Press Play with Madeleine Brand
'The Good Place' director on what it means to be virtuous
The NBC comedy “The Good Place” is ending this week. The series follows four people in the afterlife. We speak with creator Michael Schur.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenThe NBC comedy “The Good Place” is ending this week. The series follows four people in the afterlife. We speak with creator Michael Schur. He talks about the idea of our actions resulting in negative or positive values, and today’s world complicates that.
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