Podcast Episodes

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 re…

1 year, 4 months ago

View Episode

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 c…

1 year, 4 months ago

View Episode

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 he…

1 year, 5 months ago

View Episode

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…

1 year, 5 months ago

View Episode

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 eve…

1 year, 6 months ago

View Episode

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, th…

1 year, 9 months ago

View Episode

Erika Robuck

Season 2 Episode 36

Erika Robuck: Bahama Queen (2 1/2 ounces bourbon barreled gin, 1 ounce Grand Marnier, 1 ounce lemon juice, 1/2 ounce pineapple juice, 1/2 ounce passi…

1 year, 9 months ago

View Episode

Lea Carpenter

Season 2 Episode 35

Lea Carpenter: Heineken 

Lea tells what it was like working alongside JFK Jr at George Magazine in the 1990s, her other formative experiences working …

1 year, 10 months ago

View Episode

Ruth Ware

Season 2 Episode 34

Ruth Ware: dry white wine

#1 bestselling author Ruth Ware names the two greatest fictional detectives ever, describes the gratitude a former bookselle…

1 year, 10 months ago

View Episode

Megyn Kelly

Season 2 Episode 33

Megyn Kelly: Special Mother’s Day episode (martini: 3 ounces gin, dash dry vermouth, olives)

Megyn recommends three books for Mother’s Day and why she…

1 year, 10 months ago

View Episode