Episode 71: From Frasier, 24, Fargo and Legion - Jean Smart, TV Royalty

Episode 71: From Frasier, 24, Fargo and Legion - Jean Smart, TV Royalty

With unforgettable performances in Frasier, 24, and now one of this seasons’ most acclaimed new series Legion - Jean Smart is television royalty with a career spanning three decades and three Emmy wins. Smart’s career includes the iconic CBS hit sitcom Designing Women. A show that featured intelligent women who were both sassy and sympathetic and who expressed differing views on women’s issues. For her unforgettable role on Frasier, Smart won an Emmy, and on 24 she was gripping as First Lady Martha Logan whose fragile mental state deteriorated during the season. Smart then joined the Noah Hawley show Fargo where she gave a fearless performance as Floyd, the matriarch of the crime family. Their collaboration didn’t end there and today Smart is one of the stars of the acclaimed FX series Legion with Noah Hawley as co-creator. Legion is loosely inspired by the X-Men comics and here Smart plays Melanie Bird, a questionable therapist who is the leader of a group of super mutants being chased by the government. The show delivers a hypnotic and visual world that explores themes much as mental health in an unexpected way. We are very happy to be joined by Jean Smart on this weeks episode and to get the opportunity to speak to her portraying so many strong women, how she chooses her roles, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 42: Becoming Meryl Streep

Episode 42: Becoming Meryl Streep

The newly released best selling book 'Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep’, tells the origin story of arguably the most talented actor of her generation! Author, journalist and biographer Michael Schulma...

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Episode 41: From Jaws to Dory – The Summer Blockbuster Season

Episode 41: From Jaws to Dory – The Summer Blockbuster Season

What movie will take the summer box office this year? Will it be “The Legend of Tarzan”? “Captain America: Civil War”? Or will it be “Finding Dory”? In the summer of 1975, Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” br...

20 Aug 201618min

Episode 40: The Incredible History of Wonder Woman

Episode 40: The Incredible History of Wonder Woman

The lie detector test, bondage, feminism and superpowers – welcome to the fascinating world of Wonder Woman and her creator William M. Marston, a Harvard educated psychologist, lawyer, inventor and co...

20 Aug 201630min

Episode 39: Star of the Broadway smash hit Hamilton: Anthony Ramos

Episode 39: Star of the Broadway smash hit Hamilton: Anthony Ramos

Never has there been such a talked about pop culture phenomena that the least amount of people have actually been able to see! The Broadway smash hit ‘Hamilton’ has taken the US by storm and on this w...

20 Aug 201627min

Episode 38: Revisiting The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Episode 38: Revisiting The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Race, sexism, class and fame were all at the heart of how the OJ Simpson trial unfolded, themes that still resonate two decades later. The new hit series on FX ‘The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crim...

20 Aug 201626min

Episode 37: Miss L – Anonymously exposing the sexism of the acting world

Episode 37: Miss L – Anonymously exposing the sexism of the acting world

Miss L has taken the internet by storm. The anonymous actress based in the UK has been sharing every sexist casting call and audition notice she encounters – and it’s quite a collection! She started t...

20 Aug 201621min

Episode 36: Bridget Carpenter – Adapting Stephen King’s 11.22.63 for Television

Episode 36: Bridget Carpenter – Adapting Stephen King’s 11.22.63 for Television

Alternative histories, conspiracy theories and a race against time - these are all at the heart of the gripping new Hulu series 11.22.63. The sci-fi series has an all-star team – it’s adapted from the...

20 Aug 201621min

Episode 35: Rocking the Vote – Music, Politics & the Campaign

Episode 35: Rocking the Vote – Music, Politics & the Campaign

Sander’s playlist highlights his revolution, Clinton roars with Katy Perry, and Trump is rocking in the free world - even though Neil Young may hate it. This week on Pop Culture Confidential - the can...

20 Aug 201631min

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