First Day Back is a documentary podcast series about people facing and trying to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Each season, host and creator Tally Abecassis tells the story of someone attempting their own personal comeback.In 2019, First Day Back is back. On May 3rd 2017, comedian Jason Weems collapsed on stage from an asthma attack. His heart stopped beating for a full 5 minutes. Jason was lucky enough to be revived by a member of the audience. Now the Baltimore comedian is dealing with his death the only way he knows how: by making jokes about it. Jason wants to turn these jokes into a 1 hour special that he hopes will make him a household name. For the past year, Tally Abecassis and the First Day back team have been following the life and career of Jason Weems, a man who lives and died for comedy.
https://www.witnesspodcasts.com/shows/first-day-back
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 hours 23 minutes
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Coming Soon: First Day Back Season 2
First Day Back returns this season with the story of Lucie and Gerry, lovebirds who were together for 13 years. Until the fall of 2010, when Lucie accidentally shot and killed him. And here's the thing. She has no memory of killing him. Lucie's story isn't just about what she did, it's about the aftermath. How does she come back from the worst thing she's ever done, when she doesn't even remember doing it? Season 2 of First Day Back debuts April 11, with new episodes out every Tuesday.
episode 1: S1E1: Getting Back Out There
In which Tally lays out her situation and tries to jump-start her filmmaking career, asking big questions to her family members along the way.
episode 2: S1E2: This Discussion is Retro
Tally looks at gender roles in hers and other households and asks her father what feminism means to him. Spoiler alert: he has no clue.
episode 3: S1E3: Patti Smith Made Me Feel Better
What's the difference between taking time off to take care of your kids versus taking that time to travel the world? Tally and her producer discuss it. Also, Patti Smith knows about mothering.
episode 4: S1E4: Fear and Insecurity in Las Vegas
An episode about creativity and insecurity. Questions are raised about Tally's ability to jump back in after 6 years off and she talks to a painter who says some things she is afraid to say.
episode 5: S1E5: Curveball
In this episode, Tally meets her old producer, who cautions her that she is re-entering a different documentary industry than the one she left and Tally’s son Jack throws her a curveball.
episode 6: S1E6: Searching for Sally
This episode is a little departure. In it, Tally goes looking for a teacher who had a huge impact on her life and career.
episode 7: S1E7: Good News, Bad News
Tally gets news about her film project, compares notes with a friend who didn’t have kids, and hears about her youngest son’s turnaround.
episode 8: S1E8: Your Stories
In this episode, listeners sent in recordings of themselves talking about work, parenthood and, how hard it is to know what to do with your life, with kids or without.
episode 9: S1E9: Generations
What happens when Tally's life starts mirroring the subject of her film? Also she talks to a 97 year-old woman and a Millennial who both reject the idea of "having it all".
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