Oct 24, 2023
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” opened this weekend, raking in an estimated $23 million at the box office. The gut-wrenching movie is based on the excellent book of the same name by my guest David Grann, who resurfaced the mostly forgotten story of a monstrous American crime in the 1920s. Known for...
Feb 28, 2023
Love em or despise em, the number-one pop songs at any given time reflect the zeitgeist of popular culture and say a ton about how young people consume music. Guest Tom Briehan is a senior editor at Stereogum, where he writes “The Number Ones” column, cataloging the story behind every No. 1 single on Billboard’s...
Aug 30, 2022
Boy Meets World star Maitland Ward talks about her provocative new memoir, Rated X, which chronicles her transformation from a successful Hollywood actress to an adult movie star. Ward talks candidly about the cruelty and sexism she encountered in mainstream entertainment and how porn saved her by allowing her to...
Sep 14, 2020
Legendary drummer Chris Frantz talks about his fascinating new memoir called Remain In Love , which chronicles his once-in-a-lifetime experiences with the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club. He shares stories from his college days as RISD, where he meets the love of his life, bassist Tina Weymouth, and quirky frontman David...
Oct 21, 2019
Guest Emily Flake is a New Yorker cartoonist and humorist who just released a new guidebook called That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug. We talk about such topics as how she got her start, her first big break, how she comes up with ideas for her illustrations and comics, what doing standup has...