Working: She-Ra Showrunner Noelle Stevenson on Creating a Diverse Kids Show

Slate Culture Feed

Slate Podcasts

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to cartoonist and now showrunner Noelle Stevenson about the process of rebooting the ‘80s TV show She-Ra: Princess of Power. In the interview, Noelle talks about developing a fresh vision for the show and ultimately creating one of the most diverse kids shows in history. She also discusses her webcomic, Nimona, which was adapted into a graphic novel and earned her a National Book Award nomination at the age of 23. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas offer advice to a listener who wonders if focusing on their art, rather than working with vulnerable people, is too privileged a life choice. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Noelle talks about The Weight of Them, a webcomic she created about her decision to get top surgery. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast?
0:09.3	Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn, and I'm Allison Raskin.
0:12.5	We have a weekly show called Just Between Us where we explore every kind of topic out
0:17.4	there, from mental health to sexuality, to animal behavior, to science.
0:24.7	We love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise.
0:29.0	We also answer listener questions and play a very silly game called hypotheticals.
0:34.4	You're not going to want to miss it.
0:35.6	It's unhinged.
0:36.6	And if you don't want to trust our word for it because it's our show, you should know
0:40.7	that the IHAR podcast awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023.
0:47.0	That means that we are good at our jobs, or we have good chemistry, so check out Just
0:54.6	Between Us, Everyone's Day.
0:56.6	Hey, everybody.
0:57.6	It's Tim Heidecker.
0:58.6	You know me, Tim and Eric Bridesmaids, and Fantastic Four.
1:02.2	I'd like to personally invite you to listen to Office Hours Live with me and my co-hosts
1:07.2	DJ Doug Pound.
1:08.2	Hello.
1:09.2	And Vic Berger.
1:10.2	Howdy.
1:11.2	Every week we bring you last fun games and lots of other surprises.
1:14.0	It's live.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.