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A new episode is set to be released every Thrusday, starting on April 30, 2020.<ref name="premiere">{{R|https://twitter.com/heydjnash/status/1255844581775749120|It's finally here! Please check out my new podcast, A Million Little Stories. The first episode features the pitch for A Million Little Things. Hope it provides a much-needed distraction during this rough time. Like @AMillionABC, we'll have new episodes every Thursday.|[[DJ Nash]]|Twitter|April 30, 2020}}</ref> Each episode is meant to be "filled with a bunch of stories from life" so every week, guests have to either start or end their interview by telling a story that they want to share.<ref name="1st"/> |
A new episode is set to be released every Thrusday, starting on April 30, 2020.<ref name="premiere">{{R|https://twitter.com/heydjnash/status/1255844581775749120|It's finally here! Please check out my new podcast, A Million Little Stories. The first episode features the pitch for A Million Little Things. Hope it provides a much-needed distraction during this rough time. Like @AMillionABC, we'll have new episodes every Thursday.|[[DJ Nash]]|Twitter|April 30, 2020}}</ref> Each episode is meant to be "filled with a bunch of stories from life" so every week, guests have to either start or end their interview by telling a story that they want to share.<ref name="1st"/> |
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A Million Little Stories is a podcast created and hosted by DJ Nash. It delves into behind the scenes stories and secrets about ABC's A Million Little Things.
Overview
Per its official description, A Million Little Stories features behind the scene interviews, show secrets, and other fun facts about the making of A Million Little Things. It also includes interviews with people DJ Nash has met through the show, and in his years writing for TV and doing stand up comedy all across the country.[1]
A new episode is set to be released every Thrusday, starting on April 30, 2020.[2] Each episode is meant to be "filled with a bunch of stories from life" so every week, guests have to either start or end their interview by telling a story that they want to share.[3]
Guests include series regular Romany Malco, casting director Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, series composer Gabriel Mann, singer Colin Hay and season 1 executive producer/director James Griffiths.
Episodes
| Episode number | Title | Release date | Length (min:sec) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 101 | "The Pitch"/"The Pilot"[N 1] | April 30, 2020 | 53:24 |
| In his first episode, DJ shares one longer story. The pitch to A Million Little Things, word-for-word, exactly what he pitched, August 9, 2017, the day he sold the series to ABC. | |||
| Episode 102 | "Romany Malco" | May 7, 2020 | 84:34 |
| In a funny but at times moving interview, DJ talks to actor Romany Malco about their decade-long friendship, about the crazy way he came to play Rome, and about the lives that have been touched by the stories in A Million Little Things... not the least of which is theirs. And oh yeah, they also talk about Romany's upcoming movie, Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison. | |||
| Episode 103 | "The Cast"/"The Casting of A Million Little Things"[N 2] | May 14, 2020 | 69:02 |
| In front of a virtual audience of over 50 actors, DJ speaks with the series' Casting Director Cathy Sandrich Gelfond about what it was like casting the series regulars for A Million Little Things. | |||
| Episode 104 | "Gabriel Mann & Colin Hay"/"AMLT Composer Gabriel Mann with Special Guest Colin Hay"[N 3] | May 21, 2020 | 70:40 |
| In this episode, DJ takes an in-depth look with the show's composer Gabriel Mann at how the music and score are chosen for A Million Little Things. The first season, Colin Hay performed a special cover of his for the finale. Unbeknownst to Gabe, DJ gets Colin to show up, surprise Gabe, and perform his beautiful song. | |||
| Episode 105 | "Executive Producer/Director James Griffiths" | 54:30 | May 28, 2020 |
| James Griffiths has made eleven pilots. Ten of them have gotten on the air. DJ spends an hour talking with his friend, Executive Producer/Director James Griffiths about taking the script to A Million Little Things and putting it on the screen. | |||
| "Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen" | TBA | TBD | |
| "Royale Watkins" | TBA | TBD | |
- ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the first episode is "The Pitch". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "The Pilot".
- ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the third episode is "The Cast". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "The Casting of A Million Little Things".
- ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the fourth episode is "Gabriel Mann & Colin Hay". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "AMLT Composer Gabriel Mann with Special Guest Colin Hay".
Production
On May 18, 2019, DJ Nash revealed that he started working on a podcast related to his drama series, A Million Little Things. He also mentioned that he did a first technical test of his equipment with his kids that same week.[4] In October 2019, he announced that he would continue working on the podcast "as soon as [they] finish writing the scripts" for Season 2.[5]
In January 2020, Nash reiterated that development of his podcast would resume once the production of the series' second season would be wrapped.[6] On April 22, 2020, he revealed that series psychological consultant, Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, would be a guest on the podcast.[7] The next day, Nash announced that he finished recording the first episode, and that series regular Romany Malco would also be a guest. He then mentioned that the podcast would be "out in a couple weeks".[8]
On April 30, 2020, Nash officially released the first episode of his podcast, A Million Little Stories.[2] As revealed in the first episode, "ABC has been asking [Nash] for a while to do a podcast."[3]
Trivia
- Per DJ Nash, the podcast's title is a reference to the main series', but also to the fact that he loves telling stories.[3]
- Originally, "Romany Malco" was supposed to be the third episode of the podcast, while "The Cast"/"The Casting of A Million Little Things" was meant to be the second episode.[9][10] It is unknown why their release order was changed.