EP 481: Director Peter Medak on the Mad Genius of Peter Sellers
Director Peter Medak looks back on his filming of the famously disastrous Peter Sellers movie Ghost in the Noonday Sun for his new...
EP 480: Father's Day Special with Mike Birbiglia
Comedian Mike Birbiglia discusses his new book The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad including the seven reasons he...
EP 479: Malcolm Gladwell Explores the Overlooked and Misunderstood
Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers, Talking to Strangers, Revisionist History podcast) talks about growing up in a Mennonite community in...
EP 478: Fox News Sunday Host Chris Wallace
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace talks his five decades in broadcast journalism, following in the very big footsteps of his father Mike...
EP 477: Michael Stuhlbarg Enters the Unsettling World of Shirley Jackson
Actor Michael Stuhlbarg (Boardwalk Empire, The Shape of Water) discusses his new film about the complicated marriage of horror writer...
EP 476: Lisa Napoli Celebrates 40 Years of CNN
On the 40th Anniversary of CNN, journalist Lisa Napoli discusses the founding and "wild west" early years of the upstart network that set...
EP 475: Former U.S. Surgen General Vivek Murthy
Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says America is facing a loneliness crisis. He discusses the many physical and mental impacts of...
EP 474: Sian Clifford on the Million Dollar Quiz Show Heist
Actress Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair) talks about starring as Diana Ingram, the British woman accused of helping cheat Who Wants...
EP 473: David Frum on Surviving the "Trumpocalypse"
David Frum, a former speechwriter and special assistant to President George W Bush, talks about his new book Trumpocalypse: Restoring...
EP 472: Patton Oswalt on Comedy, Classic Films, and Turning 50
Patton Oswalt recalls coming up as a comedian at the dawn of the alt comedy scene, his first gig in Hollywood as a writer for Mad TV, and...
EP 471: Dr. Richard Haass Explains the World
Dr. Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, returns to discuss his new book The World: A Brief Introduction. He...
EP 470: Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Turner Classic Movies' Ben Mankiewicz
Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talk about TCM's new podcast The Plot Thickens: I'm Still Peter...