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By Michaela Gordoni
BLUE’S CLUES star Steve Burns just introduced a new podcast, “Alive,” made for the adults who grew up watching him on the show.
“I had been kind of thinking I should do something with this access that I did not know I still had with this generation that I have,” he said, referencing a video he made that went viral in 2021. “It seems that there was an opportunity to just continue the conversation, to simply scale it up for adults, which was a revelation to me.”
“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,” the 51-year-old said.
Burns starred as a fictional version of himself on Nick Jr.’s BLUE’S CLUES, which had over 100 episodes from 1996 to 2002. He says the show was about curiosity and looking at things closely.
“About asking the right questions. About following the clues that helped lead us toward greater understanding,” he explained.
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“’Alive’ is really just 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,” he continued. “We’re still searching, still learning, still trying to connect. Still doing our best to lead deeply examined lives, together.”
Per Variety, the podcast will explore humanness and discuss themes of masculinity, loneliness, mortality and more.
He admitted there won’t be talking furniture or salt and pepper shakers, but it will still be a lot of fun.
He says that unlike Mr. Rogers, who was like a guiding light and shining example for thousands of child viewers, he’s going along a journey with his listeners.
“To the degree that I think about Mr. Rogers and making this podcast, it’s more about making sure people know that I am nothing like Mr. Rogers, right?” he told PEOPLE. “That is a weight that I do not wish to carry around, and that is a bar that I cannot possibly — no one could possibly — live up to.”
“I think he will be remembered as a great teacher of human beings, right? I’m just a neurotic bald guy who is sitting next to you, a fellow traveler on the struggle bus,” he joked.
Burns is launching the podcast with Lemonada Media.
“Adults need to be shepherded through life just as much as kids do, and Steve is the perfect person to do it,” said Jessica Cordova Kramer, CEO of Lemonada. “He taps right into your inner child, helping listeners feel delight, comfort and curiosity. From the moment we saw Steve’s videos on TikTok during the pandemic, we knew we had to work with him.”
The podcast will premiere on Sept. 17, per Life & Style.
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