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The Envelope

The Envelope

By: Los Angeles Times
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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. Art Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Riz Ahmed on mining his own life for 'Bait' and why representation is 'not an end in itself'

    Riz Ahmed on mining his own life for 'Bait' and why representation is 'not an end in itself'
    Jun 11 2026

    In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Riz Ahmed talks about drawing on his own experience for “Bait,” his Prime Video series about a British Muslim actor whose life is upended when he’s rumored to be the next James Bond.

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    34 mins
  • 'Love Story's' Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly on the 'intensity' of celebrity, then and now

    'Love Story's' Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly on the 'intensity' of celebrity, then and now
    Jun 4 2026

    In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, “Love Story” stars Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon open up about inhabiting John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette — and creating a cultural moment of their own.
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    36 mins
  • Carrie Preston dishes about 'Elsbeth' guest stars, teases Season 4 plans and more

    Carrie Preston dishes about 'Elsbeth' guest stars, teases Season 4 plans and more
    May 28 2026

    The Envelope kicks off Emmy season with Carrie Preston, tracing Elsbeth Tascioni’s 15-year journey from quirky “Good Wife” guest to leading CBS’ “Columbo”-style procedural — and what it means to helm a broadcast hit. Preston breaks down Elsbeth’s off-kilter physicality — the leaning entrances, overstuffed totes and circus-bright wardrobe — and how theatrical training, empathy and on-set collaboration shape a character balancing slapstick comedy with genuine vulnerability. From sending a “stalker-level” fan email to Dianne Wiest to fielding dream guest wishes like Meryl Streep, Preston revels in Elsbeth’s murderer-of-the-week playground and teases deeper origin-story possibilities in Season 4.
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    39 mins
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