How to Do Everything
{{Short description|2011 podcast by NPR}}
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How to Do Everything is a podcast produced by NPR and hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. The show ran from 2011 to 2016 before returning in late 2024.
Overview
The first episode was released in February 2011. The podcast was hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag, both producers for the NPR show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.{{cite web |title=NPR podcast 'How to Do Everything' returns to offer somewhat helpful advice to listeners |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/26/g-s1-19425/npr-podcast-how-to-do-everything-returns-to-offer-somewhat-helpful-advice-to-listeners |website=NPR |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=en |date=26 August 2024}}{{cite news |author1=Eight Forty-Eight |title=The hosts of the 'How to Do Everything' podcast share some wisdom |url=https://www.wbez.org/eight-forty-eight/2012/02/09/the-hosts-of-the-how-to-do-everything-podcast-share-some-wisdom |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=WBEZ |date=9 February 2012 |language=en}} The podcast was well received upon release and was awarded Best Podcast in 2013 by Chicago Magazine.{{cite web |title=Best Podcast |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2013/best-podcast/ |website=Chicago Magazine |access-date=12 April 2025 |date=16 July 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Quah |first1=Nicholas |title=The 10 Best Podcasts and 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-podcasts-2015.html |website=Vulture |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=en |date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=3 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103111029/http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-podcasts-2015.html |url-status=live }}
The premise of the show is to explain how (typically unusual) things are done. Each show features a guest who is a supposed expert on the episode's topic.{{cite news |last1=Borrelli |first1=Christopher |title=On popular NPR podcast, hosts are up for 'Everything' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/01/24/on-popular-npr-podcast-hosts-are-up-for-everything/ |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250412174906/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/01/24/on-popular-npr-podcast-hosts-are-up-for-everything/ |archive-date=12 April 2025}} Many notable guests have made an appearance, including Sonia Sotomayor and Henry Winkler.{{cite news |last1=Locker |first1=Melissa |title=How To Do Everything: the podcast that's a guide to, well … everything |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/18/how-to-do-everything-the-podcast-thats-a-guide-to-well-everything |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=18 October 2015}} Episodes were released every Friday until production ended, and the final episode was released in November 2016. The podcast was revived by NPR in 2024, still featuring Danforth and Chillag as hosts. The podcast's return reportedly features a combination of rereleased and new episodes.{{cite web |title=NPR's Advice Show 'How To Do Everything' Returns After Eight-Year Hiatus. |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/npr-s-advice-show-how-to-do-everything-returns-after-eight-year-hiatus/article_a96fbcec-650a-11ef-b389-6b7d8b74fbde.html |website=Insideradio.com |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=en |date=28 August 2024}}
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