Beginnings

Andy Beckerman

andy@beginningspod.com

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast about the formative experiences, creative origins, and emotional development of comedians, musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers, typically featuring accomplished or emerging creative professionals with distinctive career stories. PR agencies could credibly pitch working creatives with notable books, albums, comics, performances, or unconventional paths into their fields; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors compelling niche or rising voices over conventional celebrity status.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 25 subscribers

Instagram: 5.6k followers

Contact Information

andy@beginningspod.com

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Host

Andy Beckerman - Writer and performer who explores the formative experiences and creative development of artists, comedians, musicians, writers, and thinkers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Working comedians, musicians, writers, cartoonists, artists, and thinkers with a meaningful body of published, performed, or publicly recognized work and a distinctive personal creative journey.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, comics, or graphic novels, Released albums or built recognized bands, Established careers in comedy, writing, visual art, or related creative fields, Work with respected publishers, labels, venues, or cultural publications

Recent Guest Discussions

Jonathan Meiburg - Early Musical Beginnings, Forming Shearwater, Developing A Creative Career Across Music And Writing, And His Evolution As An Artist.

Jeff Mueller - His Early Musical Experiences, Forming And Developing Multiple Bands, And The Creative Evolution Of His Work Across Decades.

Ron Reg Jr. - Making Minicomics, Developing An Artistic Identity, Shifting Creative Direction, And Building A Career In Comics And Graphic Novels.

Recent Topics

Comedy, Music, Writing, Art

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Beginnings
:

Episode 726: Matthew S, founder of Illegal Art

July 17, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musician and academic Matthew S. Originally from Fresno, CA, Matthew founded the sample-based label Illegal Art in 1998 and ran it under the pseudonym Philo T. Farnsworth for 15 years. In that time, Illegal Art released music from Touch People, Junk Culture and perhaps the most acclaimed of the roster Girl Talk. In 2012, Matthew shut the label down to concentrate on his own music and work as a college professor, but this year he has decided to bring it back, and ...

Episode 725: Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater

July 10, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musician and writer Jonathan Meiburg. Born in Baltimore, MD, Jonathan started playing music in the early 1990s in Austin and towards the end of the decade began playing keyboards in Okkervil River. A year later, he formed the band Shearwater with Okkervil's Will Sheff as an outlet for their quieter songs, though by their fourth album Palo Santo, it became primarily Jonathan's group. Since 1999, Shearwater has released almost two dozen albums and EPs on labels lik...

Episode 724: Jeff Mueller of Rodan, June of 44 and Shipping News

June 05, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musician Jeff Mueller. Originally from Louisville, KY, Jeff formed the band Rodan in 1992 with his friend Jason Noble, releasing the seminal album Rusty two years later on Quarterstick Records. After Rodan broke up, Jeff formed June of 44, and they put out almost an album a year until they stopped playing together in 1999. Rodan's break-up also blossomed into a new band for Jeff and Jason, Shipping News. Shipping News released numerous albums over the next fiftee...

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