WILD Out Loud w/ Megan Tan & Erick Galindo

Published: May 10, 2023, 4:52 p.m.

b'This episode is supported by Topo Chico Hard SeltzerVisit www.topochicohardseltzerusa.com/lol today!\\nOn this episode Rachel kicks it with friends, writers and hosts of the WILDLY successful podcast, WILD, Megan Tan and Erick Galindo.\\xa0 \\n\\u201cWILD\\u201d Season 2 picks up the story that Megan tells in the Season 1 episode \\u201cHow Do I Love Someone,\\u201d with Megan broken-hearted but still looking for the love of her life. Meanwhile, Erick\\u2019s hope for finding true love in the style of his favorite rom-coms has been all but dashed. Together, Erick and Megan present a powerful and surprising longform story about love \\u2013 for other people and for one\\u2019s self \\u2013 through an experimental format that fuses documentary-style conversation with cinematic fictional flashbacks performed by a cast of actors led by Melinna Bobadilla (Orange is the New Black, Gentefied), Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and comedian Atsuko Okatsuka (The Intruder).\\nErick is a Telly Award and James Beard Foundation-winning Latino filmmaker, journalist, and culture writer who has published and produced work for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, KPCC/LAist and more. In addition to \\u201cWILD,\\u201d Erick is the creator, head writer, executive producer and host of hit podcasts including \\u201cThe Ballad of Chalino Sanchez\\u201d and \\u201cOut of The Shadows.\\u201d He is also the co-creator, writer and executive producer of \\u201cThe Mexican Beverly Hills, a sitcom currently in development at CBS.\\nPreviously named Producer of the Year by Adweek, Megan is a producer for LAist Studios, where she created and hosted \\u201cSnooze,\\u201d a joyful, feel-good podcast about how people conquer the things they have been putting off. While at LAist Studios, she co-created \\u201cWILD\\u201d and produced the critically-acclaimed and award-winning series \\u201cCalifornia Love.\\u201d With a background in photojournalism and documentary film, she started her own audible-visual style while hosting, producing, and managing Radiotopia\\u2019s \\u201cMillennial.\\u201d She previously produced shows and episodes for Gimlet Media\\u2019s \\u201cThe Habitat,\\u201d Pineapple Street Media, TED, WNYC\\u2019s \\u201cRadiolab,\\u201d \\u201cThis American Life,\\u201d NPR\\u2019s \\u201cAll Things Considered,\\u2019 and KALW\\u2019s \\u201cThe Stoop.\\u201d'