A Million Little Stories

***A Million Little Stories*** is a podcast created and hosted by DJ Nash. It delves into behind the scenes stories and secrets about ABC's *A Million Little Things*.

## Overview

Per its official description, *A Million Little Stories* features behind the scene interviews, show secrets, and other fun facts about the making of *A Million Little Things*. It also includes interviews with people DJ Nash has met through the show, and in his years writing for TV and doing stand up comedy all across the country.

A new episode is set to be released every Thrusday, starting on April 30, 2020. Each episode is meant to be "filled with a bunch of stories from life" so every week, guests have to either start or end their interview by telling a story that they want to share.

Starting with the second season, every new episode released on "show day" and would take "an inside look at last week's episode" of *A Million Little Things*, with "some of the behind the scenes things that went into making it".

Regular guests include cast members, crew members like writers, directors or producers, and series consultants.

## Episodes

### Season 4

1. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the first episode is "The Pitch". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "The Pilot".
2. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the third episode is "The Cast". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "The Casting of A Million Little Things".
3. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the fourth episode is "Gabriel Mann & Colin Hay". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "AMLT Composer Gabriel Mann with Special Guest Colin Hay".
4. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the sixth episode is "Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "AMLT Consultant Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen".
5. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the seventh episode is "J.K. Simmons". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "J.K. Simmons (Father's Day Part 1)".
6. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the eighth episode is "David Schwimmer". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "David Schwimmer (Father's Day Part 2)".
7. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the ninth episode is "Father's Day/Growing Up Fisher Interview". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "Growing Up Fisher Dad Interview (Father's Day Part 3)".
8. ↑ Per the podcast's official website, the title of the first episode is "Holiday Special?". However, on the official iTunes page, the episode title is "Office Holiday Party".

## Production

On May 18, 2019, DJ Nash revealed that he started working on a podcast related to his drama series, *A Million Little Things*. He also mentioned that he did a first technical test of his equipment with his kids that same week. In October 2019, he announced that he would continue working on the podcast "as soon as [they] finish writing the scripts" for Season 2.

In January 2020, Nash reiterated that development of his podcast would resume once the production of the series' second season would be wrapped. On April 22, 2020, he revealed that series psychological consultant, Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, would be a guest on the podcast. The next day, Nash announced that he finished recording the first episode, and that series regular Romany Malco would also be a guest. He then mentioned that the podcast would be "out in a couple weeks".

On April 30, 2020, Nash officially released the first episode of his podcast, *A Million Little Stories*. As revealed in the first episode, "ABC has been asking [Nash] for a while to do a podcast."

On December 3, 2020, Nash announced the release of the first episode of his podcast's second season. He also revealed that a new episode would be published every Thursday morning on "show day". These new episodes are meant to take "an inside look at last week's episode" of *A Million Little Things*, with "some of the behind the scenes things that went into making it".

## Trivia

* Per DJ Nash, the podcast's title is a reference to the main series', but also to the fact that he loves telling stories.
* Originally, "Romany Malco" was supposed to be the third episode of the podcast, while "The Cast"/"The Casting of A Million Little Things" was meant to be the second episode. It is unknown why their release order was changed.

## External links

* Official Wesbite
* Official iTunes page
* Official Libsyn page

## References

1. ↑ A Million Little Stories - iTunes page, by DJ Nash, *Podcasts.apple.com* (August 30, 2020)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 It's finally here! Please check out my new podcast, A Million Little Stories. The first episode features the pitch for A Million Little Things. Hope it provides a much-needed distraction during this rough time. Like @AMillionABC, we'll have new episodes every Thursday., by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (April 30, 2020)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Episode 101: The Pilot - A Million Little Stories, by DJ Nash, *AMLS* (August 30, 2020)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hey Millionaires, the podcast is back! A Million Little Stories will be released every Thursday morning on show day, taking an inside look at last week’s episode of @AMillionABC and some of the behind the scenes things that went into making it. Please check it out!, by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (December 3, 2020)
5. ↑ That is so sweet. Working on a podcast that hopefully you can drink coffee while listening to. Did a technical test of the equipment with my kids this week. Stay tuned., by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (May 18, 2019)
6. ↑ I will start the podcast as soon as we finish writing the scripts for the season., by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (October 30, 2019)
7. ↑ On the podcast. Which I am starting as soon as we wrap production., by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (January 8, 2020)
8. ↑ Thanks, Dr B! So thrilled you’re going to be on my podcast. Can’t wait!, by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (April 22, 2020)
9. ↑ Okay Millionaires. Just finished recording the first episode of the podcast. It will be out in a couple weeks. Tomorrow, I’m interviewing Romany. What questions do you have for him? Anything about Rome or how he approaches the show you want to know?, by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (April 23, 2020)
10. ↑ A Million Little Stories Website, by Web Archive, *Web.archive.org* (May 7, 2020 (retrieved))
11. ↑ Thanks. Romany will actually be in two weeks. This week’s episode is how we put together the cast for the show. I’m joined by some special guests including Cathy who casts our show in Los Angeles. Hope you can check it out., by DJ Nash, *Twitter* (May 4, 2020)