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USA Today
a day ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Blue's Clues' star Steve Burns to launch adult-focused podcast
Steve Burns, the original star of the beloved children's show "Blue's Clues," is launching a podcast for adults. The former host is collaborating with Lemonada Media on the audio project, dubbed "Alive with Steve Burns." Burns, 51, initially rose to fame while hosting Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues," a mystery show for preschool-aged kids, from 1996 to 2002. "It could basically be what we've always done," Burns said in a June 25 video announcement. "It used to be about shapes and colors and letters and numbers and vegetables and stuff," he continued. "But now it could really be about death, and sex and taxes and everything that makes it so weird and wonderful to be alive." Steve Burns: Original 'Blue's Clues' host talks about 'abrupt' departure in emotional video The podcast will 'continue what we started decades ago,' Burns says The podcast is expected to launch this fall, according to Lemonada Media. "There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to, this is one that listens back. I really want to continue what we started decades ago," Burns told Variety. "For us, it was all about curious investigation. It was about looking a little closer. About asking the right questions. About following the clues that helped lead us toward greater understanding." Lemonada Media is the home of other podcasts, including Duchess Meghan Markle's "Confessions of a Female Founder" and Lena Waithe's "Legacy Talk." Burns left Blue's Clues to get a higher education In 2021, for the 25th Anniversary of Blue's Clues, Burns revealed why he abruptly left the show and introduced fans to the new host, Joe. 'I just kinda got up and went to college. And that was really challenging by the way, but great because I got to use my mind and take a step at a time and now I literally am doing many of the things that I wanted to do.' Contributing: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@
The Hill
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Hill
Former ‘Blues Clues' host Steve Burns launches podcast for adults
Original 'Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns, who abruptly left the Nickelodeon show in 2002 only to resurface in a viral video during the pandemic, has announced plans for a podcast. In the series, the youthful-looking adult deftly broke the fourth wall as an animated puppy named Blue left a trail of clues for a preschool audience to figure out. Burns says his new podcast, 'Alive,' will similarly invite listeners to take part. 'You know how there's like a billion podcasts that you can listen to? What if we made one that listens back?' Burns, now a 51-year-old with glasses, salt-and-pepper beard stubble and a penchant for wearing baseball caps, said in a TikTok video this week. 'It would be part podcast, part conversation — kind of like this.' The podcast, from Lemonada Media, is expected to premiere in the fall. It's billed as a continuation of the dialogue Burns began with his viewers way back in 1996 but with more mature topics that include mortality, loneliness, success and masculinity. The umbrella descriptor for the show promises discussions about 'what it means to stay human in a complicated world.' If that sounds a little heavy, a wistful video Burns released in 2021 to mark the 25th anniversary of 'Blue's Clues' met with rave reviews. In the clip, the musician and actor explained how he left the show, which continued with a different host, to go to college. 'We started out with clues, and now it's, what, student loans, jobs, and families,' Burns said then. 'And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know.' His podcast will join a stable of Lemonada offerings that includes 'Fail Better with David Duchovny' and 'Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.'
New York Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Can Steve From ‘Blue's Clues' be a ‘Counterweight' to the Manosphere?
Steve Burns, the former star of the beloved children's show 'Blue's Clues,' is inviting you back into his cozy home: Come in and take a seat. There isn't a blue dog this time around, but Mr. Burns will make you a cup of tea. And then, he'll listen to you listening to him. On Wednesday, Mr. Burns, 51, announced in a YouTube video — featuring the original thinking chair from the children's show and some of his signature expressive hand gestures — that he was launching a podcast called 'Alive,' which will be available in the fall. 'You and I have always been about this deep and curious investigation of our world,' he said in the video, addressing the audience. 'It used to be about shapes and colors and letters and numbers and vegetables and stuff. But now it could really be about death and sex and taxes.' The name, Mr. Burns said in an interview, refers to the 'weird and wonderful things that go into being a human being on planet Earth' and also is a tacit nod to the fact that, for years after he left his role on the Nickelodeon show in 2002, he was presumed to be, well, not alive. This podcast was a reclamation, of sorts. Pernicious rumors of Mr. Burns' being dead swirled while he was dealing with clinical depression, and were exacerbated by the internet — a combination so corrosive that 'I started to wonder if it was true,' he said, 'if everyone else was onto something.' It led him on a yearslong 'sloppy mess' of a journey dealing with his mental health concerns. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
NBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Former ‘Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns to launch a podcast for adults
Former 'Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns is starting a podcast that aims to continue conversations from the iconic Nickelodeon show, except now for grown-ups. Burns, 51, who hosted 'Blue's Clues' from 1996 to 2002, is coming out with a new podcast this fall called 'Alive' with Lemonada Media, according to a YouTube video he shared on Wednesday. 'It's basically a societal requirement at this point that everyone has a podcast, so why don't we have one?' he says in the video. 'It could basically be what we've always done. You and I have always been about this deep and curious investigation of our world in search of these little bits of information that lead to greater understanding,' he continues. The weekly show will feature the actor speaking about adult topics. 'It used to be about shapes and colors and letters and numbers and vegetables and stuff, but now it could really be about death and sex and taxes and everything that makes it so weird and wonderful to be alive,' he says in the video. viral tweet in 2021. In a video, Burns addressed his departure from 'Blue's Clues' as the show celebrated its 25th anniversary. 'I mean, we started out with clues,' he says in the 2021 video. 'And now, it's what — student loans and jobs and families? And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know.' 'I wanted to tell you that I really couldn't have done all of that without your help,' he adds. 'I'm super glad we're still friends.' The host said during a 2024 commencement speech at SUNY Delhi in New York that he is regularly approached by adults who tell him how much the show mattered to them as children. He also has become a regular presence on TikTok, where he dispenses advice, shares his fears and provides inspiration while taking time to listen to his nearly 4 million followers. Burns hopes for the new podcast to continue what he started with 'Blue's Clues.' On the educational children's show, he played a fictional version of himself, also named Steve, who followed paw prints that served as clues left by an animated dog named Blue.
CNN
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Steve Burns, original host of ‘Blue's Clues,' is launching a podcast for ‘grown-ups'
Steve Burns, the original host of famed children's show 'Blues Clues' who in recent years has built a significant following on social media, is launching a new podcast. The podcast, called 'Alive,' is being billed as a 'cozy and delightful weekly series' where Burns will talk about 'what it means to stay human in a complicated world,' according to a news release Wednesday. 'There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to, this is one that listens back. I really want to continue what we started decades ago,' Burns – who now posts popular social media videos where he asks people how they're doing and spends minutes simply listening – said in a statement. 'For us, it was all about curious investigation. It was about looking a little closer. About asking the right questions.' 'Alive' will feature Burns engaging in vulnerable conversations with guests, who have not yet been announced, as he 'continues to connect with both the generation who grew up with him and new audiences alike.' Burns added that the podcast is a 'continuation of that same conversation—only now we're grown-ups, trying to make sense of a world that's a whole lot more complicated.' The concept for the podcast was inspired by a viral moment from 2021 when Burns helped mark the 25th anniversary of 'Blue's Clues,' saying that he 'found himself in conversation again with tens of millions of grown-up fans who still considered him a friend,' the news release read. At the time, Burns talked about his decision to abruptly depart from the show to attend college in a video posted to the Nick Jr. verified Twitter account. Burns served as the original host of 'Blue's Clues' from 1996 to 2003. The Nick Jr. animated series followed Burns and his cartoon dog Blue, who helped him find clues to figure something new out each episode. 'Alive,' from Lemonada Media, is set to debut this fall.
