Lin Manuel Miranda: podcast appearances and interviews

Lin-Manuel Miranda, born January 16, 1980, is an American songwriter, actor, filmmaker, librettist, and producer. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, which have received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Miranda made his Broadway debut in 2008 with In the Heights, a musical in which he wrote the music and lyrics, and starred; it won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score, and also earned a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. In 2015, he returned to Broadway with Hamilton, for which he wrote the script, music, and lyrics, and starred. Hamilton was praised by critics and became a cultural phenomenon, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, earning 16 Tony Award nominations, and winning 11, including Best Book of a Musical. The cast recording was a commercial success, spending ten weeks atop Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart. Miranda has collaborated frequently with The Walt Disney Company, writing songs for animated films such as Moana, Vivo, and Encanto. He received Oscar nominations for