Podcast Episodes

Jim Rutenberg

Season 3 Episode 8

Jim Rutenberg: mango spritzer (equal parts mango and club soda)

Jim discusses the Murdoch family dynastic succession, the slow decline of the Big 3 News anchors and the rise of digital media, the unst…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lili Anolik

Season 3 Episode 7

Lili Anolik: gimlet (2 1/2 ounces gin, squeezed lime juice, sugar)

Lili shares some of the scoop from her terrific biography DIDION & BABITZ including Harrison Ford supplying drugs to much of the 1960…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Neal Stephenson

Season 3 Episode 6

Neal Stephenson: mezcal margarita (2 ounces mezcal, 1 ounce Cointreau, lime juice) 

Neal identifies the two greatest threats to the future of humanity, the most compelling inflection points for altern…

Published on 10 months ago

Maureen Callahan

Season 3 Episode 5

Maureen Callahan: vodka martini (3 ounces vodka, 1/2 ounce dry vermouth, olives)

Maureen names the four worst hypocrites in the world today then we debate the world champion from this Final Four (with…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Ken Burns

Season 3 Episode 4

Ken Burns: green tea

Ken names the three people from history that he’d invite to dinner, discusses the responsibility of a documentary filmmaker to remain factual and objective- and how this responsib…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tom Turcich

Season 3 Episode 3

Tom Turcich: Old Fashioned (bitters, sugar, whiskey with cherry and orange rind garnish)

Tom walked 28,000 miles around the world with his dog and a converted stroller filled with supplies, then wrote…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Linda Fairstein

Season 3 Episode 2

Linda discusses founding the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan DA’s office - first in the nation - and when Mariska Hargitay and Dick Wolf shadowed her to help develop the concept for the new show Law…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Jay McInerney

Season 3 Episode 1

Jay McInerney: Cristal

Jay discusses cocaine and a proposition from Truman Capote (spoiler alert: he escaped), his pioneering use of the 2nd-person in BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY, his best moment ever wit…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Nelson DeMille

Season 2

Nelson DeMille: Dewar's on the rocks

Nelson talks about John Travolta on the set of General's Daughter, the importance of getting characters right even if not PC, the value of a mentor, how he has man…

Published on 1 year ago

Gregg Hurwitz

Season 2 Episode 37

Gregg Hurwitz: gin & tonic

Gregg discusses how Evan Smoak (aka Orphan X) stacks up against Reacher and Bourne, the virtues of Batman and Wolverine, the remaining advantages of humanity over artificial…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago