13 Episodes

  1. 9. How to Be a Doctor in the Arctic Circle

    Published: 9/3/2025

  2. 8. How to Be a Tower Climber

    Published: 8/27/2025

  3. Bonus: I Used to Be a Corporate Butler

    Published: 8/25/2025

  4. 7. How to Be a Forensic Artist

    Published: 8/20/2025

  5. Bonus: "My Friend's a Rapper!" (HTBA Listeners Tell Their Stories)

    Published: 8/18/2025

  6. 6. How to Search for Dark Matter Underground and in Space

    Published: 8/13/2025

  7. 5. How to Be a Foley Sound Artist

    Published: 8/6/2025

  8. 4. How to Be a Puppetry Artist

    Published: 7/30/2025

  9. Bonus: I Used to Be an Artist at Madame Tussauds

    Published: 7/25/2025

  10. 3. How to Be a Dungeons & Dragons Lorekeeper

    Published: 7/23/2025

  11. 2. How to Be a Sheepdog Trainer

    Published: 7/23/2025

  12. 1. How to Be a Death Doula

    Published: 7/23/2025

  13. Coming Soon: How to Be Anything

    Published: 7/9/2025

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How to Be Anything is a documentary-style podcast that profiles people with unusual, surprising, and wildly specific jobs. From puppeteers to tower climbers to scientists who search for dark matter underground and in space, each episode explores how people end up in jobs no one tells you about in school—and what it’s like to build a life doing something most of us have never heard of. This isn’t a self-help show or a career coaching podcast. How to Be Anything is for the job-curious, the creatively restless, and anyone who likes eavesdropping on someone else’s weird path through life. It brings a literary, documentary sensibility to work and identity.The show is created and hosted by journalist Emily McCrary, and it blends deep curiosity and narrative storytelling to explore the stories that go beyond job titles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.