10 episodes

Is it hard to write a musical? Two fools - Joseph Hollings & Steve Couch - chronicle their efforts to create a project on the First Ladies of the United States. Contains nonsense about music, lyrics, and history. Be in on the ground floor of the next Broadway musical sensation!

Two Fools Trying To Make A Musical Joseph Hollings & Steve Couch

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 21 Ratings

Is it hard to write a musical? Two fools - Joseph Hollings & Steve Couch - chronicle their efforts to create a project on the First Ladies of the United States. Contains nonsense about music, lyrics, and history. Be in on the ground floor of the next Broadway musical sensation!

    1. Two Fools Start a Podcast

    1. Two Fools Start a Podcast

    Joe and Steve are old friends with an old idea for a musical that died. Now they want to resurrect it. But should old ideas stay dead? And who are these guys?

    • 38 min
    2. Two Fools Get a Good Idea

    2. Two Fools Get a Good Idea

    Joe and Steve geek out on a deep dive of what they think makes a good musical - and one of them has an epiphany about their own! Will this idea work, or is it the worst idea in the history of ideas?

    • 38 min
    3. Two Fools Call a Museum

    3. Two Fools Call a Museum

    Joe and Steve clearly know a bit about their topic, but certainly not enough. So they phone a friend! Well, not a friend, but a very knowledgeable stranger. What will an expert in their subject say about these two fools and their project?

    • 1 hr 6 min
    4. Two Fools Talk Character

    4. Two Fools Talk Character

    Joe and Steve debate who the key characters are in their musical. Who do they pick and why? And does Joe ever do his homework? 

    • 44 min
    5. Two Fools Are Plotting

    5. Two Fools Are Plotting

    The Plot thickens! Spoiler alert - Joe and Steve talk out what happens in their new musical from beginning to end. Would you make it to the end of this musical - or this episode - if you were in the audience?

    • 42 min
    6. Two Fools Actually Make Music

    6. Two Fools Actually Make Music

    Joe and Steve have talked - and talked! - a lot about their musical. But where’s the music? Joe shares some compositions and sketches. And Steve listens (sort of). For a change.

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

Not certain123 ,

Hollings

Great teacher and an even better podcaster

camerœn ,

👌

Couple of chads

probablynotjeremy ,

5 stars, too much Hollings, not enough Hollings

Love the cast, but we need more Hollings

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