Episode 1353 - Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s writing - from The Sandman to American Gods to Good Omens to hundreds of comics, novels and screenplays - uses fantasy to help explain modern reality. Marc talks with Neil about how his ...
1 Aug 20221h 36min
Episode 1352 - Zainab Johnson
Comedian Zainab Johnson can survive anything in the comedy world after she survived growing up with twelve siblings in a New York City apartment, substitute teaching in juvenile detention centers, and...
28 Juli 20221h 31min
Episode 1351 - Jerry Harrison
Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers are two of the most influential bands of the ’70s and many would argue two of the best bands ever. And Jerry Harrison was in them both. Jerry and Marc talk about th...
25 Juli 20221h 32min
Episode 1350 - Nikki Glaser
Nikki Glaser returns to the show because Marc finds her so easy to talk with, probably because they share so many similarities. They have kindred stand-up processes, they both get stressed out by writ...
21 Juli 20221h 17min
Episode 1349 - Michael Mann
When Michael Mann talks with Marc about his 1995 crime epic Heat, he has such command of the deep backstory and destinies of all the film’s characters, it seems like he has a whole Heat Universe in hi...
18 Juli 20221h 24min
Episode 1348 - Orny Adams
Orny Adams says that being a comedian is the one thing he knows he’s good at. He also says that being in the documentary Comedian is something that will weigh on him for the rest of his life. Orny tal...
14 Juli 20221h 33min
Episode 1347 - Naomi Ekperigin
Comedian and writer Naomi Ekperigin is a cheerful person who also finds herself paralyzed with rage. It’s a balancing act she has to manage, just like she balanced her time in writers’ rooms with gett...
11 Juli 20221h 25min
Episode 1346 - Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is one of Marc’s best friends. But sometimes you have no idea your best friend lived in a cave at one point. And that’s why you sit down with him in the garage. Jerry talks with Marc about...
7 Juli 20221h 24min
