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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
  • An arrest. A breakup. Turning 30. With ‘I Love L.A.,’ Rachel Sennott made comedy from chaos

    An arrest. A breakup. Turning 30. With ‘I Love L.A.,’ Rachel Sennott made comedy from chaos
    Jun 18 2026

    In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Rachel Sennott discusses finding the voice of “I Love L.A.” — and finding her footing as series creator — during a tumultuous time in her life.
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    36 mins
  • 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
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