Episode 15: Making the Impossible Possible – The Visual Effects of The Walk
Guest: Kevin Baillie Even a death-defying high-wire artist has to start somewhere. As a boy, Philippe Petit dreamt of performing daring feats for dazzled crowds. As an adult, his life’s ambition came ...
20 Loka 201536min
Episode 14: Superagent Sue Mengers & the Groundbreaking Showrunners of TV and their heirs.
In the 1970s, there wasn’t a Hollywood agent more successful than Sue Mengers. Her client roster read like a who’s who of the hottest actors and directors of the time: Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman,...
28 Syys 201547min
Episode 12: The Pop Culture Confidential Emmy Special
Guest: Debra Birnbaum, Variety With the Emmy’s just over a week away, we share our thoughts on the nominations, the gala, the snubs, surprises and of course – PREDICTIONS! Our expert guide is Debra B...
11 Syys 201527min
Episode 11: Project UROK – Destigmatizing mental illness through comedy and community.
Guest: Jenny Jaffe Funny, fearless and passionate are just a few of the words that describe Jenny Jaffe, comedy writer and founder of Project UROK - a nonprofit organization that is creating honest an...
11 Syys 201524min
Episode 10: Goodfellas to Forrest Gump - Legendary Casting by Ellen Lewis
Guest: Ellen Lewis The iconic performances in Goodfellas, Scent of a Woman, Forrest Gump, The Devil Wears Prada, Wolf of Wall Street and close to 70 other films have one thing in common - renowned cas...
11 Syys 201533min
Episode 9: Show Me A Hero
Guest: Lisa Belkin Race, community and politics – topics just as relevant today as they were in 1988 when Mayor Wasicsko fought an aggressive battle to set in motion a housing desegregation plan for t...
11 Syys 201526min
Episode 8: The Geopolitics of Funny - Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show to The Brink
As correspondent on The Daily Show or on HBOs hit series The Brink, Aasif Mandvi is tackling bigotry and Islamophobia one show at a time. In this portrait of his life and career he shares the immigran...
5 Elo 20151h
