How to Be Anything

by Anything & Everything Podcasts

Category

Careers

Frequency

Updated Weekly

Language

English

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 creativ...

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Recent Reviews

Lots of depth!

Puppet Girl•12/11/2025

Great stories with lots of attention to detail. Emily frames each episode around the perfect questions. I love the diversity of professions. More, please!!

Love it

diggitywah•9/8/2025

I love learning about other trades and jobs out there. This podcast is very well done

Captivating glimpses into fascinating worlds

melissarochell•8/27/2025

Each episode has been fascinating and unique. My new fav!

Interesting!

Awsome Dude_59•8/27/2025

Who knew about all of these interesting jobs? Emily McCray did!

A charming window into possible lives

dmesparza•8/26/2025

One of my favorite things to do is go for walks in residential neighborhoods. D.C., New York, San Francisco—each has its own unique cluster of homes that embodies its culture. How to be Anything reminds me of walking through one of those neighborhoods and seeing so many different kinds of people living lives that I’d never even known were possible. I listened to the puppetry artist episode while taking a city bus, and it made me think about how it can take a lifetime to build the art we envision in our minds. The dark matter scientists episode reminded me that there are people out there pushing knowledge forward in ways that will change the globe. And the death doula episode showed me how rich life can be if we pause to notice it. I’ve really enjoyed this podcast and I can’t wait to see where it goes next.