowo has been very busy in front of and behind the camera! Currently, he can be seen in his Apple TV+ series “Government Cheese,” and if you love the art of acting, this chat is not to be missed!

The actor joins Sophia for a revealing conversation about his new show and the long road to getting it made, being a forever student of acting and storytelling, the things you can’t learn in drama school, the sheer amount of rejection you will face in this industry, and the key to successfully pitching projects!

Plus, he chats about him and his wife being “half empty nesters,” how he feels about his son going to the same drama school he did, and his current work in progress!

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.5	Hey, everyone, it's Sophia.
0:06.8	Welcome to Work in Progress.
0:18.8	Welcome back to Work in Progress. We are joined today by a guest who's been here
0:24.9	before, who absolutely moved me, inspired me, got me so fired up about everything from art to
0:34.0	existence, and he's back today to do it again. We are joined by none other than David O'Yellowo.
0:41.0	He's here to talk to us today about his new Apple show, Government Cheese,
0:45.3	which is set in 1969 in the San Fernando Valley here in Los Angeles.
0:51.9	The series follows the Chambers family and African American family
0:55.4	living here in the valley and the chaos that arises after burglar turned inventor Hampton Chambers
1:01.5	played by Mr. Oillow returns from prison. David is an exceptional human and an exceptional
1:09.7	artist who you know from winning, I mean so many awards it would take me too long to is an exceptional human and an exceptional artist,
1:10.9	who you know from winning, I mean, so many awards,
1:14.0	it would take me too long to list them all,
1:16.1	but who you also know from coming on this show
1:19.0	to share about his upbringing in London and Nigeria,
1:23.0	his path to artistry, fatherhood, and faith.
1:26.5	And today we're gonna dive into what it really means to artistry, fatherhood, and faith. And today we're going to dive into what it really means
1:29.9	to be creating and to trust in where we're going as a society in a year like this one. Let's dive
1:37.6	in with David. Hi, David, I'm so happy to see you.
1:51.2	You too, in person this time.
1:52.8	I know.
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