''Unqualified'' is an American advice

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created and hosted by actress

Anna Faris Anna Kay Faris (; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the ''Scary Movie'' film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number o ...

, featuring interviews with celebrities and cultural figures, followed by personal phonecalls to listeners asking for relationship and other advice. It was co-hosted by Faris's producer Sim Sarna until 2019. In 2017, Faris published a memoir under the same name as the podcast.

Concept

Faris was inspired to create the podcast after listening to '' Serial''. Explaining the evolution of the idea, she said:

I love to talk about relationships; that’s all I want to talk about with my friends. And then I just thought, I kind of want a hobby, since
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Chris has been shooting a lot. So I started asking around to some friends, and I asked this technical producer guy what equipment I should buy on Amazon. And I just started recording my friends when they would come over. And then with my dear friend Sim, we started flushing out the whole thing, which clearly there’s still a lot more flushing out to do. It started out as a dinky hobby. It still is, for sure—we don’t make any money. We would love to at some point, but we want to know a little bit more what we’re doing first.

Format

Each episode has two parts. In the first, a guest interview, Faris sometimes incorporates

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bing or improvisational comedic sketches with the guest, and posts questions centered on hypothetical relationship or dating situations. In some segments, she plays the character of Karen Sarducci, a disaffected studio executive with pronounced

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who often makes reference to her privileged, brilliant sons, Milo (Paul Scheer) and Ventimiglia (based in name on actor

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), who are often vacationing abroad or at music festivals such as Coachella. The second part of the show consisted of Faris and Former producer Sim Sarna, and the guest placing a phone call to a listener who has a relationship or personal dilemma and seeks "unqualified" advice. Since leaving this segment is conducted primarily by Anna and guests.

Persons involved

Hosts and recurring persons

main host; also plays various characters during improvised segments. *Michael Barrettproducer *Rob Holyszproducer *Jeph Porterproducer * Michael Shermanco-producer

Production services

* Rabbit Grin Productio
Rabbit Grin Productions

Former host and producer

* Sim Sarnaformer producer and co-host (no longer involved as of the March 7, 2019 episode).

Characters

*Karen Sarducci (Anna Faris)an insouciant studio executive who interviews actor guests about potential film ideas *Donavan (Sim Sarna)Karen Sarducci's put-upon assistant, who often tries to engage in the general meetings but is promptly told to 'shut the F**K up' *Milo (Paul Scheer)spoiled and verbally-abusive son of Karen Sarducci *Chad (Anna Faris) an emotionally manipulative and oblivious boyfriend who engages in self-defensive arguments with female guests *Kayla (Anna Faris)an imposing and desperate aspiring actress who attempts to ingratiate herself with show guests

Episodes

*First Episode was originally with Allison Janney, but was later removed supposedly due to explicit content.

Accolades

*Winner:

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(2017) for Best Podcast *Nominated:

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(2019) for Best comedy Podcast

Notes

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.unqualified.com/ Audio podcasts 2015 podcast debuts Shorty Award winners Advice podcasts American podcasts