Mikey Madison (‘Anora’) Enters Her Golden Age
Actor Mikey Madison has delivered the performance of the season with her star-making turn in Anora. She joins us this week on the heels of her recent Oscar nomination for Best Actress. We begin by dis...
9 Feb 202553min
The Humanity of Actor Steven Yeun (‘Love Me’)
From The Walking Dead to Minari to Beef, Steven Yeun has become one of the most singular performers in Hollywood today. With his latest role in the sci-fi romance Love Me, we look back at our conversa...
2 Feb 20251h 13min
Director David Lynch Transcends
David Lynch was an artist in every sense of the word. Rest in peace to the legendary filmmaker, who passed away this month at the age of 78. Today we present a tribute to Lynch, featuring excerpts fro...
26 Jan 202541min
The Week That Changed Los Angeles
Writer Emily Witt (“Health and Safety: A Breakdown”) has spent the past two weeks on the ground covering the Los Angeles wildfires for The New Yorker. Her latest story centers around the Benns (5:39),...
19 Jan 20251h 2min
A Hopeful Climate Conversation with Richard Powers
This week, we revisit a soulful conversation around climate change and the restorative power of nature with author Richard Powers. We begin by defining the thematic through-line between The Overstory ...
12 Jan 202557min
A New Year with Writer Jia Tolentino (‘Trick Mirror’)
Writer Jia Tolentino (The New Yorker) became a literary sensation in 2019 upon the release of her best-selling essay collection, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion. She joins us this week to r...
5 Jan 20251h 20min
A ‘Babygirl’ Holiday with Harris Dickinson
To close out the holidays, our conversation with actor Harris Dickinson. We discuss his latest role in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl (6:50), Nicole Kidman’s “disarming and generous” quality on set (9:27), a...
29 Dec 202454min
Writer Hilton Als on Prince and ‘What Joan Didion Means’
For the holiday week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and critic Hilton Als. At the top, we unpack his approach to writing profiles (5:50), inspir...
22 Dec 202452min
