{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Second Printing: Jeff Daniels","description":"This episode originally aired Oct 10, 2023. \u201cSometimes I\u2019m asked if I\u2019ll ever write a book,\u201d notes actor, playwright and singer-songwriter Jeff Daniels, \u201cand I always answer that I already have. It\u2019s in my songs.\u201d This is true. But now it\u2019s also true that the stuff of Jeff Daniels\u2019s life is on delightful display in the Audible Originals memoir \u201cAlive and Well Enough\u201d\u2014a collection of stories, musings and songs that invites listeners into the heart and mindset of one of our most versatile performers, offered with grace and good cheer and midwestern soul.  Daniels, the two-time Emmy Award-winning actor and star of such iconic films as \u201cTerms of Endearment,\u201d \u201cThe Purple Rose of Cairo,\u201d \u201cDumb and Dumber,\u201d \u201cPleasantville,\u201d and \u201cThe Squid and the Whale,\u201d recalls being inspired in this effort by the story-laced songs of Steve Goodman and Arlo Guthrie, and, more recently, by Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cSpringsteen on Broadway.\u201d Part podcast, part musical memoir, part bulletins from the frontlines of contemporary storytelling, \u201cAlive and Well Enough\u201d is a wildly entertaining mash-up of Jeff Daniels\u2019s many gifts as a writer and performer, including scenes from some of the author\u2019s original plays, many of which have been staged at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in his hometown of Chelsea, Mich. \u201c[It\u2019s] is the only place where I get to do everything I do,\u201d he says of his new audio project, which he calls \u201can adventure of an accidental artist who one day looked up and realized he had a sense of humor, a passion for writing, and stories to tell.\u201d Join us for an insightful, engaging and surprisingly candid conversation on what it means to channel the work of some of our finest playwrights and screenwriters \u2013 like Lanford Wilson (\u201cFourth of July\u201d), Scott Frank (\u201cGodless\u201d) and Aaron Sorkin (\u201cThe Newsroom\u201d and the Broadway adaptation of \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d).  \u201cWhen you\u2019re inside the writing, it rubs off,\u201d he says.  This is true as well.  Note: This episode of As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast features narrative and song excerpts from Jeff Daniels\u2019s audio memoir \u201cAlive and Well Enough,\u201d presented courtesy of Audible Originals. Jeff Daniels photo credit: Sam Jones More from Jeff Daniels:  Jeff Daniels & Jonathan Hogan, \u201cTogether Again\u201d Website Facebook Please support the sponsors who support our show: Ritani Jewelers Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Heaven Help Us by John Kasich Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton Everyday Shakespeare podcast A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount ","author_name":"As Told To","author_url":"http:\/\/astoldtopodcast.com\/","html":"