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‘La La Land’ Producer Mike Jackson Launches Podcast Series ‘Why Not Me?’; John Legend, Gabrielle Union & Stephen A. Smith Among First Guests

The Emmy & Tony winning producer is turning his Texas chats into a digital experience

“My overall hope is to create a conversation that gives people insight and context to the journeys my guests have taken to achieve success,” Austin-based Jackson tells Deadline. The WME repped producer and Get Lifted has a second season of Rhythm + Flow coming to Netflix later this year with Ludacris, DJ Khaled and Latto as judges. As well, Jackson, Legend and Ty Stiklorious’ Get Lifted Books just put out a memoir back in April by ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant.

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