Director Noah Baumbach is known for messy and realistic family dramas. The Squid and The Whale chronicles divorce within a family; Margot at the Wedding explores the relationship between two sisters; The Meyerowitz Stories tells the story of 3 adult sibl
Nov 11
From the Archives: Steve Jones: From Sex Pistol to Lonely Boy
Coming from a challenging, working class upbringing in the United Kingdom, Steve Jones discovered his outlet in music - as founding guitarist of the groundbreaking punk rock band the Sex Pistols. Despite the release of only one album,”Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pisto ... Show More
38m 21s
Nov 4
Journalist Zoë Schlanger Describes What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
Zoë Schlanger is an author, journalist, and current staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers the newsletter “The Weekly Planet”. Schlanger has written for major outlets such as Newsweek, Quartz, Wired, The New York Times, The Nation, Time Magazine, and NPR. Schlanger is als ... Show More
39m 38s
Dec 2019
How Noah Baumbach made a film about love, through a story about divorce
Noah Baumbach has been making films for 25 years, but none has caught fire quite like his latest. Marriage Story has been racking up awards nominations in advance of the big ones—the Oscars, where, at the very least, costars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are likely to be nom ... Show More
38m 24s
Aug 2022
Jennette McCurdy
Author, singer, director, and actor Jennette McCurdy and Anna talk about her incredibly powerful and very funny new book I’m Glad My Mom Died, the highs and lows of doing press, similarities between our families, keeping secrets, the life of a child actor, professional jealousy, ... Show More
58m 2s
Jan 2021
Harry Styles & Olivia Wilde Holding Hands, Brad Pitt's Tatted Body, The Bachelor Premieres – Daily Pop 01/05/21
The Don't Worry Darling actor and director seem to confirm their romantic relationship, Hilaria Baldwin sets the record straight on her heritage again, Real Housewives of Orange County star Braunwyn Windham-Burke says she'll be heartbroken if her husband dates and Zoe Kravitz fil ... Show More
42m 5s
Aug 2017
Ethan Nichtern, 'The Dharma of The Princess Bride'
"I don't claim that ['The Princess Bride'] is a Buddhist story, but I do think it has some Buddhist elements," Ethan Nichtern said. "It's a deconstructed fairytale that's... really about trying to navigate relationships from this space of compassionately not knowing." Nichtern, a ... Show More
59m 2s
Sep 2023
Ben Stiller: Family Legacy, Workaholism, & Saving his Marriage
Ben Stiller joins us in the studio to discuss his parents’ influence, his mental health journey as a child, how the pandemic brought him and his wife Christine Taylor back together again, his workaholic tendencies, and what’s next for his career. He and Mayim share the nightmares ... Show More
1h 19m
Sep 6
That's Marriage–A Classic Short Story by Edna Ferber
Marriage takes the simple concept of procreation and turns it into a lifelong commitment that can, at times, lead to unexpected anger and resentment. As Mark Twain once said, "God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage.” A ... Show More
56m 38s