Zach Woods On Making NPR Into An Animated Comedy
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NPR
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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The host is played by Zach Woods, who is best known for his roles in "Silicon Valley" and "The Office." He's now making his directorial debut with "In the Know."
It's a stop animation show that includes live-action, unscripted interviews with celebrities like Roxanne Gay, Jonathan Van Ness, and Mike Tyson.
We sit down with creator and star Zach Woods to talk all about it.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR and the following message come from SAP Concur, a leading brand for integrated travel expense and invoice management solutions. |
| 0:08.5 | With SAP Concur solutions, you'll be ready to take on whatever the market throws at you next. |
| 0:14.0 | Learn more at concur.com. A new show is poking fun at, well, us. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Lauren Caspian and this is in the know. |
| 0:32.0 | This is in the no. In the no. |
| 0:34.0 | You're a fucking God. |
| 0:37.0 | The first season of In the Know is out now on Peacock. |
| 0:40.0 | It's set in a public radio station, |
| 0:42.0 | maybe like the one you're listening to right now, |
| 0:44.8 | complete with nervous producers on the mic for pledge drives. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello, welcome again. |
| 0:51.2 | Ah! I'm sorry, that was my throat and body screaming. |
| 0:57.0 | And NPR's third most popular host, Lauren Caspian, torturing guests and coworkers alike with a self-important grandstanding. |
| 1:05.6 | And because I feel like we're in a flow where you're agreeing with me, would you mind if I rant |
| 1:09.2 | about the violence of the male gaze? |
| 1:11.5 | That public radio host is played by |
| 1:13.8 | Zach Woods is best known for his roles in Silicon Valley and the office. He's now |
| 1:19.7 | directing in the no. It's a stop motion animation show that includes live action, |
| 1:25.0 | unscripted interviews with celebrities such as Roxanne Gay, Jonathan Van Ness, |
| 1:29.5 | and Mike Tyson. After the break, writer, director, and star of In The No, Zach Woods joins us to tell us all |
| 1:36.0 | about the show. I'm Shen White. You're listening to the 1-A podcast where we get to the heart of |
| 1:40.9 | the story. We'll be back in just a moment. |
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