Yesterday

Me, But Better: Olga Khazan On The Science of Personality Change, Challenging Fixed Mindsets, & The Big Five Traits That Shape Your Life

Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and author of "Me, But Better." This conversation explores personality mutability and Olga's experiment to transform from anxious introvert to someone freed from her own patterns. We discuss the Big Five traits, her Miami breakdown t ... Show More

2h 12m

Aug 18

Addiction, Celebrity, Public Shaming & Truth: The Performance Art of James Frey, Celebrated Writer of Ill-Repute

James Frey is the author of "A Million Little Pieces," a book that spoke to the deepest, darkest parts of countless readers in early recovery. This conversation explores his journey to become literature's bad boy, his heroes like Baudelaire and Henry Miller, and his philosophy of ... Show More

2h 34m

Aug 14

ROLL ON: The State of Podcasting In 2025

Roll On resurfaces from the chrysalis! Adam Skolnick and I unpack 90 days post-surgery, why the caterpillar needs a tortoise mind to become a butterfly, and the death of authentic podcasting. On tap: The state of Podcastistan, why I'm breaking up with viral culture, and the unexp ... Show More

1h 35m

Oct 2018

Jamie Dornan & Sacha Gervasi On The Delusion of Celebrity & The Life of Hervé

“You can have everything. But if how you see everything is wrong, you have nothing.”Sacha Gervasi Today I sit down with actor Jamie Dornan and filmmaker Sacha Gervasi, a man I love dearly and have known for over 20 years, to discuss their recent collaboration — My Dinner With Her ... Show More

1h 19m

Oct 2016

Sacha Gervasi & David de Rothschild: Chasing Dreams, Seeking Adventure & The Power of Story To Change The World

“Curiosity is one of the greatest drivers of change.”David de Rothschild Two British ex-pats walk into a room. One, a writer and filmmaker. The other, a global adventurer and environmentalist. Upon cursory glance, it's an odd pairing — two exceedingly talented and accomplished ye ... Show More

1h 52m

Nov 2020

S9, BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Jamie Dornan

For our second and final bonus episode this season, I bring you the dulcet tones of actor Jamie Dornan. Most recently seen in The Fall (currently on Netflix and BBC iPlayer) playing a serial killer with an incongruously happy family life, Dornan is also well-known for starring as ... Show More

1h 8m

Jan 2016

Dustin Hoffman and Edie Falco

In anticipation of a new season of Here's The Thing, we're looking back at some of our favorite interviews from 2015. The Graduate. Midnight Cowboy. Lenny. That's just the beginning of Dustin Hoffman's legendary Hollywood career. Over the last five decades, he's stretched and con ... Show More

56m 59s

Feb 2024

Jamie Dornan, actor

Jamie Dornan is an actor who first came to the attention of television audiences in 2013 when he played serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC series the Fall. Two years later he starred alongside Dakota Johnson in the film Fifty Shades of Grey and went on to play the same part in ... Show More

36m 23s

Jan 2020

Rupert Everett, actor

Rupert Everett is an actor, writer and director whose breakthrough came in 1981 when he was cast as a gay schoolboy in Another Country, Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film. Rupert later starred in Dance with a Stranger before making a splash in Hollywood playing Julia Robe ... Show More

37m 59s

Feb 2021

1067 Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Create Self Worth, Find Happiness & Choose Yourself

“If I sat down to think about the glass ceiling that was built for me, I would never have a trajectory powerful enough to break it!”Today's guest is the incredibly talented Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Priyanka is a multi-award-winning actor and producer and one of the most recognized ... Show More

1h 32m

Dec 2023

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya is an Academy Award-winning actor, first nominated for his groundbreaking role in "Get Out" and then for his portrayal of Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah," which also earned him SAG, BAFTA, and Golden Globe nominations. Born in London, Kaluuya honed hi ... Show More

2h 8m

Apr 2024

Dev Patel Goes John Wick

On this week’s show, the panel is first joined by Slate business and culture writer Nitish Pahwa to discuss Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s dazzling but muddled directorial debut. The ultra-violent action flick stars Patel as Kid, a young man who works his way into a secret brothel for t ... Show More

1h 4m

Jul 2018

#140 Gemma Arterton: On Escaping And Creating

My guest today is the actress Gemma Arterton.We spoke about the new film she's in called The Escape, which she also executive produced. Her breakthrough role was in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), playing Bond Girl Strawberry Fields, which won her an Empire Award fo ... Show More

29m 45s

Jamie Dornan & Sacha Gervasi On The Delu...