We Disrupt This Broadcast

Peabody and CMSI

Who are the risk takers that help reinvent and reimagine the kinds of stories we see on TV? And how do they disrupt what we’ve come to expect on our screens and in our culture? We Disrupt This Broadcast, a podcast from The Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact, wants to answer these very questions. Produced and distributed in partnership with award-winning audio production group PRX and hosted by comedian Gabe González, We Disrupt This Broadcast explores how the minds behind critically-acclaimed TV shows are re-imagining the world and tackling the big issues that move us forward. From intimate interviews with award-winning TV creatives to real talk with experts and social movement leaders, join us as we explore the inner workings and cultural relevance of the shows that are changing all the rules and shaping our future. Listen to We Disrupt This Broadcast - dropping every three weeks. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

10hr 12min

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker talks about the ways in which technology heightens our very human flaws and explains how satire and dystopianism are closely related.

June 13, 202436min 38sec52.68 MB

Thumbnail for "Pachinko: Soo Hugh on Family, Korean History and Finding Home".

We speak with showrunner Soo Hugh, creator of the Peabody Award-winning series Pachinko. Across space, time, and language, across decades and countries, the bold and beautiful storytelling of Pachinko asks the universal question, “What is home?”

June 12, 202534min 40sec41.57 MB

Thumbnail for "We Are Lady Parts: Nida Manzoor on Punk Music, Not Selling Out and The Burden of Representation".

We talk with multiple Peabody Award-winning writer and showrunner Nida Manzoor about her series "We Are Lady Parts," which asks the question, “What does punk music have in common with the experience of being a Muslim woman?”

May 22, 202535min 13sec42.23 MB

Thumbnail for "Hacks: Jen Statsky and Margaret Cho on Women Hacking the Comedy Business".

The Peabody Award-winning series Hacks asks the question, “What can women of different generations of comedy learn from each other?”

May 1, 202539min 34sec47.44 MB

Thumbnail for "Andor: Tony Gilroy on Oppressive Regimes and Popular Revolutions".

We talk with Peabody Award-winning writer and showrunner Tony Gilroy about his Star Wars series Andor, which asks the unnervingly timely question, “How is a revolution born?”

April 10, 202536min 1sec43.19 MB

Thumbnail for "Severance: Ben Stiller & Adam Scott talk Severance, Corporate Abuse and Keeping our Humanity".

By examining the bleak, satirical lens of the dystopian corporate psychological thriller Severance, this episode asks the question, “How can our humanity survive in a world driven by corporations determined to snuff it out?”

March 20, 202539min 23sec47.22 MB

Thumbnail for "Mo: Mo Amer on Immigration, Palestine, and Reppin H-Town".

By digging in with Mo creator and star Mo Amer on his touching and hilarious portrayal of a Palestinian family seeking asylum in Houston, Texas, this episode answers the question, “What do we gain from portraying the immigrant experience with honesty and levity?”

February 27, 202538min 36sec55.51 MB

Thumbnail for "Shrinking/Ted Lasso: Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein on Masculinity, Mental Health, and Forgiveness".

Through the lens of the hilarious and heartbreaking comedies Ted Lasso and Shrinking, this episode cracks open modern masculinity in America by examining the changing norms of what it means to be a man, the value of therapy, and what it means to engage in forgiveness.

February 6, 202540min 23sec58.07 MB

Thumbnail for "Season 2 Trailer - We Disrupt This Broadcast".

We Disrupt This Broadcast is back for another season of in-depth conversation with the creative geniuses behind your favorite Peabody Awards-recognized TV shows and how they are disrupting narratives and changing culture

January 30, 20252min 18sec3.31 MB

Thumbnail for "Bluey: Creator Joe Brumm on Why Play is Essential to Shaping Good Humans".

Through the powerfully disruptive force of the Peabody Award-winning series Bluey, we explore the question with creator and writer Joe Brumm, “How and why does an animated children’s show about talking dogs make us laugh, cry, and be better humans?”

December 12, 202442min 15sec60.75 MB

Thumbnail for "Judy Blume Forever: Don't Put Judy Blume in the "Nice Lady" Box".

WDTB Executive Producer Caty Borum interviews Judy Blume, the legendary author who pioneered young adult literature for several generations. They discuss her books, the Peabody-Award-winning documentary based on her remarkable career (Judy Blume Forever), her uncensored thoughts on book bans, and how empowering preteen and teen girls through storytelling plays a role in our collective liberation.

November 14, 202432min 29sec46.71 MB

Fellow Travelers creator and writer Ron Nyswaner joins Gabe González for a wide-ranging and intimate conversation. They discuss the joy of representing imperfect queer characters on screen, his personal connection to the AIDS crisis of the 80’s, and why queer history is American history.

October 10, 202440min 3sec57.59 MB

Somebody Somewhere stars Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller sit with host Gabe González to discuss the critically acclaimed show, the beauty of finding your creative community, queer life in small town America and why it’s never too late to chase your dreams.

September 12, 202428min 11sec40.53 MB

Gabe González interviews Bobby Wilson and Ryan Redcorn - writers on the two-time Peabody Award-winning show Reservation Dogs that has disrupted the way Native people are represented on TV.

August 8, 202431min 33sec45.37 MB

By combining her sharp humor with a laser-focus on the realities of life as an actress and mother - showrunner, writer, director and actor Pamela Adlon is letting us know that standing in our truth is how we take back our power.

July 11, 202436min 7sec51.94 MB

Ramy creator and star Ramy Youssef talks about the inspiration behind the show’s memorable characters and how saying you believe in God is one of the edgiest things you can do as a millennial.

May 9, 202431min 31sec45.32 MB

Thumbnail for "Damon Lindelof (Lost, Watchmen) on Collective Trauma and Healing".

Watchmen & Lost creator Damon Lindelof talks about grief, religion and his creative process.

April 11, 202432min 34sec46.83 MB

Thumbnail for "Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Schools Us on Optimism".

In this intimate yet lively conversation, Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson talks Black 90s sitcoms, tackling tough issues with humor and the enduring power of optimism.

April 11, 202432min 10sec46.26 MB

Thumbnail for "Trailer – We Disrupt This Broadcast".

We talk to the brains behind Peabody Awards-recognized TV programs and how their shows are shaping our culture and reimagining the future.

April 4, 20242min 17sec3.28 MB

Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) on Technological Dystopianism

June 13, 202436min 38sec

In this episode, Peabody Awards executive director Jeffrey Jones interviews Black Mirror’s showrunner and creator Charlie Brooker. They discuss the importance of interrogating technology’s role in our life, disrupting the “tech as savior” narrative, the way both satire and sci-fi imagine our potential (and potentially disastrous) futures and the clash between the ideals of technology and our very human flaws. In the second half, Gabe González talks to tech journalist Carole Cadwalladr about the limitations of journalism to affect change, and the importance of entertainment narratives such as Black Mirror to help the public see and understand the imminent dangers posed by a world increasingly shaped by “Big Tech.”