Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, The Virgin Suicides) is an Academy Award & Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. Sofia chats with the Armchair Expert about spending her childhood on set, how comfortable she always felt there and how she fought becoming a director because it seemed expected. She explai ... Show More
Jan 14
David McWilliams (on the history of money)
David McWilliams (The History of Money: A Story of Humanity) is a journalist, writer, and economist. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss having an unusually calm Irish family upbringing, being practically prescribed to study economics, and the impact that his father being ... Show More
1h 35m
Jan 12
Kumail Nanjiani Returns
Kumail Nanjiani (Night Thoughts, Eternals, The Big Sick) is an actor, writer, and comedian. Kumail returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss working out his foot trauma, addressing the plastic surgery rumors, and why the Schwarzenegger pump is better than sex. Kumail and Dax talk ... Show More
1h 56m
Jul 2017
Sofia Coppola On The Music Of The Beguiled, Lost In Translation And The Virgin Suicides
When we originally conceived the idea of a show about film music, one of the first names on our guest wishlist was Sofia Coppola. And we finally got our girl - with the supremely gifted writer / director joining Edith on the release of The Beguiled, which won her the Palme D'Or a ... Show More
35m 7s
Jun 2017
'The Godfather’ Made Sofia Coppola Protective of Actors
<p>Before Sofia Coppola could talk, she was in movies, famously playing an infant in her father Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece <em>The Godfather. </em>She’d appear in the next one too, as an immigrant girl, but it was her role in <em>The</em> <em>Godfather: Part III</em> that ... Show More
36m 49s
Nov 2023
Best Picture Power Rankings and ‘Priscilla’ With Sofia Coppola!
Sean and Amanda review Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ (1:00), including the performances of its leads, Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, its set and costume design, where it slots in with her film canon, and more. Then, they take stock of the Best Picture Oscars race (47:00) and share ... Show More
1h 37m