Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Mike opens up about the emotional toll of promoting his most personal album yet, while Ana shares the financial cliff that led to her new gig at Mediaite. The two compare therapy approaches, swap creative struggles, and...

Wrestler and podcaster Colt Cabana joins Ana and Mike to talk about building a life in wrestling. From getting fired by WWE to becoming a blueprint for sustainable DIY success, Colt breaks down the real economics of...

Comedian and writer Joey Clift returns to talk about first book deal money, the evaporation of publisher marketing, self-financing a 22-date tour, and why tribal casinos are actually closer to socialism than capitalism...

Stand-up comedian and former NPR host Ophira Eisenberg joins us to talk about what happens after the salary ends. We get into public radio money, Sirius XM royalties, and the Gen X guilt of making content. Get more at...

Malcolm Barrett joins us to break down exactly how streaming, with it's shorter seasons, invisible metrics, and evaporating residuals, might be breaking the working actor.  Get mote at http://patreon.com/pastdue...

Comedian, writer, and union organizer Nato Green joins us to talk about 30 years of building worker power by day and doing stand-up by night, and why he's made peace with the fact that comedy will never be his primary...

Actor, writer, and registered ER nurse Ambar Martinez joins us to talk about building a life out of two careers that are both all-consuming... and refusing to pick just one. We get into the economics of nursing your way...

Journalist and podcast host Sam Sanders joins us to talk about what happens when the thing you thought you wanted turns out to be too small. We get into the emotional and financial cost of walking away, what it means to...

Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster, the duo behind the award-winning podcast Debt Heads, join us to talk about the 1978 Supreme Court decision that quietly eliminated interest rate caps and created the modern credit card...

Mike's running at full speed with no room to breathe, Ana's navigating the gap between making art and making rent, and together they unpack why showing up, week after week, broke or not, might be the only honest answer...

Writer and author Rainesford Stauffer joins us to talk about what happens when you've spent your whole life working your way into worthiness and it still doesn't feel like enough. We get into the real economics of...

Comedian Adam Conover joins us to unpack the real costs of the so-called "creator economy" from algorithmic gatekeeping to the crumbling of stable creative jobs. Get more at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about...

Alex Goldman, co-creator of Reply All and current host of Hyperfixed joins us to talk about what it actually looks like to start over. We get into 18 months of floundering and how he ended up funding Hyperfixed with a...

Actor, comedian, and podcaster Connor Ratliff joins us to talk about building a creative life out of the parts you can actually control. We get into SAG insurance that resets every year and what it actually means to...

Stand-up comedian Jackie Kashian joins us to talk about 40 years on the road and what it actually takes to stay in love with a job that never stops moving. We get into the real math of touring across four decades, why a...