Here's The Thing: Trailer

Join award-winning actor Alec Baldwin in conversation with some of the most dynamic artists, policymakers, and performers working today. This season, Alec speaks with composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, Vanity Fair journalist Chris Whipple, conductor and violinist Karina Canellakis, and civil rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan, just to name a few. If you like listening as much as Alec likes talking with interesting people, subscribe now and never miss an episode.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. The new season of my podcast
Here's the Thing is returning January twentieth on iHeartRadio. This
past season, I spoke with more artists, policymakers, and performers
like California Governor Gavin Newsom. Is there any chance of
increased tax breaks for the movie business?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
We're going to double it, you are. I proposed that
a few months ago, and that was right before the fires.
What are the fires only reinforced the imperative. It's time
to double down. I'm bringing production back to California, particularly
this time of recovery and renewal. I said to my
legislative friends, I said, there's no budget.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
I'll be till the budget.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
If we don't get it done, it's going to get done.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Journalist and author Egene.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Carroll, I'm a silent generation woman. Our whole thing was
chin up and smile. We expected a man to be
a little grabby, and to be a little pushy, and
to be a honey, honey, honey, and to back you
up against the wall. That's what it was like going
to work, and if you didn't, you would not get
the promotion. This is why women have always, always a

(01:05):
little lower than men.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
And musician, photographer and philanthropist Julian Lennon.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
You know, as kids to teenagers, do you start listening
to stuff that you love, whether it's the Beatles or
led Zeppelin or ac DC or Peter Frampton or Keith
Jarrett Steely. Dan I really fell in love with music
in that regard, and again after learning how to play
a couple of records and starting to sing a little bit,
that's really where that kind of took off.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
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