Beginnings

Andy Beckerman

andy@beginningspod.com

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Booking Overview

Beginnings is a creative-origin podcast where Andy Beckerman interviews comedians, musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers about their earliest impulses to create. It’s pitched as part therapy and part philosophy, offering PR-friendly human-interest narratives rooted in formative experience and artistic development.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 25 subscribers

Instagram: 5.6k followers

Contact Information

andy@beginningspod.com

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Host

Andy Beckerman - Writer and performer and the host of the Beginnings podcast. He interviews creative people about how they started making art—especially their earliest creative acts, childhood formation, and how th...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Well-known or emerging comedians, musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers with a documented creative body of work (books, albums, graphic novels/comics, notable performances) and an origin narrative tied to early creative acts/childhood influences.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or graphic novels, Released albums or formed established bands, Association with respected indie/arts publishers or labels, Notable recognition within comedy, music, or visual arts communities

Recent Guest Discussions

Jeff Mueller - Origins And Formative Creative Development In Music; Career Arcs Across Multiple Bands And Releases

Ron Reg Jr. - How His Comics/cartooning Practice Began And Evolved; Shifts In Artistic Focus And Publication History

Dusty Reske - Early Creative Life And How Rocketship Formed; Longer-term Musical Development And Milestone Anniversaries

Recent Topics

Comedy, Music, Cartooning, Writing, Art

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Beginnings
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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...

Episode 723: Ron Regé Jr.

May 29, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to cartoonist Ron Regé Jr. Raised in Plymouth, MA, Ron began making minicomics in the late 1980s, and about a decade later, his first book Skibber Bee Bye was published by Highwater Books. For the next decade, he released comics and graphic novels through Drawn & Quarterly, but a frustration with comics changed his aesthetic focus, and starting with his next book The Cartoon Utopia, Ron began to be published by Fantagraphics. His most recent comic It's Over came out...

Episode 722: Dusty Reske of Rocketship

May 22, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musician Dusty Reske of the band Rocketship. Born in San Francisco, CA, Dusty moved around a bit as a child before ending up in Sacramento where he formed Rocketship in 1993. Their first album A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness came out a few years later on Slumberland followed by Garden of Delights on 1999, Here Comes... Rocketship in 2006 and Thanks to You in 2019. This year is the 30th anniversary of A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness, and folks, it's just as ...

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