The Pilot Podcast

Meg Steedle (Interview)

Episode Summary

We interview actress and singer Meg Steedle on this week’s episode of The Pilot Podcast!

Episode Notes

Tune in to learn more about Meg’s journey from high school theatre performances to network television and streaming services! We discuss her roles on Boardwalk Empire, The Mysteries of Laura, Jupiter’s Legacy, and many more shows! We also get to hear about her new project, Lady in White.

Meg’s Social Media:  

instagram.com/megsteedle

Transcript available on our website

Episode Transcription

BJ (00:09):

Welcome to The Pilot Podcast. This week, we have a special episode with an amazing guest from my hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina. You've seen her in Jupiter's Legacy, Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Mercedes, The Mysteries of Laura, and so much more. Welcome, Meg Steedle.

Meg Steedle (00:26):

Thanks for having me, you guys. This is so fun.

Mitu (00:29):

We're so happy and excited to chat with you today. Would you like to introduce yourself to our listeners?

Meg Steedle (00:36):

I'm an actor. I'm kind of between New York and LA. I've been doing this for few years now and started in theater in New York and from there, kind of got the opportunity to be on an HBO show, which kind of propelled me into TV. And ever since then, I've been doing the thing in LA and now I'm trying to get back to my roots in New York, so you're catching me at an interesting point in my life.

Mitu (01:08):

And we're glad to be catching you in this time. We would love to talk about your performing, your acting. BJ told me that he remembers seeing you perform a ton in high school musicals and other productions. Have you always loved acting, singing, dancing, performing?

Meg Steedle (01:27):

Oh, yeah. I mean, when I was a kid, the angst of high school and everything, I found it as my best way to express myself and I just remember doing straight plays and I think, gosh, I'm trying to remember the ones that I did back then. Hello, Dolly! was a musical we did and we did the West Side Story-

BJ (01:49):

The Music Man.

Meg Steedle (01:49):

... Music Man, as well as a few straight plays like Moliere and stuff... It was a great and where we went to school was just a wonderful place to kind of get your feet wet because we had a great theater program there.

Mitu (02:04):

That's wonderful. I love when I get to learn about people's schools supporting the arts, supporting theater. Do you have a favorite role that you performed either in high school or college or as you were learning about this craft?

Meg Steedle (02:19):

I'll give you two things. All right. In high school, we did The Miracle Worker, which is a story about Helen Keller and I played her teacher. I believe her name is Kate or Ann. Oh gosh, now I'm going to forget, that's horrible. But one of the things that that really taught me in high school is just throwing yourself completely into the role and really doing the research. Of course, now, I can't remember her name, but doing the research for these real characters on the story that you're trying to tell to a greater audience.

Meg Steedle (02:58):

For me, learning how she really taught Helen Keller and the obligation to tell that story because it was a real person was really important to me and I actually broke my foot during that... I think we were gearing up for dress rehearsal and there was a very physical scene of where I'm trying to teach Helen to eat at a dining table. Before, she was kind of acting like a child and animalistic and I remember it's a very physical scene where I'm picking her up and throwing her back in the seat and picking her up and throwing her back in the seat and she's struggling and struggling and struggling.

Meg Steedle (03:42):

And in the middle of a rehearsal, I actually, for whatever reason, broke my foot with her struggling. And I was like, "Oh, that didn't feel good," and kept going with it to the point where I had to be carried off the stage. And I remember thinking like when you're doing this stuff, you really go all in in terms of your adrenaline and everything. And it was such a big lesson to me as far as trying to keep your body fit and the safety of others and everything like that, that it's like, you can ruin a whole... Thankfully by the time the performances came around, I had a brace on and I was good enough to do it, but we didn't have understudies in high school.

Meg Steedle (04:33):

I think just technically, that was a really interesting lesson for me to learn that as much as you want to play and go full out, you have to be conscious of your fellow actors and of your own body. That was my first real lesson in what this really entails, the physicality of all this. And then I think in terms of mentally, I did a show in college, Cabaret, which I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with that musical at all.

Mitu (05:05):

Yes.

Meg Steedle (05:05):

Again, a period piece based on some true stories, which was really fun for me to research, but it's a dark story. It takes place right before the Nazis take over Germany and I had a really great time figuring out how to take yourself fully there emotionally as well. So there we had the physicality that I learned in high school and then what entails to in theater, especially emotionally take yourself there night after night, and I was showing up to the theater at I think 4:00 PM to kind of just start getting in the mindset of that.

Meg Steedle (05:49):

And there was a big... She has a breakdown on stage basically in the version that we were doing in college. And so, to do that every night is really tough to take your mind there every night. And so, I don't know, all these are really great... That's why schooling and having the opportunity to do it in a somewhat safe space before you're getting paid to do it is just such a wonderful opportunity because you can fall on your face and it's not brain surgery. You're not ruining someone's life or someone's story or someone's ticket sales. You're learning in a safe space. And that was a wonderful experience for me in college, I think, that really taught me how to treat this as a job rather than just a hobby.

Mitu (06:38):

That is so cool that you got to express yourself, hone your craft and even think through what care looks like, what boundaries look like as you leave it all on the field or the stage when you perform. That is great that you got that experience so young.

Meg Steedle (06:56):

Yeah, and that's why I really admire... I, graduating from college, did go right into theater and it was really tough on me just because even if you're doing a comedy, to be doing the same thing over and over every night, you kind of start to become the character a little bit. I mean, I sound a little bit like a crazy actor, but I think it's only natural that if you're repeating the same story or repeating the same lines and emotions, that you kind of live there.

Meg Steedle (07:26):

And it was actually a huge impetus for me when I decided, okay, I don't know if I can do this full time. I would love to do a play here and there, but what's this TV life about where you can show up for two weeks for an episode or something and then you're not running it to the ground sort of. And so, that was a big impetus for me to kind of explore that world, to be honest.

Mitu (07:56):

Speaking of TV life, what was your experience as Billie Kent in Boardwalk Empire?

Meg Steedle (08:03):

That was my first big gig actually coming off of kind of that realization of, wow, this theater life, as much as I love it, I don't know if it's loving me back all the time just in terms of having to... You're an athlete when you're a theater performer and that's why my theater friends, I'm just such in awe of them. I decided to kind of stay in New York instead of going out to do whatever theater project I was going to do. And it was then that I got this opportunity to audition, which was honestly my first... I think it was my first or second TV audition, terrifying.

Meg Steedle (08:49):

But I remember I went in, I did it, it was fine. And then I got called back about two months later and there was this new aspect of the character that was, they wanted her to sing and dance. And for me, I was just like in. I was like, "Oh great. Now I got it." It's funny to be in New York and there's so many amazing singer and dancers, but for whatever reason, they wanted this particular part that they wanted this actress and now, they're adding on top of it, "Oh, can she sing and dance?" I was just so excited for that.

Meg Steedle (09:31):

I went in and I actually had lot of callbacks for that because I was so new. They really wanted to see that they could trust me, I think. And so, I sang an Irving Berlin song and danced. And I remember I went to this studio in Brooklyn. The choreographer had met with me the day before to kind of give me some moves and she was really on my side. I really, I owe a lot to her, but I sang, I danced and I left and I didn't know what was going to happen. Again, about a month later, got a call, "Oh, can you be on set tomorrow?"

Mitu (10:15):

Wow.

Meg Steedle (10:16):

And it was funny, I was listening to another one of your interviews and I heard a similar story. I can't remember her name, but this getting the call before the day before. And you'd have to drop everything and how exciting that is and also how terrifying that is because you're jumping into a family that's already preexisting and you're like, "Hey, I'm here."

Meg Steedle (10:39):

And my first scene was a singing and dancing number. I'd gotten it that day. That night I was in rehearsals to sing and dance and then the next day I believe I was on set singing and dancing and faking my way through a lot of the lyrics that I didn't really know, but just having that singing and dancing be the first scene with this huge... It was a big new year's party. And so, a lot of the characters were there from Boardwalk Empire. And so, getting to meet them and getting to sing and dance as my first day, it was such a wonderful feeling like I was in my element.

BJ (11:16):

Another one of the cool roles you've had is Detective Frankie on The Mysteries Of Laura.

Meg Steedle (11:24):

Yeah.

BJ (11:25):

Can you tell us a little bit about that experience?

Meg Steedle (11:26):

That was great. I had always, it's funny during my Boardwalk Empire days, people were asking me, "Who would you like to work with?" And my favorite actress growing up was Debra Messing.

Mitu (11:41):

Wow.

Meg Steedle (11:43):

I mean, it's funny. There's even interviews where they say, "Who's your dream person to work with?" And I say, "Debra Messing." And so, when this came up, I was doing my first sitcom, I think, like a guest star and I'd had a really bad day and I don't know what happened, but I think I was crying after rehearsal or something and I knew I had to do this audition. And so, part of the audition for Frankie was about... She comes from Wisconsin and she's new to New York City and I knew that this would be filming in New York City. And I was so homesick because I've been in LA for a moment. Really, I mean, me personally, Meg, was homesick for the east coast and just being back where I felt I wanted to be.

Meg Steedle (12:38):

And I went into this audition and I remember thinking like, just take me back to New York, please. And that's part of the scene was about really wanting to be in New York. It was a really amazing opportunity to then get the call. Okay, you got the job and getting to meet Debra Messing and be in scenes with her. I mean, I think when I originally came on, I came on halfway through a season because they wanted to have someone out in the field. It was winter in New York and I think Debra was going through something health wise. I'm not quite sure what it was. And I think she's kind of kept it closed, she hasn't really publicized it, but she wanted to not have to be out in the snow in New York City.

Meg Steedle (13:29):

So they were looking for someone who could add to their little ensemble cast there, but also be out in the snow, in the freezing cold, but because the writers saw how starstruck I was with Debra, they started writing us into scenes together a lot, which was just a joy. And I'm so glad that I was able to somehow influence their writing just because I had had just big stars in my eyes for her.

BJ (13:58):

That's amazing.

Meg Steedle (14:01):

She's such a dear heart. She really is.

BJ (14:03):

And then one other show we want to talk about is the show that actually brought us together for this interview. I do try to keep up with all of the GDS theater kids on Facebook and when Mitu and I were watching Jupiter's Legacy, I was like, I think I recognize her. I think we went to school together.

Meg Steedle (14:25):

Jupiter's Legacy. May it rest in peace.

BJ (14:29):

Yeah, I know.

Meg Steedle (14:31):

I know.

BJ (14:31):

But what was it like working with Netflix and on that show? Also, that show had two different time periods, so what was that experience like?

Meg Steedle (14:40):

Well, that was really fun to film. I love doing anything period piece. I just think it's so fun to put on different clothes that you wouldn't wear every day and go into really pretty sets that just take you back in time. That was a dream come true for me and working opposite Josh Duhamel and everything. It was a little like being on two different films sort of just because one was all this 1920s, 1930s world, and then the other was this world of superheroes.

Meg Steedle (15:12):

I felt a little like... I was hanging with a certain group like Josh and Ben and yet all the people that were more my age were kind of in this superhero land. That was kind of interesting trying to always like, "Okay wait. Who's..." And it's a huge cast, but really, really fun.

Meg Steedle (15:34):

And, you know what's interesting is that it was a really... What we shot for that didn't really make it into the final cut. I shot that 2018, '19.

BJ (15:48):

Oh, wow!

Meg Steedle (15:52):

Yeah, it was years ago. And then they had about almost two years, maybe a year and a half of post. And in post, the show really changed dramatically to the point where a lot of us in the cast were like, "We don't know what we're going to get. We don't know what we're going to get." It was really fun and I was really excited for like Andrew Horton and some of the... They really popped the superhero story, which was really fun to watch. And I'm so bummed that we won't get to see them do more because there was a lot of work and relationship building that went into a lot of these scenes that just got cut from the final, what you saw, which happens all the time, but I think because it was such a machine, such a big endeavor, everyone was like, "Oh, well, maybe we'll see it in season two."

Meg Steedle (16:50):

But I have to say the best part of that whole show, there's this woman, Lizz Wolf, who did the costumes for that, and I don't know if you guys noticed the intricacy and the detail of those costumes. It was wild. She did 1920s, 1930s and she did the kind of super suit, sneaker technology, she called it, because it kind of looks like they're wearing this kind of really cool, I don't know, sneaker technology is such a cool thing.

BJ (17:25):

That's a good description.

Meg Steedle (17:26):

Yeah, but I was really excited for her because that was such a huge showcase of work and she put her whole heart into every time period. There was a 1960s time period. There was a 1970s time period that I don't really think you guys got to see if I'm remembering correctly, right?

BJ (17:48):

I don't remember that just the 1920s era and then present day type of era.

Meg Steedle (17:55):

It was a huge endeavor, but part of being a machine is just kind of doing your work and then going home and letting the gods of that story tell the story they want to tell. It was fun. It was like seeing a new show at the end of the day, but that's the part of being an actor that you kind of have to, I think, sometimes accept is like your experience is your experience. Your day-to-day is to show up and do your best work and then go home and then let the storytellers kind of do what they want to do with the footage they have. And hopefully, they do right by you.

BJ (18:38):

We can have our fingers crossed for some deleted scenes, maybe.

Meg Steedle (18:42):

I mean, I would hope so. There's a lot of fun stuff. There was a whole jazz club scene from the 1930s and me and Matt Lanter and Josh Duhamel and we're all dancing and throwing each other. It's really fun, but again, you're called The Pilot Podcast, right? You guys know pilots all the time die. And so, for me, there was no hard feelings or anything about it. It was just like, all right, this is the story that they decided in the end and they had all the footage and it's just really fun to kind of see how things change over those many years.

BJ (19:27):

A true professional, you understand that sometimes things change and you just roll with it.

Meg Steedle (19:33):

Oh, yeah. All the time. And that's kind of the thrill of it too, is it's a collaboration and you show up for your work and then you go on to the next thing.

BJ (19:44):

And as Mitu had mentioned, I do remember seeing you perform back in the Linda Sloan Theatre, think even the old library when that was being used for stage performances.

Meg Steedle (19:55):

Oh my God. That's right, it's a library now. That's crazy. The acoustics were incredible, not.

BJ (20:05):

And we did concerts there.

Meg Steedle (20:07):

Oh my God. It was just like a rugged... Even the walls I think had like rug on them.

BJ (20:17):

All that to say, do you hope to return to the stage one day?

Meg Steedle (20:21):

Yes. Thank you for asking. I am actually currently in my parents' place in Pennsylvania because I've been trying to find a place in the New York area. After several years in LA, I'm really itching to kind of get back on stage and see a... We talked about Jupiter's Legacy and how you kind of you're a color in the painting and you don't know how the painting's going to turn out. And I would just really, really love to jump back into my roots and be a part of a story from beginning to finish and as challenging as it is, it's really the ultimate challenge. And I'm so excited to do it again. We got to keep challenging ourselves, right?

BJ (21:13):

Yeah. Keeps things exciting.

Meg Steedle (21:14):

I've been in Pennsylvania just trying to basically find a place in the Manhattan area now that we're kind of starting to open back up from the pandemic. Excited for what's to come.

Mitu (21:26):

Speaking of challenging and expanding, I see that you have a few producer and director credits, that you have worked on a new Instagram series Lady in White. What's it like taking a role behind the camera and storytelling that way?

Meg Steedle (21:43):

I love it. I really do. I think I've waited a long time to kind of get to a place in acting where you can finally say I'm going to start producing things. And I was waiting for that moment where someone would ask me to do it and that wasn't happening, obviously. I mean, that's a huge thing. I mean, that's like Reese Witherspoon stuff.

Meg Steedle (22:09):

And I just decided that now we have all the technology, I mean, even this podcast, we have the technology to do so much now that we didn't even, I want to say like seven years ago. And so, I kind of got to a point where I'm like, why am I waiting for the opportunity to tell the story when I can just tell kind of stories that I want to tell now, and I can kind of start diving into it. It's been really, really rewarding to kind of go for it. Instead of waiting for someone to ask you to be a part of their project, to go, "Wait, no. I'm going to make the opportunity for other people. I'm going to do this project and start bringing people in." It's been really, really, really rewarding. I hope to do more of that.

Mitu (23:01):

With Reese Witherspoon's productions, which is so cool that you bring that up, it seems like she options a lot of books and stories that strike her interest and it is really cool that she is creating these opportunities especially for women, especially for women who often don't get to tell their stories, older women, women of color, queer women. What sorts of stories are you hoping to explore as you get to create these opportunities?

Meg Steedle (23:29):

Well, that's interesting you say that. I would love... One of the things that's always been tough I think is, and we're getting wise too in our business now, is women's stories. So much of what I've been a part of in the past and been so lucky to have a career in still, is telling stories where the women aren't really fully fleshed out characters that I can recognize in my daily life. They're helping some other man's story or I think it just happens when you have someone... Whoever's writing, whoever's directing, whoever's producing, you're getting their voice and that's natural and there's nothing wrong with that. I think there's a lot of anger about not telling women's stories and people of color stories. And it's like, well, you really just have to get those voices in the storytelling positions so that it's authentic.

Meg Steedle (24:36):

You can't really ask someone who's never experienced it to tell a story authentically and passionately. My passion would be to tell stories about women, to just kind of give our side of life a little bit more, because I think we all grew up seeing kind of the man's take on things. And that was just what was, and I'm not angry about that at all. I don't think we should be upset about it. It's just kind of what was happening at the time. And now, we recognize it, so it would be great to give little girls the opportunity to see a different something as they grow up so that they get a better idea of what's possible for them.

Mitu (25:24):

I actually keep a list of shows, I've shared this with BJ before, of stories that I hope to one day watch with my nieces, stories that look like they're so affirming and aspirational for women. And so, I keep a list of shows that I feel like are nice heroes that they can look up to that we can watch as they get older. And I'm excited to include your future productions in that list.

Meg Steedle (25:51):

Thank you for saying that. I mean, I love that you do that because it's important and I think, I don't know if you feel this way, but had I seen a woman in a presidential role when I was growing up, I would've thought, "Oh yeah, females are president too." It wouldn't have even mattered necessarily if we had one actually in life, but the possibility of having one, I would've seen on screen and therefore thought I, as an eight year old kid, could aspire to that. Not saying I want to be the president. If that's the ultimate power decision making symbol, it's like, that's a powerful thing to be able to do a story.

Mitu (26:33):

Of course, people say you can't be what you can't see. If you never have an opportunity to be exposed to representation of stories of people who are like you doing things that are really dope, then how is it reinforced to you that these things are accessible and possible for you to do.

Meg Steedle (26:51):

Right. I love that.

Mitu (26:54):

Speaking of these already cooked stories, you have appeared on so many super popular shows, shows that are favorites of BJ and me like Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, American Horror Story, Mom, Nashville, Grey's Anatomy, The Magicians. What's it like to join and continue such established storylines? Is it ever intimidating to show up to those sets and settings?

Meg Steedle (27:24):

Yeah, it's definitely... I mean, it's intimidating only in the sense of you want everyone to be happy with their decision that you're there, but for the most part, I have always had really lucky experiences with the people on those shows being really, really, really kind and understanding that it's an awkward situation and just open arms greeting me and bringing me into the family. That is the challenge of guesting, right? Guesting around town as I call it is that you're constantly joining other people's families, cliques basically. And you're saying, "Hey, I can hang and I can play with you guys."

Meg Steedle (28:08):

I've been very lucky that I've had very good experiences in that, but yeah, it's not always the easiest to kind of go, okay. I kind of think of it as like a consultant. The consultant isn't really knowing what they're... They know what they have to go and do, but they're a new person and they're a new color in the painting, if I keep with that metaphor and just being confident and kind of that you have something to add.

Mitu (28:35):

You're also diving into my truly favorite, favorite genre of media, which is holiday movies. I sincerely, I create a spreadsheet every year of all the different holiday movies so I can keep them straight on all the different channels and streaming platforms. I really love them.

BJ (28:56):

She's very serious.

Meg Steedle (28:56):

She's very serious.

Mitu (28:58):

I'm very serious about this. I love them. Can you tell us about your experience with Writing Around the Christmas Tree and how we can tune in?

Meg Steedle (29:08):

Yes. Oh my gosh. My grandmother has always wanted me, just wanted me to be in one of these holiday movies and I'm so glad I can finally give that to her, but she sits in front of them every... I'm not comparing you to my grandmother, but...

Mitu (29:26):

No, it would be an honor. That's okay.

Meg Steedle (29:28):

Thank you. She sits in front of the TV and just watches them as they... And a lot of them have the same formulaic plot and it's just very comforting I think to her, but she was like, "If you could be on one of these, that would be really..." That to her is ultimate. I am very, very happy that I have a friend, Jake Helgren, who actually during the pandemic, we've been trying to work together for a while and I had reached out and I said, "You know, my grandmother been really wants me to be in one of these things." And he's a director writer and just so prolific. I mean, he does so many of these touching movies that you've probably watched.

Meg Steedle (30:12):

And he asked me to be a part of it and I was thrilled and I get to play a Broadway musical composer and she's very fabulous and diva-like, and I get to sing in it, so he got me with that and anything musical, I'm immediately like, "Oh, please. Please let me be a part of this." And it was so fun. Krystal Joy Brown who's become a friend... I'm kind of the antagonist, she's the love lead. And she is currently playing Eliza on Broadway at Hamilton. It was really hilarious to me that I'm the one singing in it and she's the Broadway star. Go see her in Hamilton if you can, but it should be really cute and really fun.

BJ (31:04):

Awesome. Do you have a release date yet for it?

Meg Steedle (31:06):

I don't. I assume it'll be December 1st week, maybe even after Thanksgiving, right? Maybe that's when these things usually come out, but it'll be right around the time that you'd be... I think it'll be Lifetime, so you might see me. You might see me.

Mitu (31:22):

I truly cannot wait.

BJ (31:24):

It's already on her DVR, I promise.

Meg Steedle (31:28):

Oh my God, that's so great. It was really fun and definitely amazing to be back on set with people after, gosh, a year plus of not doing our job because of this pandemic.

BJ (31:41):

Well, speaking of that, what do you like to do when you're not working? We know you love acting and singing and performing. I've seen some of your songs that you've done with your brother, KC, a fellow Blue Devil. What does Meg do when she's not acting?

Meg Steedle (31:56):

What does Meg do? Well, Meg, let's see. I'm writing a lot, which is very tough just in terms of what we're talking about. I finished a feature that I'm writing. And so, that was a big pandemic project and I used to work at a recording studio actually several years ago. And so, I wrote a feature based on that experience. It was a really, really fun experience of getting to meet some of my favorite pop stars and being the receptionist in this crazy world of pop music. That's been really fun to do. And I don't know, I always joke my cat is my... I have this cat, this is not what you want to hear, but he is an American Bobtail and his name is Boone and he is very fancy and he needs a lot of love and he flies bicoastally with me.

BJ (32:54):

Oh nice.

Meg Steedle (32:58):

So usually really entertaining Boone and writing and singing whenever I can get the chance.

BJ (33:05):

Awesome. So you have your companion to go on your adventures with you.

Meg Steedle (33:08):

My little sidekick. Yes, my little sidekick.

BJ (33:12):

Do you have any other upcoming projects you'd like to tell our listeners about?

Meg Steedle (33:16):

My projects right now are whatever I... so I've been, like I said, been kind of working on this Lady in White thing, which we've got another episode to do, which will be fun. And that's just been our kind of experimental dive into editing and sound design and kind of putting together something from scratch. That'll be really fun. That will be coming out in a week. And in the meantime, we'll see. It's the audition game, which is a lot different now, which is auditioning from home. It's really weird. I've got lights set up and backdrops and getting readers on Zoom and it's been a crazy whirlwind of auditions that way. Everyone cross your fingers for me. Hopefully, one of those will turn up.

BJ (34:09):

Yeah. They're already crossed.

Meg Steedle (34:11):

Thank you.

Mitu (34:14):

We always ask this question to the creatives who join us for interviews. What advice do you have for anyone tuning in who wants to make it in creative industries?

Meg Steedle (34:26):

I would say don't wait for someone to bring you on. It's kind of like what we were talking about a little earlier. It took me several years to finally get the courage to just say, I'm just going to do it. One of my dear friends, Anna Akana, who I don't... She was in Jupiter's Legacy with me. We actually met through that. She's a YouTuber. She's a writer. She's a singer. She's Asian-American and she kind of grew up in the day when she couldn't get cast except in something like the grade A student in high school or something very stereotypical. And she just said, "I'm not going to wait."

Meg Steedle (35:09):

And it's been really amazing to learn from people like her, who just kind of created this empire for themselves. And she started telling stories on YouTube. She started recording songs. She started asking her friends to produce, do videos with her. And now, I mean, people are constantly asking her to be in projects because she is a creator herself.

Meg Steedle (35:36):

My advice really would be don't wait. We have so many things at our fingertips now, whether it be camera, we have the Internet, we have so much that we can do on our own in terms of storytelling that we don't have to knock on doors for our whole lives.

Mitu (35:56):

That is really motivating advice across any field.

Meg Steedle (36:01):

Yeah. It's really-

Mitu (36:02):

You just jump in.

Meg Steedle (36:03):

Yeah. Jump in. Easier said than done, but I think it's probably going to be the most rewarding in the end.

Mitu (36:09):

And where can we find and support you and your work?

Meg Steedle (36:13):

Oh, thank you. I would say whenever I have announcements or anything, Instagram is kind of where I go to and that's where Lady in White has been. We've been throwing up our project there with my partner, Zach Bandler, who's been doing that with me and anything new, anything that we create will probably be announced or be featured on Instagram. That would be @megsteedle is my Instagram handle.

BJ (36:42):

Awesome. We'll put the link in our show notes.

Meg Steedle (36:46):

Thank you.

BJ (36:46):

And we just want to thank you again for joining us. This has been really fun. It's nice to connect with someone again.

Meg Steedle (36:52):

Oh my gosh. It's been a pleasure, you guys. Thank you so much for having me on.