Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates are back with new episodes of Shrink the Box.
The show sees the duo take a deep dive into the most popular and complex TV characters of all time. They put their favourite fictional characters ‘on the couch’ and analyse why their behaviour causes them so much drama, and why we find it so fascinating.
Episodes will include Tanya McQuoid from The White Lotus, Catherine Cawood from Happy Valley, Seinfeld’s George Costanza and Wendy Byrde from Ozark. Ben and Sasha will explore why these characters make certain decisions, what would happen if they made different ones, and what we can learn from their mistakes.
Questions asked will include why does David Rose from Schitt’s Creek prefer clothes to people, what makes Better Call Saul’s Jimmy McGill a great con artist and why is Tanya McQuoid from The White Lotus so needy?
The discussion is also around what we’ve learnt about the character and how this can be translated into useful takeaways for our own lives. Sasha brings her expert opinion to the conversation, whilst Ben, a writer and long-term beneficiary of therapy, taps into how these characters are brought to life so effectively.
Shrink the Box is available on all major podcast platforms from today, Monday 24th April.
