60. F. Scott Fitzgerald Under Sunset Blvd (w/ Matthew Specktor)
F. Scott Fitzgerald died a few steps below Sunset as a broken man and cautionary symbol of what Hollywood can do to your talent and soul. But how true is that fable? Matthew Specktor -- author of Alwa...
11 Des 20232h 4min
59. Bob Dylan on Hollywood Blvd. Volume 2
Returning to the vaudeville theater on the boulevard of crime for the second half of Bob Dylan’s Rough n Rowdy Ways concert and album, the second act of his life, and the fateful question posed by his...
2 Des 20231h 44min
58. Daylight Savings at the Suicide Bridge
Jumping off the Colorado Street Bridge -- which curves majestically over the Arroyo Secco, one of the driest rivers known to man -- is not as easy as it once was. But don't panic. It's not dark yet. M...
10 Nov 20232h 9min
57. Good Gen X, Bad Gen X, and the 90s
Reviewing Chuck Klosterman's recent book THE NINETIES, my guest and I reminisce about -- you guessed it -- The Nineties, until both of us arrive at a state of deep and all-consuming melancholy. The N...
30 Okt 202321min
56. The Politics of Knott’s Scary Farm
On International Jihad Day, we find ourselves hunting for answers to horror in the Middle East in the historic hauntfest version of Knott's Berry Farm -- an iconic California theme park with a very im...
20 Okt 202321min
55. Richard Hanania’s Dream
I crash the home of anti-woke sex symbol Richard Hanania, in many ways the MLK of our time, for a wide-ranging backyard conversation on his life, romances, his new book The Origins of Woke: Civil Righ...
10 Okt 20231h 47min
UNLOCKED: Joan Didion Had an Abortion w/ Jack Mason
In honor of our first live show LOS ANGELES, unlocking a favorite bull session on Joan Didion's landmark SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM (and the odious Netflix documentary about her) with Jack Mason of T...
6 Okt 20232h 10min
54. LOS ANGELES a reverie under the stars
It is a dark, dark age. But there are figures in the landscape, filthy particles in the air, and a city that has long served as a map of the apocalypse. Also dolmas. Welcome to the first live Filthy A...
29 Sep 20231h 15min
