Abington native Adam Shapiro now hosting ‘Chasing Sleep’ podcast, still picketing Hollywood strike

Adam Shapiro, an Abington native, is the new host of the podcast series, “Chasing Sleep”, with his wife and actress Katie Lowes.

The new hosts recorded their first episode of the podcast’s second season on May 16. Shapiro and Lowes “explore how sleep affects love, aging, parenting, and even the creative process” and “the fundamental relationship between our sleep and nature.”

An actor and director, Shapiro is most known for Steve Jobs (2015)Never Have I Ever (2020) and She Said (2022). He also owns L.A.-based Shappy Pretzel Co. with his wife and was featured by 6ABC News in August for showing up at the picket lines with Philly soft pretzels when the Writers Guild of America went on strike in May.

According to a recent Twitter post, the strike is now on Day 104, and Shapiro is along for the ride.

You can check out the eight-episode season of “Chasing Sleep” here. For Shapiro’s Instagram page, you can click here. For more on Shappy Pretzel Co., you can visit their Facebook page and website.

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