Episode 70: ‘Missing Richard Simmons’ with Dan Taberski

Episode 70: ‘Missing Richard Simmons’ with Dan Taberski

Richard Simmons, workout and fitness guru, is a true American pop culture icon. One example of the empire he built is his workout video “Sweatin’ to the Oldies”, which sold millions of copies. Three years ago Simmons mysteriously disappeared from public life, including cutting off contact with most of the world. This week we speak to Dan Taberski about his search for answers that lead to the massive podcast hit “Missing Richard Simmons”. Taberski is a writer, director and former producer for “The Daily Show” who was a student at Simmons fitness class “Slimmons” in Beverly Hills. He became friends with Simmons and had discussed making a documentary about his life and work. So why does the most flamboyant and visible exercise evangelist suddenly disappear without alerting friends and colleagues? Dan Taberski talks to host Christina Jeurling Birro about the importance of Richard Simmons, the many thousands of people that Simmons so generously helped during his career and the theories to why he may have retreated for the public eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 15: Making the Impossible Possible – The Visual Effects of The Walk

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 ...

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Episode 14: Superagent Sue Mengers & the Groundbreaking Showrunners of TV and their heirs.

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 Sep 201547min

Episode 13: Spotlight on Boston with Black Mass & The Oscar Race Continues

Episode 13: Spotlight on Boston with Black Mass & The Oscar Race Continues

Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp and directed by Scott Cooper, tells the terrifying story of real-life Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger who kept Boston in his grip for decades. After 16 years on the ru...

28 Sep 201545min

Episode 12: The Pop Culture Confidential Emmy Special

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 Sep 201527min

Episode 11: Project UROK – Destigmatizing mental illness through comedy and community.

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 Sep 201524min

Episode 10: Goodfellas to Forrest Gump - Legendary Casting by Ellen Lewis

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 Sep 201533min

Episode 9: Show Me A Hero

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 Sep 201526min

Episode 8: The Geopolitics of Funny - Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show to The Brink

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 Aug 20151h

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