In the Weeds of ‘In the Heights’

Sam Levinson, the writer, director and creator of “Euphoria,” sat down with Joe and Jon to explain why he felt it was time to end HBO’s juggernaut series. With its third season in seven years, “Euphoria” concluded a thrilling, provocative and tumultuous run with a cast of the def ... Show More

Olivia Rodrigo sat down with Joe and Jon for her first in-depth conversation about her new album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” out June 12. She discussed the many ways her creative process intersects with the extracurricular noise of pop superstardom, whether its ... Show More

On this special live episode, Joe and Jon react to Drake's new albums – "Iceman," "Habibti" and "Maid of Honour." They unpack the rapper’s decision to release 43 tracks at once, the bars aimed at Kendrick Lamar and other adversaries and the strongest moments of sonic experimentat ... Show More

If you've had the pleasure of watching Damien Chazelle's breakthrough feature Whiplash, you'll know it's a hard act it is to follow. But follow it he has with La La Land, an utterly beguiling 21st century musical set in the city of angels.Having just landed 7 Golden Globes - incl ... Show More

Our latest guest on soundtracking is the actor, songwriter, playwright, producer, rapper and now feature film director, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Not fair, really, is it?! Lin-Manuel is perhaps most well known for writing the script, music and lyrics for Hamilton, which has been a glob ... Show More

Our guest on the very last episode of Soundtracking of the decade is Greta Gerwig, returning to the show to discuss her second outing as a writer/director, Little Women.It's the eighth film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1868 novel and boasts a staggering cast - includ ... Show More

Lin-Manuel Miranda joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to talk all things “Encanto.” Miranda wrote eight songs for the hit Disney animated film and No. 1 soundtrack, including the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure.” Miranda chats abo ... Show More

This week LA Times music reporters Gerrick Kennedy (@GerrickKennedy), Mikael Wood (@mikaelwood), and Randy Lewis (@RandyLewis2) join Mark Olsen (@IndieFocus) to discuss the intermingling of music and film. First, the group focuses on capturing live performance on film, as seen in ... Show More

The Grammy, Tony and Emmy-award winner and creator of smash-hit musical 'Hamilton' Lin-Manuel Miranda joins the gang to talk about the potential Porno musical, his relationship with his own father and the great (but very much not late) Dick Van Dyke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co ... Show More

Broadway, movies, TV - singer/actor/voiceover artist Vanessa Hudgens does it all. In this interview, Eric and Vanessa talk about musicals, movies, and Vanessa’s newest project, Tick, Tick... Boom! They also discuss how they prepare her extremely versatile voice to meet the divers ... Show More