{"podcast":{"title":"Origin Stories","slug":"origin-stories-7449947","podcast_index_feed_id":7449947,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/origin-stories","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/origin-stories","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/a4/a4/b0/d1/a4a4b0d1-505e-481a-a6d5-cfbc4b5e6141/6bca6fb16cce3259f0fb7ee357268b7fa68c379a827440b54f83b7e81af5220d7e479410f86e9beccc9edef63bc296346efb4222201c1a5449aa2cef756250d8.jpeg","author":"Campside Media","episode_count":46,"summary":"Have you ever wondered exactly how your favorite movie or book –– or podcast, TV series, documentary film, or magazine article –– got made? Origin Stories has you covered. Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer talks to a different writer or director about the creation of a work close to their own hearts (and to ours). Nothing is off the table: not the frustrations and the joys, not the setbacks and the successes. Intimate and incisive, instructive and eye-opening, Origin Stories is the ultimate podcast for anyone curious about the workings of the creative mind. New episodes every Wednesday! To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at ⁠joinoriginstories.com⁠ . You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠ .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947"},"episode":{"title":"Alexis Coe on You Never Forget Your First","slug":"alexis-coe-on-you-never-forget-your-first","published_at":"2026-01-28T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947/alexis-coe-on-you-never-forget-your-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d2c3149d-405f-49fe-a07e-8d0e2dd5c9bd.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d2c3149d-405f-49fe-a07e-8d0e2dd5c9bd.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Alexis Coe is a historian, TV commentator, curator, and columnist whose work examines how power, myth, and repetition shape the way American history gets told. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book You Never Forget Your First , a sharp, funny, and rigorously researched biography of George Washington that challenges centuries of received wisdom about America’s first president. In this episode, Coe talks to Matthew about how she discovered that no woman had written a full biography of Washington in more than forty years, why so many presidential histories have hardened into myth, and what happens when size and seriousness are mistaken for authority. She walks through her research process, her decision to focus on Washington off the battlefield, and the risks and rewards of writing history that refuses to sound reverent just because it’s old. “It tells me to trust myself creatively in the same way that I trust myself intellectually,” Coe says. “And that’s such a lovely feeling.”\" To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at ⁠joincampside.com⁠ . You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠ . Have a question, guest recommendation or just want to say hi? Email us at Originstories@campsidemedia.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Alexis Coe is a historian, TV commentator, curator, and columnist whose work examines how power, myth, and repetition shape the way American history gets…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2014,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/origin-stories-7449947/episodes/alexis-coe-on-you-never-forget-your-first/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947/alexis-coe-on-you-never-forget-your-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}