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In other news, Beyonce's latest album Renaissance has racked up some controversy, including an offensive lyric which has since been removed (8:15). Her team has responded to the claims, but that hasn't stopped the internet from running wild with memes. Apparently, Swift's private jet has had crazy high C02 emissions this year (3:57). The first is about Taylor Swift and her carbon footprint. In terms of banter this week, there were a few music stories that Indiecast would be remiss not to mention. To celebrate, Steven and Ian are ranking their favorite Indiecast moments from the past two years (20:49). This week's Indiecast marks a special milestone: the 100th episode! Indiecast officially launched in August of 2020, and even though the show started in the middle of a lockdown with literally nothing to talk about, they made it to 100 Indiecast episodes nonetheless. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. Listen to Episode 101 below and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. The Recommendation Corner (56:26) this week has Ian sharing music from Jouska while Steven gives a shout out to Canadian indie rock band Kiwi Jr. Plus, they share their thoughts about Rage Against The Machine amid their current tour (31:30) and how Weezer's Broadway musical was just canceled due to low ticket sales (41:44). They walk through revelations from a new interview with The 1975's Matty Healy, including his thoughts on cancel culture and how all his friends are comics (18:19). Since this week's episode is another No Meat Friday edition, Steven and Ian share a number of noteworthy indie music stories from this week. If you want more, here’s another interview with Madeleine.Did the idea of a 'song of the summer' come about organically, or is it just some concept artificially invented by content-starved media companies? Either way, this week's Indiecast episode has hosts Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen debating which artist between Harry Styles, Kate Bush, and Seals & Crofts (really!) can claim the title (9:39). She spent six years as a talent coordinator, then producer, for NBC’s original ’t Sleep! Hosted by T.J. She also brought her skills as executive producer and writer of The WB comedy/variety show Steve Harvey’s Big Time. She served as producer/show-runner for The Daily Show forerunner, The Jon Stewart Show, on MTV and later in syndication. During her tenure, she was directly responsible for the hiring/casting of performers such as Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Ed Helms, and Rob Corddry, Mo Rocca, Lewis Black, among others. Madeleine Smithberg earned Peabody and Emmy Awards, and two other Emmy nominations, for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which she co-created and ran as executive producer for seven years.

A Peabody, an Emmy and a wax bust of David Letterman. In Madeleine’s living are her trophies for her years of work. We talked at her home in Valley with her son in the other room playing video games and her dog protecting us from lawn mowers and people taking out the trash.

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Plus insights on her latest project “This Week in Black Twitter.”įans of TV and comedy will love her from a true insider. She tells amazing stories about starting in live Italian TV, her one try at Reality to harsh and ridiculous network notes, to what she thinks of “The Daily Show’s” new host. Talks about Jon Stewart changing the work atmosphere at “The Daily Show,” how she got David Spade to stop doing fat actress jokes and why Bloomberg TV rejected a very funny Julie Klasner. Madeleine give a lot of insight to the creative part of TV as well the harsh business practices. From Late Night With David Letterman to life after co-creating and running “The Daily Show.” “The Daily Show” co-creator, Madeleine Smithberg talks about her amazing career in TV.

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