Quitters Podcast

This week's special guest is a talented writer, lawyer, mother and oh yeah, Chad’s sister… Shannon Sanders! Shannon joins Julie and Chad to talk about a number of things she had to quit during the pandemic to focus on the things that truly matter to her: her family and her writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elyse Myers was enjoying her life as a web developer in Nebraska before her almost overnight rise to Tik-Tok fame. She quit her day job to focus on creating content as new people and things rushed into her life. She talks to us about how she realized it was time to quit and focus on her content, how her unexpected fame impacts her family, growing up poor in California and chasing a guy to Australia in her dating years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Hollywood veteran Ariel Winter, who just underwent a massive quit by leaving her life and home in Los Angeles. Ariel opens up about having her body objectified as she grew up on TV and choosing to prioritize herself. She reveals why she left LA, her complicated relationship with fame and how she thinks about social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's quitter, Sam Richardson [Veep, Detroiters, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates], sits down with us to discuss quitting sugar and eating 2-3 steaks in one sitting, how patience has affected his career, how moving from Ghana to Detroit at 9 years old has shaped his worldview and confidence, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is the vulnerable, talented recording artist, Ashe! She opens up about losing her brother to an overdose during the rise of her stardom, becoming famous during a global pandemic and why she quit a toxic marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s conversation with the bold, insightful and uplifting Kalen Allen is packed full! Chad and Julie cover how Kalen became an achievement junkie, his hopes to quit being single, his time working at The Ellen Show, how he got permission to be himself and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is true-crime savant and podcasting empress, Karen Kilgariff! Julie and Chad’s conversation taps into the rise of the “My Favorite Murder” podcast empire, her slide into nightly partying and boozing as an Hollywood writer, her unexpected decision to quit drinking, the dangers of the 90's fen-phen trend, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Armchair Expert co-host and Julie and Chad's “fairy podmother”, Monica Padman! She’s authentic and graceful in this honest conversation about her complicated relationship with assimilating, how she stays true to herself in the public eye, her point of view on the term “model minority” and her plans to quit getting in her own way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, celebrated for his role as Mitchell Pritchett in Modern Family and his work on Broadway, charms listeners with his engaging tales. He shares a transformative early quit that boosted his career and his ongoing struggle with people-pleasing. Hilariously recounting a shoplifting incident, Jesse opens up about quitting the hiding game from his parents. The conversation touches on identity, acceptance, and the emotional rollercoaster of navigating relationships and personal growth.

Today's Quitter is the incredibly smart, funny and charming Lamorne Morris. Lamorne opens up to Chad and Julie about living in his car early in his career, Quitting his job at a network where he felt miscast, and how he handles white people constantly asking him how they can be better people. This conversation was real, fun and surprising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices