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Laverne Cox hopes you’ll have ‘a spiritual makeover’ with her new Shondaland podcast [Los Angeles Times :: BC-VID-COX-PODCAST:LA]
Laverne Cox, podcast host.
The “Orange Is the New Black” breakout star is getting her own weekly podcast series produced by Shondaland Audio, the podcasting unit of the production company behind “Bridgerton,” “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and other hit TV drama series.
Under the working title “The Laverne Cox Show,” the weekly podcast will feature intimate conversations with guests “who provoke thought and potentially new outlooks,” according to a Monday press release. The series will debut in February.
The “Disclosure” star is already set to appear in the Shonda Rhimes drama “Inventing Anna” for Netflix and is now furthering her relationship with Rhimes’ namesake company. They hope the show will foster perspectives “that might inspire new behavior in each of us, to in turn get us
Laverne Cox teams up with Shonda Rhimes for podcast series
The announcement comes hot on the heels of Cox s casting in Rhimes upcoming limited Netflix series Inventing Anna about New York-based grifter Anna Delvey.
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LOS ANGELES: Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox and media mogul Shonda Rhimes are developing a weekly podcast show.
The actor will host the series, tentatively titled The Laverne Cox Show , which will feature intimate conversations with guests.
Produced by Rhimes Shondaland Audio and iHeartMedia, the show will arrive in February.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of Cox s casting in Rhimes upcoming limited Netflix series Inventing Anna about New York-based grifter Anna Delvey.
“We all know her on-screen talents and her role as a producer, but this show affords Laverne the opportunity to produce something very personal,” said
Sandie Bailey, Shondaland’s chief design and digital media officer. “She’s clearly interested in engaging her listeners and herself in ways she hasn’t before. And we’re committed to supporting her in doing just that.”
Podcast guests and listeners are encouraged to “undergo a spiritual makeover together,” along with Cox.
The
Orange is the New Black star is also set to appear in Rhimes’ drama “Inventing Anna” for Netflix, about New York-based scammer
Laverne Cox, podcast host.
The “Orange Is the New Black” breakout star is getting her own weekly podcast series produced by Shondaland Audio, the podcasting unit of the production company behind “Bridgerton,” “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and other hit TV drama series.
Under the working title “The Laverne Cox Show,” the weekly podcast will feature intimate conversations with guests “who provoke thought and potentially new outlooks,” according to a Monday press release. The series will debut in February.
The “Disclosure” star is already set to appear in the Shonda Rhimes drama “Inventing Anna” for Netflix and is now furthering her relationship with Rhimes’ namesake company. They hope the show will foster perspectives “that might inspire new behavior in each of us, to in turn get us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves,” the statement said. Cox, guests and listeners are encouraged to “undergo a spiritual makeover together.”
2021 Will Bring The Laverne Cox Show From Shondaland
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Orange Is The New Black star and advocate Laverne Cox is set to star in her first podcast,
The Laverne Cox Show, which will debut in 2021.
The show is also produced by iHeartRadio and joins a Shondaland lineup of podcasts that includes scripted series
#Matter and Go Ask Ali with Ali Wentworth, Katie Lowe’s’
Katie’s Crib, true crime series
Criminalia, and a companion podcast for the upcoming show
Bridgerton.
“I’m thrilled to be continuing and expanding my relationship with Shondaland by doing my first podcast with Shonda’s amazing team along with iHeartRadio. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the incredibly interesting conversations I have had with my guests,” Cox said.