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America’s Sweethearts

Jun 9th, 2022 52m 43s

Co-showrunners Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn sit down with Nancy one last time to look at how the series wrapped up, and whether or not a satisfying closure is even possible in stories like this. And we finally hear from star Colin Firth about

Seek And Ye Shall

Jun 2nd, 2022 41m 51s

In this penultimate episode, we speak with writer and co-showrunner Maggie Cohn about how the writers room managed to successfully thread multiple timelines over the course of the limited series, and inject a handful of shocking surprises--like

Red In Tooth And Claw

May 26th, 2022 51m 56s

For many people, a killer owl was their first-ever brush with the Michael Peterson case. Attorney Larry Pollard, the Petersons' next door neighbor who brought the idea to national attention, discusses why he has fought so hard on Michael's beha

The Beating Heart

May 19th, 2022 58m 47s

On this packed episode, writer Craig Shilowich sits down with Nancy to talk about a reveal many viewers almost certainly assumed was manufactured — the very real Sophie, the French editor of "The Staircase" documentary, who falls for Michael Pe

Common Sense

May 12th, 2022 52m 42s

Showrunner/creator/director Antonio Campos returns to the podcast, and is joined by Emily Kaczmarek, the co-writer of this episode, to examine why–and how–the HBO Max series compressed the entirety of the Michael Peterson trial into a single ep

The Great Dissembler

May 7th, 2022 57m 45s

"The Staircase" researcher Michael Matthews describes the nearly overwhelming task of balancing an avalanche of factual elements, while also working with the writers room to mold those facts to best serve the interests of a compelling drama. Ho

Chiroptera

May 6th, 2022 1h

Co-showrunner Maggie Cohn discusses her role writing this episode, in which the introduction of the French documentary crew allows this series to comment not just on this case, but also on how it was covered, and the resulting tension between f

911

May 5th, 2022 1h

Host Nancy Miller sits down with creator/executive producer/writer/director Antonio Campos in a wide-ranging discussion covering how he first conceived of this project more than a decade ago after sitting in the courtroom during the Michael Pet

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Coming Soon: The Staircase Podcast

Apr 28th, 2022 2m 45s

The official HBO Max podcast hosted by Nancy Miller (HBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Podcast). The Staircase Podcast takes an episode by episode deep dive into the highly anticipated drama. Miller interviews both cast and crew to unpack how the