What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath

This episode originally aired on October 15, 2023. We've got an update at the end! Meeting Muhammad Ali, handling fans who are alcoholics, pouring with no foam, and dreaming about one last game with Howard Hart, who spent three decades as a stadium beer vendor. If you want to see Howard in action, The Washington Post put together a great video feature on him in 2014. GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at [email protected] FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at partnerships@whatits...

Sketching choreography in airport bathroom stalls, coaching Usher on exactly how to hold a strawberry, and fighting for fair pay for dancers and choreographers with Galen Hooks, a commercial dance choreographer in Los Angeles. Can you copyright a dance routine? And what does "body conscious" mean at an audition? LINKS & REFERENCES Galen's website, Instagram, and YouTube channel Watch "River" hereUsher's "Ruin" video, choreographed by GalenGalen was nominated for a VMA for choreograph...

Listening for harmonics inside a note, dealing with awkward situations in people's homes, and chasing down nearly imperceptible flaws for world-class pianists with Peter Stumpf, a piano tuner in Pittsburgh. Why does he bite his tuning fork like a cigar? And what does it mean to "stretch an octave"? GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at [email protected] FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at [email protected] WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456....

Contorting inside a floating pool bubble, overriding her body’s false alarms while bending backward, and stretching and strengthening six days a week for a four-minute act with Lisbeth Mikoleit, a contortionist in Las Vegas. Why does she train with a mouth guard? And what’s a “triple fold”? DID YOU SHOUT US OUT SOMEWHERE? Email a screenshot or link to [email protected] GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at [email protected] FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at partnerships@...

GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at [email protected] FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at [email protected] WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: 1. What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean? 2. What’s a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny, sad, anxiety-making, pride-inducing or otherwise. We ...