- 245
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 347
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About The Envelope
The Envelope podcast pulls back the curtain to reveal intimates stories from this award season’s top contenders. A-list actors, directors and showrunners join Los Angeles Times entertainment reporters Yvonne Villarreal and Mark Olsen for conversations about their personal lives and creative processes — and how it all fuels their art.
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Category
- arts · society & culture · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 20 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 245 episodes have a transcript.
20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Matthew Rhys' pro tips for drunk acting, doing American accents and more
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Doubters once called Chase Infiniti's ambition 'embarrassing.' Not anymore
6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Noah Wyle previews 'The Pitt' Season 3, from addressing critics to Robby's 'original sin'
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Matthew Rhys' pro tips for drunk acting, doing American accents and more
Published 20 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But nothing I think of that sort has been around for a while. So I think people are just ready for something different. And we're certainly different. And it's interesting, Betty Gilpin, your co-star on the show, she was also a nominee. She, in a recent interview, said that she feels like It's as if audiences are rejecting this idea of a really sort of safe, like algorithm approved show. Yes. And do you feel the same way? Absolutely. And it's wildly refreshing to know that people are going, no, we want something different. And we, you know, we, we aren't intelligent enough to deal with it. So give it to us. […]
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- Matthew Rhys
- Chase Infiniti
- Noah Wyle
- Rachel Sennott
- Riz Ahmed
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.5 / 5
- 321 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 26 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 66
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