Fireside with Blair Hodges
Hosted by Blair Hodges · Blair Hodges
4.9from 327 ratings
- 64
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 327
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Fireside with Blair Hodges
Interviews about culture, religion, and more with brilliant people who will fan the flames of your curiosity.
- Publisher
- Blair Hodges
- Category
- religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 1 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 64 episodes have a transcript.
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Relationscapes: MINI EPISODE, “The Sitcomification of Holly Brown”
28 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Relationscapes: “The Slow-Motion Inevitability of Becoming Yourself,” with Kevin James Thornton
16 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Relationscapes: “Navigating Mixed-Race Family Dynamics,” with Samira Mehta
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Relationscapes: MINI EPISODE, “The Sitcomification of Holly Brown”
Published 1 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, like one of them is more for mass appeal. And I mean, sitcoms in general were situation comedy, right, is where that comes from. It's a set cast of characters who engage in their hijinks and stuff week after week. Things kind of reset every week. Sometimes there will be a plot that carries through multiple episodes, but not a whole bunch of character development. And it's not really thinky. It's kind of popcorn type TV, right? And I also think sitcom writers really went for mass appeal. Yeah. It had to be safe for advertisers. It had to be like a familiar formula. And I think that bumps up against complexity of kind of like real life. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Fireside with Blair Hodges
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- Kevin James Thornton
- Samira Mehta
- Samira K Mehta
- Rene Almeling
- Steven Page
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 288 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 39 ratings
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Who hosts Fireside with Blair Hodges?
Blair Hodges host the show. Published by Blair Hodges.
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