Brief But Spectacular is produced and owned through Goldbloom's Los Angeles based production company, Second Peninsula.
While the show has profiled well-known figures like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Gloria Steinem, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Carl Reiner, and Terry Gross, it has also featured lesser-known guests, such as Mahogany Browne, Clint Smith, and Flossie Lewis, whose take on growing old and living well generated more than 7 million views in two weeks.
[1] A special short documentary on Lewis[2] received a 2019 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Feature Story[3] in a newscast.
A ten-part Canadian version of Brief But Spectacular was distributed through CBC Digital channels beginning in January 2020.
PBS Learning has created lesson plans for teachers at various levels, linked to the common curriculum.