Susan Sarandon, the actor whose five decade career has earned her six Primetime Emmy nominations and an Academy Award for Best Actress, joins the pod to talk about her early days as a God-fearing Catholic kid in New Jersey. She details the unexpected and serendipitous path that led her to acting, and talks about her new film Nonnas, about a man who risks eve ... Show More
Jun 2024
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Doing Death, Truth-Telling in Comedy and Getting Wiser
Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Veep’s Selina Meyer. But in recent years, Louis-Dreyfus has been showing her dramatic chops, including in her latest film Tuesday, in which she takes on grief, denial and death. Sh ... Show More
44m 50s
May 2025
Natalie Portman, broccoli tabbouleh and a Paloma
Nick and Angela are joined by an Oscar winner for a vegan feast.
Natalie Portman is an award-winning actor, director and activist who has been making films since her first role at the age of 12 in Léon: The Professional. In a highly acclaimed career, she has also starred in Clos ... Show More
39m 3s
Sep 2024
Kate Winslet - ‘I remember thinking: I do not want to be famous’
Look, I don’t like to brag but in case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve got Kate Winslet on How To Fail this week. ACTUAL KATE WINSLET! The one and only! And oh my goodness, what an incredible guest she is: acutely intelligent, funny and brilliantly forthright. We covered so much ground ... Show More
55m 1s
Aug 2020
Julie & Julia with Romilly Newman
Alas, our Nora Ephron series has come to an end! For our last ep, we’re happy we get to end on a high note and a touch of the Tucc… with 2009’s Julie & Julia. Returning to not only offer her chef expertise but share but how this movie molded her life is noted sister, Romilly Newm ... Show More
2h 15m
Mar 2025
Gwyneth Paltrow in Vanity Fair, Meghan Markle, Andrew Garfield, and More | Jam Session
This week, the ladies return with lots to discuss, starting with Amanda’s fallen hero Gwyneth Paltrow and her Vanity Fair cover story, which features some controversial health takes (2:16). Then they get into their feelings on Meghan Markle after the release of ‘With Love, Meghan ... Show More
51m 57s
Feb 2024
America Ferrera - 'Barbie' [LIVE]
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the trailblazing actress, producer, director and activist reflects on the unlikely path to her breakthrough role in the indie film 'Real Women Have Curves'; becoming the first Latina ever to win the best actress in a comedy series Em ... Show More
1h 49m
Aug 2024
RITA ORA — newlywed life and turning down ‘Eurovision’
Singer, actor, and “The Masked Singer” host Rita Ora joins the show. Over uni and endive salad, Rita tells me about turning down “Eurovision” and Andrew Llyod Webber, how making tea for musicians led to her big break, and the reality TV inspiration for her villainous Queen of Hea ... Show More
47m 51s