Try Hard Podcast
1) Zakiya Gibbons Goes On A Date
Zakiya Gibbons is rusty with dating women, so she goes to a queer speed dating event to shake the cobwebs off. Episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1THYaMJZoV3e_45wsLsScbYxphc...Show More
2) Josh Gondelman Plays Basketball
Josh Gondelman used to love playing basketball, but he can't seem to bring himself to play in his friend's long-running pickup game. Check out Josh's standup special, Positive Reinforcement: https://...Show More
3) Rax King Plays the Banjo
Rax King learns a song on the banjo to play at a jam. Check out Rax's new book, Sloppy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/751421/sloppy-by-rax-king/ Episode transcript here: https://docs.goog...Show More
4) Sabrina Imbler Goes Hunting
Sabrina Imbler is afraid of bugs, but they are working on a book about bugs. What to do?! In this episode, they attempt to catch and pin dragonflies. Episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/...Show More
5) Ceara Jane O'Sullivan Tries to Cartwheel
Ceara Jane O'Sullivan takes a gymnastics class in an attempt to finally master the ultimate cool girl trick: the cartwheel. Check out Ceara's podcast, Petty Crimes, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/u...Show More
6) Diana Moskovitz Rides a Bike
Diana Moskovitz never learned to ride a bike when she was a child. Can she make her K-drama Han River bike riding dream come true? Episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR1x7BM...Show More
7) Yowei Shaw Hosts a Party
What happens when a wallflower tries to stand in the spotlight? Check out Yowei's podcast, Proxy. Episode transcript here: Send me voice memos about the things YOU'RE trying at podcasts@defector....Show More
8) Erika Casupanan Sings in Public
Erika spent her life being the person she thought she "should" be. It turns out that doing her own thing doesn't rock the world the way she thinks it will. It's actually pretty cool. Check out Erika'...Show More
9) Mattie Lubchansky Takes a Yoga Class
Cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky hates exercising in front of people, so in this first episode of Try Hard, she's trying out a real life yoga class full of real life strangers! By the way, you should buy...Show More
10) Welcome to Try Hard
If there’s no shame in trying, why is it so hard? On Try Hard, Alex Sujong Laughlin helps people try the thing they've always wanted to do—from cartwheels to karaoke. First episode publishes July ...Show More