March 3, 2022

EP. 100 — Mike Schur

Author, showrunner, “Mose” from the Office, and creator of The Good Place Mike Schur joins Jameela this week to discuss casting Jameela as Tahani, Jameela learning good set behavior (and not showing everyone funny porn), Mike’s “no assholes” rule, why The Trolley Problem is so complicated, what Mike learned from Lost creator Damon Lindelof, and more. They wrap things up by answering listener questions about Mike’s favorite curse word replacements and what we owe each other.
Check out Mike Schur’s new book – How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

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Transcript

Jameela [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to an extra special episode of I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, a podcast about change. Today is our 100th episode that is absolutely wild to me. I can’t believe you’re still listening. It took me years to start a podcast, because and I’ve always wanted to have one. But I’ve never done it because I thought that everyone would think I was shit and they would hate it, and no one would listen and to think that you have supported this and told your friends and family about it. And now it has grown to so many people listening and so many people participating and engaging and writing me letters and messages and asking for guests and subjects to be covered. I can’t believe you stuck with me, especially through a pandemic when no one was even going outside or commuting. It took time and you’re in the fucking blur of time that was the last shit show of the last two years to listen to and to join me in this kind of it’s an

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