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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Brooks, Roz Chast, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.

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Show overview

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 496 episodes, alongside 14 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 360 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 38 min and 49 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Music show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 31 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 53 episodes published. Published by iHeartPodcasts.

Episodes
496
Running
2011–2026 · 15y
Median length
43 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

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Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.

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