Episodes (Page 15)
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Spike Lee's film 'Highest 2 Lowest' centers on a music mogul (Denzel Washington) facing a moral dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly hold his friend's son instead of his own
Spike Lee
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Emmy-nominated 'Saturday Night Live' cast member Bowen Yang discusses his favorite pop culture from the 2000s
Bowen Yang
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Writer Thomas Mallon examines his experiences in his 30s during the early AIDS epidemic in Manhattan, where friends were sick or dead
Thomas Mallon
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Tech journalist Vauhini Vara fed chapters of her book about tech companies to ChatGPT, using the exercise to analyze and critique the AI's writing advice in her book 'Searches'
Vauhini Vara
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Chilean-born actor Pedro Pascal is Emmy-nominated for his role in HBO's 'The Last of Us' and discusses facing countless on-screen challenges
Pedro Pascal
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Country/roots musician Charley Crockett rose from busking on streets and subways to performing at the Hollywood Bowl and Grammy nominations
Charley Crockett
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Jeff Hiller spent years in small Hollywood roles before landing his breakthrough role as Joel on HBO's Somebody Somewhere in his 40s
Jeff Hiller
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Daniel Dae Kim became the first actor of Asian descent nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Yellow Face, a play about Asian American representation
Daniel Dae Kim
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Peter Ames Carlin explores the making of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, marking its 50th anniversary
Jennifer Senior
Peter Ames Carlin
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Eddie Palmieri, influential pianist and bandleader who shaped Afro-Caribbean music for decades, died at age 88
George Clinton
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Born to Run was a turning point for Springsteen and rock and roll, created during an existential moment when Columbia Records was near dropping him
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Sudan's conflict has displaced 14 million people through war and famine
Anne Applebaum
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Sarah Silverman's Netflix comedy special PostMortem was inspired by her parents' deaths and is cathartic in nature
Sarah Silverman
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Scott Anderson examines the 1979 Iranian revolution that transformed the country from a U.S. ally into an Islamic Republic
Scott Anderson
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Mariska Hargitay discusses her new documentary My Mom Jayne about her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car accident when Hargitay was 3
Marc Maron
Mariska Hargitay
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Rock historian Peter Guralnick discusses his new book The Colonel and the King about Elvis's longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker
Peter Guralnick
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Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are reshaping NASA's direction and priorities
Franklin Foer
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Marc Maron reflects on ending WTF after 16 years, emphasizing how the real conversations with guests have been spiritually nourishing
Marc Maron
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Mariska Hargitay was 3 years old when her mother, movie star Jayne Mansfield, died in a 1967 car crash
Mariska Hargitay
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Leslie Uggams, now 82, has had a remarkable career starting at age 6 and became the first Black woman to host a TV variety show
Leslie Uggams