Extended Interview: Cheech and Chong the Laid-back Potheads
The comedy team of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about their latest collaboration, "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie." The comedians also discuss how their partnership first clicked and continues to do so; their approach to aging; and how, despite being best known as stoner comics, the majority of their comic material is about anything but weed. This interview last aired on April 14, 2025. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 Aug 24min
The Money Issue: A Retirement Guide
Jane Pauley hosts our special broadcast focusing on securing a fulfilling retirement. In our cover story, David Pogue looks at the state of Social Security. Also: Luke Burbank reports on the FIRE movement for people seeking financial independence to retire early; Susan Spencer explores the creation of bucket lists; Tracy Smith sits down with the comedy duo Cheech & Chong; Robert Costa talks with Drew Barrymore who, at 50, landed on the cover of AARP: The Magazine; Martha Teichner explores Latitude Margaritaville, a 55+ active community in Florida inspired by Jimmy Buffett; Seth Doane travels to Malta, where Americans are finding a more affordable retirement destination; Conor Knighton visits a retirement home for chimpanzees, while Lee Cowan checks out a site for retired warplanes; and Kelefa Sanneh talks with the “father of the 401(k).” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Aug 1h 4min
Extended Interview: Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas, the Academy Award-nominated actress from "The English Patient," talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about the childhood trauma that inspired her to co-write and direct "My Mother's Wedding." She also talks about her collaboration with actors as a director, and what she learned from other directors; her debut in Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon"; and overcoming her shyness. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
28 Juli 27min
Kristen Scott Thomas, Michael Feinstein, Wizard of Oz at Sphere in Las Vegas
Hosted by Tracy Smith. In our cover story, Ben Mankiewicz goes behind the curtain of a new immersive version of the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.” Also: Erin Moriarty investigates the high error rate of urine drug tests that can have devastating consequences; David Pogue sits down with singer Michael Feinstein; and Lee Cowan profiles actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who has directed her first film, “My Mother’s Wedding.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
27 Juli 44min
Extended Interview: Restaurateur Keith McNally
British-born restaurateur Keith McNally opened such popular New York City institutions as the Odeon, Balthazar and Pastis. But a 2016 stroke, which caused immobility and affected his speech, led to a suicide attempt two years later. He talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about writing his memoir, "I Regret Almost Everything"; how the stroke drew him to Instagram; how he learned restaurant lighting through an early job in theater on "The Rocky Horror Show"; and giving second chances. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
22 Juli 28min
Extended Interview: Kathy Bates
Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates talks about her early attraction to the stage, and the sacrifices her parents made for her; her early films, "Taking Off" and "Straight Time"; and her performance in "Misery," for which she earned an Oscar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
21 Juli 31min
Kathy Bates, The Clara Barton Museum, Changing Your Personality
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer looks at the science of redesigning one’s personality. Also: Ben Mankiewicz talks with “Matlock” actress Kathy Bates; Mo Rocca profiles restaurateur Keith McNally; Luke Burbank sits down with Bridget Everett, star of HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere”; Martha Teichner interviews 98-year-old conductor Herbert Blomstedt; Seth Doane reports on volcanic activity in Naples; and Faith Salie visits a little-known Washington, D.C. landmark, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
20 Juli 1h
Extended Interview: Billie Eilish
"Sunday Morning" correspondent Anthony Mason sits down with music superstar Billie Eilish to talk about performing on her "Hit Me Hard and Soft" tour (her first without brother Finneas). She also discusses welcoming the label of "songwriter"; what she learned from writing the "Barbie" song "What Was I Made For?"; the perceived criticisms of her singing voice and the liberation she discovered after starting vocal lessons; and the power that she says comes from expressing vulnerability in her art. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
15 Juli 49min
