A frequent co-star of Roscoe Arbuckle’s, Mabel Normand was the definitive female screen comedienne of her generation. But it wasn’t her association with Arbuckle that brought Normand’s career to an abrupt close and her life to an early end. Today we’ll interrogate Hollywood Babylon’s claim that Normand was a cocaine addict, explore Normand’s involvement in v ... Show More
May 2025
Presenting Cautionary Tales | Lights, Camera, Tax Break
If you like You Must Remember This, you might also enjoy Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford, a podcast about stories of historic human error, catastrophes, and heists, and the lessons we can learn from such mishaps. In this episode of Cautionary Tales, Tim examines what happens wh ... Show More
43m 48s
May 2025
Welcome to Hollywoodland: John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider
If you’ve finished all episodes of The Old Man is Still Alive, I’ve got another treat for you from Jake Brennan at Hollywoodland. Have a listen to this episode of Hollywoodland about John Waters, from his beginnings in X-rated art films to cult classics like Hairspray and Crybaby ... Show More
38m 10s
Apr 2025
John Huston, Part Two: 1975-1987 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 15)
In part two of our season finale, we explore the final decade of John Huston’s life and career. As he was slowly dying of emphysema and undergoing massive turmoil in his personal life, Huston continued to work almost compulsively on both passion projects (The Man Who Would Be Kin ... Show More
54m 59s
May 2021
Episode 34: The Glee Club
On today’s show, Mark-Paul and Dashiell discuss the episode where the gang tries to win a singing competition for a trip to Hawaii. Plus, Tori Spelling joins to share her memories from playing the beloved character, Violet Bickerstaff. To learn more about listener data and our pr ... Show More
1h 8m
Aug 2019
Laura Prepon, Tyler Cameron & Dakota Johnson's Gap?
Today on Who’s There, we spend far too much time talking about ConEdison (yet again), but manage to swerve into new topics like Laura Prepon (actor slash YouTuber), Tyler Cameron (reality TV star slash alleged object of Gigi Hadid’s affection), and Dakota Johnson’s gap (Chris Mar ... Show More
1h 2m
May 2024
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | RIP MTV News
For now anyway, we have heard the last of the place where you used to hear it first. While we were recording this podcast, as part of a round of layoffs at Paramount, MTV News was officially euthanized. So we’re taking a moment to talk to some of the people who built the one news ... Show More
39m 14s