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New York Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Can Steve From ‘Blue's Clues' be a ‘Counterweight' to the Manosphere?
Steve Burns, the former star of the beloved children's show 'Blue's Clues,' is inviting you back into his cozy home: Come in and take a seat. There isn't a blue dog this time around, but Mr. Burns will make you a cup of tea. And then, he'll listen to you listening to him. On Wednesday, Mr. Burns, 51, announced in a YouTube video — featuring the original thinking chair from the children's show and some of his signature expressive hand gestures — that he was launching a podcast called 'Alive,' which will be available in the fall. 'You and I have always been about this deep and curious investigation of our world,' he said in the video, addressing the audience. '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.' The name, Mr. Burns said in an interview, refers to the 'weird and wonderful things that go into being a human being on planet Earth' and also is a tacit nod to the fact that, for years after he left his role on the Nickelodeon show in 2002, he was presumed to be, well, not alive. This podcast was a reclamation, of sorts. Pernicious rumors of Mr. Burns' being dead swirled while he was dealing with clinical depression, and were exacerbated by the internet — a combination so corrosive that 'I started to wonder if it was true,' he said, 'if everyone else was onto something.' It led him on a yearslong 'sloppy mess' of a journey dealing with his mental health concerns. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CNN
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Steve Burns, original host of ‘Blue's Clues,' is launching a podcast for ‘grown-ups'
Steve Burns, the original host of famed children's show 'Blues Clues' who in recent years has built a significant following on social media, is launching a new podcast. The podcast, called 'Alive,' is being billed as a 'cozy and delightful weekly series' where Burns will talk about 'what it means to stay human in a complicated world,' according to a news release Wednesday. 'There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to, this is one that listens back. I really want to continue what we started decades ago,' Burns – who now posts popular social media videos where he asks people how they're doing and spends minutes simply listening – said in a statement. 'For us, it was all about curious investigation. It was about looking a little closer. About asking the right questions.' 'Alive' will feature Burns engaging in vulnerable conversations with guests, who have not yet been announced, as he 'continues to connect with both the generation who grew up with him and new audiences alike.' Burns added that the podcast is a 'continuation of that same conversation—only now we're grown-ups, trying to make sense of a world that's a whole lot more complicated.' The concept for the podcast was inspired by a viral moment from 2021 when Burns helped mark the 25th anniversary of 'Blue's Clues,' saying that he 'found himself in conversation again with tens of millions of grown-up fans who still considered him a friend,' the news release read. At the time, Burns talked about his decision to abruptly depart from the show to attend college in a video posted to the Nick Jr. verified Twitter account. Burns served as the original host of 'Blue's Clues' from 1996 to 2003. The Nick Jr. animated series followed Burns and his cartoon dog Blue, who helped him find clues to figure something new out each episode. 'Alive' is set to debut this fall.
