Try Hard
Hosted by Alex Sujong Laughlin · Alex Sujong Laughlin
4.8from 156 ratings
- 23
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 156
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Try Hard
Alex Sujong Laughlin has conversations with people about the ways they're redefining themselves, from major life changes to picking up new hobbies. Be a try hard. We double dog dare you. Created by Alex Sujong Laughlin and Defector Media.
- Publisher
- Alex Sujong Laughlin
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 14 Jul 2025
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 23 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
She chose herself over her soccer career
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
She worked until her brain made her stop
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
He left corporate for a socialist pirate ship
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She chose herself over her soccer career
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's called Every Time a Bell Rings, the legacy of It's a Wonderful Life, America's most beloved holiday film. Lauren and her co-author, Emily St. James, celebrate the film's actors and creators, relate its unexpected journey from public domain to holiday classic, and dig into what its enduring legacy and message of hope reveal about America. This year is also the 80th anniversary of It's a Wonderful Life, so this is a perfect gift for fans of the movie or for anyone who loves Hollywood history. Every Time a Bell Rings is out September 29th, and you can buy it wherever you get books. So you, you did play soccer in college and then you went pro in the NWSL, which was only a few years old at that point. […]
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- Mana Shim
- Lucy Yu
- Jasper Wang
- Hrishikesh Hirway
- Alexander Chee
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 54 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 102 ratings
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Alex Sujong Laughlin host the show. Published by Alex Sujong Laughlin.
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