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Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The brain behind BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, is with us this week. He dives right in, talking about the privilege of being a white man...

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Michael Kelly

“I feel like I always get asked the same questions,” says actor Michael Kelly. Well, hopefully, not today. Kelly joins us on the show to talk...

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Jacki Weaver

Gin Queen, Mates! Jacki Weaver is on this week, reflecting on her childhood in Sydney (07:54), an early and undying devotion to acting (09:34), never...

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Pam Grier

On the brink of 70, legend Pam Grier sits down to reflect on a series of pivotal moments from her inimitable life. For example: moving to Los Angeles...

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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is 76 years old with three films coming out in 2019. I don’t know how he does it, but I try to find out in this conversation...

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Wyatt Cenac

Wyatt Cenac is the host of Problem Areas on HBO. It’s a new kind of program– think Last Week Tonight meets Frontline, except hosted by someone...

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Chaz Ebert

“Chaz is a strong woman, sure of herself. I’d never met anyone like her,” wrote her late husband, Roger Ebert. Truth be told: neither have I...

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Live from Ebertfest!

A very special episode for you live from Ebertfest 2019 in Champaign, Illinois. Rita Coburn Whack talks of her film “Maya Angelou, Still I...

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Tayarisha Poe

Tayarisha Poe is an emerging filmmaker from West Philly. Her debut feature, Selah and the Spades, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year...

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Sean Kingston

It’s Sean Kingston! He’s a Jamaican-American singer-songwriter with a handful of billboard hits you’ve probably danced...

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Alex Ross Perry

Alex Ross Perry is a born and bred New Yorker. In shows in his movies, too: The Color Wheel, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth, Golden Exits. A staple...

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Bill Pullman

Spaceballs! Independence Day! Lost Highway! Bill Pullman is an actor you’ve seen on screen for the past four decades of film and television...

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Brit Marling

Brit Marling has spent the past five years co-creating The OA, a mystical, spellbinding show that defies one sentence log-lines. (So best not to try...

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Vincent D’Onofrio

Three days tardy but we got Vincent D’onofrio. After some explaining in the intro, we get into it. Working with Kubrick and Altman. His tenure...

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Mary Holland

Multi-talented comedian and actress Mary Holland stopped by today to talk about performing in UCB Improv shows, her performance tendencies and where...

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Keith David

Friends. Keith David has been in, wait for it, over 300 films and television programs. Somehow that is not a fictitious number. With his booming...

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Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh is a staple in contemporary comedy. We talk UCB, being a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, his recurring role on Veep, and...

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Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill has done it all. The West Wing! Psych! Ballers! She’s All That! His most recent acting challenge is playing Nat King Cole in “Lights Out”...

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