Shonda Rhimes

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1,129 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 10 Apr

Shonda Rhimes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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That's called the hum.

Or maybe it's called being a workaholic.

Maybe it's called genius.

Maybe it's called ego.

Maybe it's just fear of failure.

I don't know.

I just know that I'm not built for failure, and I just know that I love the hum.

I just know that I want to tell you I'm a Titan, and I know that I don't want to question it.

But here's the thing.

The more successful I become, the more shows, the more episodes, the more barriers broken, the more work there is to do.

The more balls in the air, the more eyes on me, the more history stares, the more expectations there are.

The more I work to be successful, the more I need to work.

And what did I say about work?

I love working, right?

The nation I'm building, the marathon I'm running, the troops, the canvas, the high note, the hum, the hum, the hum.

I like that hum, I love that hum, I need that hum, I am that hum.

Am I nothing but that hum?

And then the hum stopped.

Overworked, overused, overdone, burned out, the hum stopped.

Now, my three daughters are used to the truth that their mother is a single working titan.

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