Naked Lunch
Don't you love a great lunch and conversation with an interesting friend? You know, the kind that you talk about for years to come. Phil Rosenthal, creator, and host of Netflix's "Somebody Feed Phil," already knows how to find fascinating people, foods, and cultures. While he always likes eating lunch, he's even more enthusiastic about a lunch that includes a conversation with smart people who share their stories.From Straw Hut Media
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October 9, 2026 • 57 mins
Phil & David are the happy Madmen Across The Table as their dream "Naked Lunch" conversation with legendary songwriter Bernie Taupin continues with more talk about his amazing new album -- "The Sea Has No Mercy," out on October 23rd -- his remarkable and enduring creative partnership with Elton John, and lots of food talk, too. It's more than a little bit funny, and really interesting. Then, for all the Tiny Da...
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October 2, 2026 • 54 mins
Phil & David are still standing and absolutely thrilled to welcome one of their all-time dream guests and lifelong writing heroes to "Naked Lunch" -- the legendary, Oscar-winning songwriter Bernie Taupin for a fascinating conversation about his outstanding new solo album, "The Sea Has No Mercy," which will be released on October 23rd. Taupin shares great stories about his remarkable career with Elton John, his fascinating 2023 ...
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September 25, 2026 • 63 mins
Our returning "Naked Lunch" first crush Shaun Cassidy returns to discuss his upcoming "Unwrapped: Songs & Stories for the Holidays" tour, plus new music, along with some amazing old stories about his life growing up in Hollywood and surviving & continuing to shine in show business. For Shaun's tour dates and so much more, go to https://www.shauncassidy.com. To learn more about building community through ...
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September 18, 2026 • 66 mins
Phil and Monica recently met legendary model and actress Twiggy -- AKA Dame Lesley Lawson --- in London and now this great Dame joins Phil, David & Monica for a fun and revealing "Naked Lunch" conversation. They discuss "Twiggy" -- the outstanding new documentary about her life directed by Sadie Frost -- which is released in North American digitally and on DVD on September 22nd. Hear great stories about Twiggy's remarkabl...
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September 11, 2026 • 67 mins
Phil and David welcome Max & Helen's chef Mason Royal and the diner's creative director Lily Rosenthal Royal for a delicious "Naked Lunch" conversation and a veritable feast of food from the Larchmont diner everybody loves. For more on Max & Helen's, go to https://www.maxandhelens.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosent...
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September 4, 2026 • 89 mins
Phil and David are joined by their brilliantly talented friend Will Forte for an animated conversation about the remarkable fall and rise of "Coyote Vs. Acme," how Phil shared a desk with Chuck Jones, how Will loved working with Bruce Dern in "Nebraska" and how Will and David had a far more stormy experience working with P. Diddy. Go see "Coyote Vs. Acme" -- for more info on where it's playing near you, go to https://www...
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August 28, 2026 • 55 mins
To celebrate 50 years of David as his fanboy, Phil and David -- the Private Eyes of podcasting and frequent "Lunch" Maneaters -- are totally X-Static to use their Voices to serve up a new mix of David's early musical hero and longtime friend Daryl Hall for a long distance Zoom "Naked Lunch." Hear as Daryl Hall discuss his remarkable career in music and his acclaimed show "Live From Daryl's H...
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August 21, 2026 • 74 mins
This week. "Naked Lunch" gets down to the real Nitty Gritty and celebrates the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- the first band David ever saw -- with the group's Jeff Hanna and returning "Naked Lunch" guest and Jeff's longtime buddy and former roadie and lead Boxmaster, Billy Bob Thornton. With great stories involving Steve Martin, Linda Ronstadt, Jack Benny, Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Michael Nesmith, and so ...
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August 14, 2026 • 80 mins
This week, "Naked Lunch" ROCKS in a BIG BANG as Phil and David are joined by Scott Ian and Brian Posehn -- two buddies who have known each other for more than a quarter century -- for a conversation that thrashes loudly around great topics like food, music, comedy and much more. For more on Scott's upcoming new album with Anthrax, "Cursum Perficio," and the band's tour dates, go to https://www.anthrax.com. For more o...
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August 7, 2026 • 30 mins
David asks Phil your Top 10 Questions for him from the Phil Rosenthal World Channel on YouTube. Follow the channel here. Plus David discusses his recent Emmy nomination as part of The Grammys Team, and plugs a few upcoming events, including this very exclusive celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Beach Boys' classic "Pet Sounds" album with longtime Beach Boy Bruce Johnston that you can learn mor...
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July 31, 2026 • 92 mins
The Academy Award-nominated actor Eric Roberts -- the famously prolific thespian who somehow filmed Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" and Larry The Cable Guy's "Witless Protection" at the same time -- joins Phil and David for tasty sandwiches from Lorenzo California and a wild conversation. Joined at the table for part of the episode by Eric's beloved wife and manager Eliza Roberts, Eric discussed many aspects o...
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July 23, 2026 • 63 mins
This week, on "Naked Lunch," we explore the Soul in the Machine as we bring together two distinguished musical greats who each in their own way made David love The Eighties a lot more -- and who are both out there still turning on synthesizers and audiences here in 2027. They discuss Howard curating his current "Things Can Only Get Better Tour" featuring Wang Chung, English Beat and Modern English, and Jimmy Jam...
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July 17, 2026 • 78 mins
This week, Phil & David revisit one of their most uplifting and entertaining episodes ever. They welcome Josh Groban -- who David will be interviewing at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on July 20th about his latest album "Cinematic" and his upcoming "Stage, Screen & Symphony" tour -- for this funny and fascinating 2025 "Lunch" with the multi-platinum singer, songwriter, actor and arts advocate. Josh j...
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July 10, 2026 • 72 mins
Dogstar have been on tour, so here’s an update of our latest “Naked Lunch” with our beloved house band — with an appearance by an actual dog and a tour update on food and music from Rob. This is a loose and lively conversation with Dogstar about their powerful upcoming new album “All In Now” and so much more. For more answers about Dogstar, including tour dates, go to https://dogstarof...
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July 3, 2026 • 86 mins
Phil and David celebrate this Independence Day by sharing an updated edition of one of the most inspiring and entertaining "Naked Lunch" episodes ever with a great American and human being -- the brilliant and beloved actress, director, writer, and producer Bonnie Hunt who's currently one of the great voices in "Toy Story 5." After a new introduction by David and one of the show's top dogs, Stevie Wonder Wild, Bonnie ret...
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June 26, 2026 • 75 mins
Here's The Way It Is -- Brad Paisley fell in love with Bruce Hornsby's bold and brilliant new album, "Indigo Park," and that inspired this special "Naked Lunch" that allowed David to catch up with Bruce and Brad to finally meet him and find out they have a mutual admiration society going. With guest questions from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and director Allen Hughes, and great stories from Bruce's career, including his time with the...
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June 19, 2026 • 73 mins
Phil and David welcome "The View" co-host -- and now the host of her very own excellent and frank podcast, "Bleep! with Ana Navarro" -- and her poodle ChaCha to "Naked Lunch" for a wide-ranging conversation about politics, food, travel, music and life with stories about Bruce Springsteen, Jose Anders, Karol G, Bad Bunny and yes, Donald Trump and more. Sandwiches by Mamie Italian Kitchen. To follow the "Bleep with Ana...
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June 12, 2026 • 63 mins
Put us in, Coach! "Naked Lunch" is thrilled to welcome the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty -- who this week received the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award, the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor -- along with our mutual buddy Brad Paisley for a great conversation, including a few questions sent from Phil. Brad and David have recently been collaborating on a new liner notes essay for the upcoming "Hall ...
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June 5, 2026 • 77 mins
SURELY you can't be serious that Phil and David welcome the stars of "Airplane!" to "Naked Lunch" -- and don't call us Shirley! The episode starts off with Julie, then Robert makes his entrance as they discuss everything from making the original film and their current live tour together where they show and discuss the 1980 comedy classic. And eventually Monica Horan Rosenthal and her friend Dani Modisette join this joy ri...
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May 29, 2026 • 86 mins
This episode opens with a special message from Phil who previews his upcoming run on Broadway as part of "Celebrity Autobiography." Then David welcomes the internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, activist and 5-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo and their mutual friend Ken Ehrlich, the longtime Grammy Awards Executive Producer who has worked with Kidjo, and countless other musical icons. Together, they have a l...
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