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So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve MartinAuthor: Pushkin Industries
With Pushkin audiobooks, you'll get access to a new Pushkin audiobook every other month. That's 6 free audiobooks a year! From May 1 to June 30, listen to So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin. Pushkin subscribers also get access to ad-free listening, exclusive bonus episodes of podcasts like Cautionary Tales and Risky Business, full binges to our top true crime shows like Deep Cover, and more. Sign up now on the Apple show page or at pushkin.com/plus. Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life—in this engrossing audio-biography centered around a series of conversations recorded over many afternoons at home with his friend and neighbor, writer Adam Gopnik. Steve Martin met his good friend Adam Gopnik three decades ago, and in that time, Gopnik has always marveled at Martin’s ability to flourish in a wide variety of artforms: magic, comedy, art collecting, writing, and music. This audio-biography places you in Martin’s apartment across from Steve and Adam, listening as their conversation flows from Steve’s first job in a magic shop to selling out stadiums as a standup comedian, starring in major motion pictures, writing his first novel, teaching himself to play the banjo, and starting a respected art collection. Through it all you’ll hear clips from Steve Martin’s iconic stand up routines and movies as well as excerpts from his writing and tv appearances, all knit together by an original banjo score created and played by Steve.Widely praised for his dada persona and portrayal of funny-yet-relatable parents, Steve shares behind the scenes anecdotes from his filmsL.A. Story, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and moregiving listeners a taste of life on set. More than a history, this series of intimate conversations between old colleagues reveal Martin’s thoughtful approach to both art and life. As Steve develops as an artist, challenging himself with learning new crafts, Adam sees his friend Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Comedy, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 2
Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
From Steve Martin & New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, Pushkin Industries presents So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin. In So Many Steves, Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life. This engrossing audio-biography was born from a series of conversations recorded over many afternoons at Steve’s home with his friend and neighbor, Adam Gopnik. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the full audiobook: apple.co/pushkinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
