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Episode 141 - Michael Kelly
“I feel like I always get asked the same questions," says actor Michael Kelly. Well, hopefully, not today. Kelly joins us on the show to talk his beachy college years in South Carolina (06:40), choos…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Episode 140 - Jacki Weaver
Gin Queen, Mates! Jacki Weaver is on this week, reflecting on her childhood in Sydney (07:54), an early and undying devotion to acting (09:34), never becoming a social worker (14:09), being a romanti…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Episode 139 - Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Branagh, friends! Sam and Kenneth discuss the process of making his new film, All Is True, (5:07), the recurring themes throughout his work (10:10), performing Hamlet in front of Queen El…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 138 - Pam Grier
On the brink of 70, legend Pam Grier sits down to reflect on a series of pivotal moments from her inimitable life. For example: moving to Los Angeles at 18 in 1967, becoming a trailblazer through ico…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 137 - Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog is 76 years old with three films coming out in 2019. I don't know how he does it, but I try to find out in this conversation. From a childhood encounter with god in the Bavarian mountai…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 136 - Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac is the host of Problem Areas on HBO. It's a new kind of program– think Last Week Tonight meets Frontline, except hosted by someone whose comedy is dryer than the Sahara desert. On the pod…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 135 - Chaz Ebert
“Chaz is a strong woman, sure of herself. I'd never met anyone like her,” wrote her late husband, Roger Ebert. Truth be told: neither have I. Chaz Ebert is a singular soul. Wise, kind, and extremely …
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 134 - Live From Ebertfest! (With Richard Roeper, Rita Coburn Whack, And More)
A very special episode for you live from Ebertfest 2019 in Champaign, Illinois. Rita Coburn Whack talks of her film "Maya Angelou, Still I Rise" and lets us in on the words of wisdom she learned from…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 133 - Tayarisha Poe
Tayarisha Poe is an emerging filmmaker from West Philly. Her debut feature, Selah and the Spades, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Our conversation took place at the Park City festi…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 132 - Sean Kingston
It's Sean Kingston! He's a Jamaican-American singer-songwriter with a handful of billboard hits you've probably danced to: Beautiful Girls, Take You There, Fire Burning, Colors. We talk growing up in…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago