Former ‘Blue's Clues' host Steve Burns to launch a podcast for adults
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.
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