A new podcast series will deep dive into the most popular and complex TV characters of all time.
Shrink The Box, hosted by actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates, will see the pair put their favourite fictional characters ‘on the couch’ to analyse why their behaviour causes them so much drama, and why we find it so fascinating.
Ben and Sasha will explore the likes of Succession’s Shiv, Omar from The Wire and Ross from Friends, asking why they make certain decisions, what would happen if they made different ones, and what we can learn from their mistakes.
The podcast will be a combination of psychology, self-help, and the best TV since the birth of the boxset!
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.
Each episode will discover what we’ve learnt about the character, and see how this can be translated into useful takeaways for our own lives.
Ben and Sasha will discuss the following characters:
- Tony Soprano – The Sopranos
- Walter White – Breaking Bad
- Beth Harmon – The Queen’s Gambit
- Omar Little – The Wire
- Fleabag – Fleabag
- Don Draper – Mad Men
- Wanda – Wandavision
- Arabella Essiedu – I May Destroy You
- Danny Rayburn – Bloodlines
- Vanessa Keifer – Atlanta
- Ross Geller – Friends
- Shiv Roy – Successio
Shrink the Box is a A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment Production and will be available on all major podcast platforms from 31 January.
