Courtney Harrell (Host)
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376 appearances
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3 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard May 2025
Courtney Harrell (Host)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Once she's collected her bonus points, she pays that card off. Then she puts it in her desk and mostly stops using it.
Eventually, she switches to the next card that has something to offer. She usually only really uses about three cards at a time. It's all just a points game.
On day two, Olivia bought some eggs, some cheese, and paid for one subway ride, bringing her day's total, with her credit card payments, to $940.89.
With a couple more subway rides and an after-show slice of pizza, Olivia's total for day three was $11.70. Day four.
So like you're just going out there cold.
I loved hearing how you spent your days at the theater. And I was curious if being a standby was like, oh, hell yeah, I get paid to play Uno with these guys that I have fun with. Or if it's like, man, I really wish I was on stage. Or if it's something in between those things.
Like, no. Olivia had never been an understudy before COVID, but the first time she took an understudy role, when she really needed a job, she actually loved it.
After her second show, Olivia took a cab home for $26. She also spent $34 on two tickets to a movie, which brings her total for the day to $73.20. Day 5
Broadway Bowling is a weekly event when actors and staff of Broadway and off-Broadway shows go bowling together. So should you find yourself in Midtown at midnight, you could go watch Team Hamilton and Team Chicago face off.
Without any bowling expenses, Olivia's total for Day 5 was $25.80.
How does that kind of instability feel? I'm completely used to it. It feels like you're used to it. And actually, I had the experience listening to your diaries. I was like, oh, wow, she is talking about this really big shift coming in a very matter-of-fact way.
I guess I'm curious though for you, like when you are stressed about it, what is it that keeps you up at night?
You've never been stressed about money like that?
With one more train ride home, Olivia's total spending for day six was $184.80. All right, audio diary, final day.
On day seven, Olivia also bought tickets to three shows, which, combined with subway rides, brought her total for the day to $156.90. Altogether, Olivia's spending for the week was $1,401.99.
If you had to describe to people the feeling of being an actor, how would you describe the feeling of the experience that you have?
All over the place. But also like it's helping me understand because in part it feels like you're not so so stressed about the instability and the downtime because in part that's like kind of where the good stuff is. Like that's how you know that you're getting to go like pursue other roles. Yeah. You're not going to be.
What we spend is an Odyssey original podcast. It's written and hosted by me, Courtney Harrell. Our producers are Margo Gray and Kristen Torres. Our editor is Jonathan Menjivar. Our executive producers are Maris Brunkheiser and Leah Reese Dennis. Theme song and original music by Matt McGinley. Additional music from APM Music. Mixing by Pedro Alvira.
Special thanks to Melissa Akiko Slaughter, Joel Lovell, Jenna Weiss-Berman, J.D. Crowley, Maura Curran, Josephina Francis, Kurt Courtney, Hilary Sheff, Sean Cherry, Laura Berman, and Hilary Van Ornam. If you want to be on What We Spend, we'd love to hear from you. Write us at whatwespendpodcast at gmail.com.
What is the financial spectrum of your friends now?
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