Beginnings

Andy Beckerman

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast about the formative experiences and creative development of comedians, musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers, featuring both established and emerging external guests with substantial creative work or recognized professional credits. Suitable pitches include accomplished artists, authors, comedians, musicians, and cultural thinkers with distinctive origin stories and meaningful bodies of work; booking difficulty is medium because the show regularly features credible but not exclusively mainstream creative professionals.

Metrics

Episodes: 779

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 25 subscribers

Instagram: 5.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

andy@beginningspod.com

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Host

Andy Beckerman - Writer, performer, and podcast host focused on creativity, philosophy, and the personal development of creative people.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established or emerging comedians, musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers with a distinctive creative origin story, a substantial body of work, or notable publishing, recording, performance, or media credits.

Required Achievements:

Released albums, books, comics, or other major creative work, Recognition from established publishers, record labels, or media outlets, Notable careers spanning multiple creative fields, Television, podcasting, or other significant media credits

Recent Guest Discussions

Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug - Early Musical Development, Formative Creative Experiences, And The Evolution Of Their Work As A Band.

David Rees - Early Comedic And Artistic Impulses, The Development Of His Satirical Work, And His Career Across Comics, Television, Books, And Podcasts.

Elisabeth Esselink - Her Early Musical Experiences, Transition From Band Member To Solo Artist, And The Development Of Her Long-running Solex Project.

Elanor Moss - Growing Up In A Creative Family, Discovering Songwriting, And Developing Her Career From Early Music-making To Her Debut Album.

Dan Friel - His Early Musical Development, Work With Parts & Labor, Solo Recording Career, And The Band’s Reunion.

Recent Topics

Art, Creative Careers, Comedy, Music, Writing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Beginnings

Episode 736: Hutch Harris of The Thermals

September 25, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musician Hutch Harris. Originally from New York City, Hutch's family moved to San Jose, California when he was still a kid. After high school, he met Kathy Foster, and they played in various bands until moving to Portland, where they formed The Thermals. In 2003, they released their first album More Parts Per Million on Sub Pop, who would release their next two albums as well. The next four albums were released on Kill Rock Stars and then Saddle Creek, and in 201...

Episode 735: Sweeping Promises

September 18, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to musicians Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug AKA Sweeping Promises. Originally from Arkansas and Texas respectively, Lira and Caufield met in college and made music together in a number of different bands before forming Sweeping Promises in 2019. Their first album Hunger for a Way Out was released the next year on Feel It Records in the midst of the early stage of the pandemic and garnered them a great deal of acclaim. They then signed to the wonderful label Sub Pop...

Episode 734: David Rees

September 11, 2026

On today's episode, I talk to cartoonist and humorist David Rees. Originally from Chapel Hill, NC, David first gained acclaim during the Bush years with his comic strip Get Your War On, which perfectly captured the insanity of the times. In 2010, David started the satirical Artisanal Pencil Sharpening service and followed that up with the book How to Sharpen Pencils. As a TV creator, he hosted Going Deep with David Rees and co-created the FXX animated show Dicktown with John Hodgman, and as a...

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