Consider This for Comfort

Actor Josh Malina (aka David Rosen) sits down with Eteng to revisit the cultural phenomenon that is Scandal. We get into why the show's political commentary felt ahead of its time, how Scandal helped turn live-tweeting into a TV ritual, and what it was really like to work on a Shonda Rhimes set. Plus: Is Josh Team Fitz or Team Jake? Tune in to find out. - Follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/joshuamalina New here? Check out seasons 1-4 in this feed. If you like what you hear, like, subscribe and tell a pop culture lover! Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.etengettah.com/ Follow me on social media: https://www.instagram.com/considercomfortpod https://www.instagram.com/etenggg https://www.linkedin.com/in/etengettah/ Email me: [email protected]

The Emmys are almost here and Consider This For Comfort is rolling out our own red carpet! In this special roundtable episode, Eteng brings together 3 TV and pop culture enthusiasts for a series of fun rapid-fire conversations about what this year's nominations reveal about television, the stories we're gravitating toward, and the cultural moment we're living in. Featuring:  Kareem Alston-Rosales (Founder and Executive Director of Film 4 Good Fund) – 0:31 Andy Dehnart (Creator of Reality Blurred, Host of Made From Humans: How Reality Becomes TV) – 38:21 Lexci Gumbs (Production and Events Coordinator) - 01:07:09 — Follow Kareem: @film4goodfund @kareemmalston https://www.film4good.org/   Follow Andy: https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/ https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/reality-tv-podcast-made-from-humans-how-reality-becomes-tv/ https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/09/reality-show-documentary-emmy-winners-2026/   Follow Lexci: @lexciandco  @theexperience.nyc New here? Check out seasons 1-4 in this feed. If you like what you hear, like, subscribe and tell a pop culture lover! Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.etengettah.com/ Follow me on social media: https://www.instagram.com/considercomfortpod https://www.instagram.com/etenggg https://www.linkedin.com/in/etengettah/ Email me: [email protected]  

This week, Eteng sits down with LaNisa Renee Frederick, who currently stars as Jackie Griffin in Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat on Prime Video, for a conversation about building comedy inside a format designed around the unexpected. LaNisa gets into how the show pushed her comedic instincts in new directions, what's really happening behind the scenes to make it all work, and why Anthony Norman has become one of our favorite heroes on TV right now. Plus: we dig into why the show's heart and the way audiences have embraced it feels like proof that TV still knows how to get it right. --- Follow LaNisa: @lanisafrederick @blackandcultivated New here? Check out seasons 1-4 in this feed. If you like what you hear, like, subscribe and tell a pop culture lover! Follow my newsletter: https://www.etengettah.com/ Follow me on social media: https://www.instagram.com/considercomfortpod https://www.instagram.com/etenggg https://www.linkedin.com/in/etengettah/ Email me: [email protected]

Actor Arian Moayed (Succession, Inventing Anna) joins Eteng to unpack why The Good Place and Succession became comfort TV and what that reveals about power and morality.  Plus: his personal rule for choosing roles and why Waterwell's civic theater work matters now more than ever. Welcome to the Season 5 premiere of Consider This For Comfort! --- Follow Arian and Waterwell: https://www.waterwell.org/ https://www.instagram.com/waterwell_org New here? Check out seasons 1-4 in this feed. If you like what you hear, like, subscribe and tell a pop culture lover! Follow my newsletter: https://www.etengettah.com/ Follow me on social media: https://www.instagram.com/considercomfortpod https://www.instagram.com/etenggg https://www.linkedin.com/in/etengettah/ Email me: [email protected]  

Art and marketing director Katie Skelly and Eteng head back to their teen years in the Season 4 finale to discuss Degrassi. We unpack why the iconic series trusted teens to handle tough situations, the real-world dialogue its most controversial episodes sparked, and what topics we'd tackle if we wrote a Degrassi episode for today's teens.  [Content note: Degrassi is a show that goes there and so does this episode. This episode mentions school shootings, suicide, assault, and self-harm. Take care as you tune in!]