Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle explore what it takes to survive as a creative today. From juggling side gigs to redefining success, we dive into the real stories behind making a living when one job just isn’t enough
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What If You Outgrow the Dream Job? with Sam Sanders
Journalist and podcast host Sam Sanders joins us to talk about what happens when the thing you thought you wanted turns out to be too small. We get in...
How do you Get Into (and Out of) Debt? with Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster
Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster, the duo behind the award-winning podcast Debt Heads, join us to talk about the 1978 Supreme Court decision that quie...
Ana and Mike Show Up
Mike's running at full speed with no room to breathe, Ana's navigating the gap between making art and making rent, and together they unpack why showin...
What If Working Harder Was Never Actually the Answer? with Rainesford Stauffer
Writer and author Rainesford Stauffer joins us to talk about what happens when you've spent your whole life working your way into worthiness and it st...
Who Wins When Everyone’s a Freelancer? with Adam Conover
Comedian Adam Conover joins us to unpack the real costs of the so-called "creator economy" from algorithmic gatekeeping to the crumbling of stable cre...
Can You Rebuild After the Industry You Helped Build Collapses? with Alex Goldman
Alex Goldman, co-creator of Reply All and current host of Hyperfixed joins us to talk about what it actually looks like to start over. We get into 18...
Is It Possible to Make Peace With Rejection? with Connor Ratliff
Actor, comedian, and podcaster Connor Ratliff joins us to talk about building a creative life out of the parts you can actually control. We get into S...
Can You Tour 45 Weeks a Year and Still Call It Love? with Jackie Kashian
Stand-up comedian Jackie Kashian joins us to talk about 40 years on the road and what it actually takes to stay in love with a job that never stops mo...
What If Your Endgame Isn't to Get Bigger? with Mike Draper
Mike Draper, founder of Raygun, the greatest store in the universe, joins us to talk about what it costs to stay in control of something for 21 years....
What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller
Musician and writer Rhett Miller joins us to talk about staying creative in an industry that keeps changing. From fronting the Old 97’s to writing chi...
How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell
Journalist Gillian Brockell spent a decade at the Washington Post, took a buyout thinking she'd be back in two years, and watched the place fall apart...
What Happens When the People Building the Technology Stop Being Fans? with Anil Dash
Technologist, writer, and self-described "big fan of being a big fan" Anil Dash joins us to talk about what it looks like to spend 25 years watching t...
What If Your Runway Is Weeks, Not Months? with Olivia Messer
Olivia Messer, journalist, novelist, and editor-in-chief of The Barbed Wire, joins us to talk about what it actually looks like to run an independent...
Can You Win Three Emmys and Still Wonder If the Check Will Clear? with W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian and filmmaker, joins us to talk about what it actually looks like when the industry that reward...
Past Due Turns One, Pt. 1
To celebrate one year of Past Due, Ana and Mike look back at the conversations that changed them — featuring Paul F. Tompkins, Siri Doll, and Rhett Mi...
Ana and Mike Write Ghost Stories
Ana and Mike try to untangle the pure joy of making art from the exhausting pressure of creating for survival. Mike admits he's pushing all his chips...
What If Fear Is What Keeps You Working? with Xochitl Gonzalez
Despite writing bestsellers and landing a Reese’s Book Club pick, Xochitl Gonzalez opens up about the lingering shame of precarity, the invisibility o...
Is Joy a Better Goal Than Fame? with Jonah Ray
Jonah Ray joins us to talk about finding joy in creative work after letting go of the version of success he once chased. From DIY punk to rebooting MS...
Ana and Mike Don’t Quit
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle kick off the year with a conversation about survival in a collapsing media economy. They get into dry January, capit...
2025 Receipts
To wrap up the year, Ana, Mike, and Andrew take a look at what it really costs to make Past Due. From programmatic ads and Patreon, to personal finan...
What Do You Really Get Paid In? with Will Hines
Comedian and actor Will Hines joins Ana and Mike to talk about trading a salary for freedom, and why time might be the only currency that really matte...
Is the Climb Its Own Kind of Arrival? with Jacquis Neal
Actor and comedian Jacquis Neal joins us to talk about the strange space between doing good work and still feeling like you haven’t arrived. From voic...
How Do You Let Go And Still Stay In It? with River Butcher
Comedian River Butcher joins us for a conversation about what happens when the gigs stop coming—and the world doesn’t end. We talk about the fear of s...
Is Doing It Yourself the Only Honest Way Left? with Michael Burns
Writer and video essayist Michael Burns joins us to talk about what happens when the platform you helped build stops serving the work and starts servi...
Ana and Mike Leave the House
Ana and Mike compare notes from the road: Ana’s on assignment in small-town Maine chasing a political story she believes in, and Mike’s in between tou...
Can You Make a Career Out of a Patchwork Quilt? with Ron Funches
Comedian and actor Ron Funches joins us for a deeply funny and unexpectedly honest conversation about the strange economics of creative work. We talk...
Is the Garage Is Better Than the Studio? with Chris Gethard
Comedian Chris Gethard joins us to talk about walking away from the version of success he spent years chasing, and why that might be the reason he's s...
What If the “Recession-Proof” Job Isn’t? with Siri Dahl
Adult performer and podcaster Siri Dahl joins us to talk about the emotional and economic realities of sex work in an era that calls itself creator-fr...
Introducing Curiosity Weekly
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle briefly introduce Curiosity Weekly, a podcast from Discovery that helps makes sense of the world we live in. The sho...
What If 30 Years Is Just The Beginning? with Rhett Miller
Musician and writer Rhett Miller joins us to talk about staying creative in an industry that keeps changing. From fronting the Old 97’s to writing chi...
Ana and Mike Face the Music
Ana and Mike get real about what creative work actually looks like behind the scenes, breaking down the economics of touring, Substack’s Nazi problem,...
What Comes After the Big Job? with Jody Avirgan
Podcast host and producer Jody Avirgan joins us to talk about walking away from big platforms like ESPN and NPR, and what it takes to build something...
What If Making Good Work Still Isn’t Enough? with Ian Danskin
Video essayist Ian Danskin joins us to talk about the exhausting economics of doing thoughtful work online—and what it means when your most meaningful...
How Do You Keep Going? with Bob DeRosa
Screenwriter Bob DeRosa joins us to talk about what it really takes to build a long-haul creative career—one that doesn’t go viral, but keeps going. W...
What If You Outgrow the Dream Job? with Sam Sanders
Journalist and podcast host Sam Sanders joins us to talk about what happens when the thing you thought you wanted turns out to be too small. We get in...
What Does It Take to Stay Kind in a Brutal Industry? with Josh Gondelman and Maris Kreizman
Comedian Josh Gondelman and writer Maris Kreizman join us to talk about surviving the creative economy as individuals and as a couple. We dig into the...
What If Fear Is What Keeps You Working? with Xochitl Gonzalez
Despite writing bestsellers and landing a Reese’s Book Club pick, Xochitl Gonzalez opens up about the lingering shame of precarity, the invisibility o...
Ana and Mike Sell Out
Ana and Mike talk about what it means to sell out... financially, creatively, and emotionally. From brand deals to burnout, they ask whether survival...
What If Scarcity Never Really Leaves You? with Jamie Loftus
Writer and podcaster Jamie Loftus joins us to talk about financial anxiety, inherited frugality, and the emotional cost of choosing creative freedom....
What Do You Do When the Work Doesn’t Feel Like Enough? with Parker Molloy
Writer Parker Molloy joins us to talk about the invisible costs of creative independence, from burnout to the search for meaning in an industry built...