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Episodes
* Janelle James Talks Abbott Elementary. From standup onstage to head principal of an inner city public school in the satirical series, Abbott Elementary * Anthony Hopkins recent memoir * Broe on The Case of Vienna and The Politics of the Holiday Season 2025 * & Garland Nixon!
* Alan Berliner Talks Benita, a devastating and deeply eloquent film tribute to his late collaborator, artist and filmmaker Benita Raphan * Broe talks AI, Robin Hood, blacklists, Paris politics and Zohran Mamdani in a cross-continental convo * & Garland Nixon!
* Predators: A Conversation with investigative filmmaker David Osit about his latest film probing "To Catch A Predator," the notorious reality TV show * Broe in a cross-continental convo dissects the US mafia government's porno-style manipulation--plus the current Paris economic street uprisings * & Garland Nixon!
* Don Swayze Talks All Saints Day, Matlock, And His Late Brother Patrick's Legacy * A gothic tale for Christmas...'a place where shadows breathe...inviting you to immerse yourself' * & Garland Nixon!
* Janet McTeer Talks The Artist - and her Professor Minerva McGonagall in the next Harry Potter, following in the footsteps of the late Maggie Smith * It's A Wonderful Life and the FBI? * "Ode For The American Dead In Korea" * & Garland Nixon!
* Jared Harris Talks Reawakening, A House Of Dynamite Nuclear Apocalypse, Chernobyl, Mad Men, And His Gorbachev's End Of World Showdown In Reykjavik * Robin Hood goes corporate * Alan Berliner's back to the future doc on the extraordinary Benita Raphan * & Garland Nixon!
* Alex Woo Talks In Your Dreams, a reverie excursion, and Rex Steele: Nazi Hunter * Ensh*ttification: Why Everything got Worse and What You Can Do About It * Shawn Grenier on the painter who fell in love with his own art * & Garland Nixon!
* The Perfect Neighbor: Director Geeta Gandbhir in conversation re her ironically titled film doc about the long horrific reality of racism in this country * Bro on The House of Guinness * Shawn Grenier on "the artist who painted dreams..." * & Garland Nixon!
* Penelope Ann Miller Talks After All, joined by Erika Christensen * UK Desk: David Litz And The Worker Owned Water Bottle Movement * Plus...Veterans Day, violence, the new US mercenary army and war, in the art work of Leon Golub * & Garland Nixon!
* Filmmaker Patrick Harbinson Talks His 'Maigret' - among 34+ other Detective Maigret screen manifestations. And what this may have to do with Vietnamese takeout and a ratty old trench coat...
* Halloween Spookarama with The Black Cat
* & Garland Nixon!
* Tony Danza Talks Re-Election, his latest film, playing a dad dealing with his son's election do over, confronting corruption and lunacy--& Tony also talks Taxi * The Last Extinction: The Real Science Behind The Death Of The Dinosaurs with Prof. Gerta Keller * & Garland Nixon!
* Malcolm McDowell Talks The Partisan, His Rupert Murdoch in Bombshell, Dog & Bull, and memories of Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange * Broe on the South African thriller series, Lioness * Why Grant Wood's American Gothic became iconic * & Garland Nixon!
* Crispin Glover Talks Mr. K, Orson Welles, and 'navigating within the corporate structure of the film world...' * Newport & the Great Folk Dream, a continuing conversation * Broe on 'cabbages versus caviar' in the crime series, Marked * & Garland Nixon!
* The Daily Show: A Conversation With Head Writer, Dan Amira --Who's Calling the Shots? * Newport And The Great Folk Dream: a look back to a crucial musical marker * Broe with a 2nd wave report from the streets of Paris * And Garland Nixon!
* Charlie McDowell Talks The Summer Book, His Dad Malcolm McDowell, Dear White People - & his uncredited bully in Curb Your Enthusiasm * AE Paris Correspondent Broe on Trump's defunding of public tv & radio - the sledgehammer solution * Flags Half Mast at Guantanamo's McDonalds * & Garland Nixon!
*Tim Blake Nelson Talks Bang Bang, as a down & out Detroit ex-boxer. Also, The Lowdown, & Nelson's status as a continuing master of many movie hats * More Copaganda: How The Police And The Media Manipulate Our News * Broe reports on the mass rage on the streets of Paris * & Garland Nixon!
* Chris Cooper Talks The History Of Sound, the journey of two WWI era music conservationists who record and preserve rural ballads; & John Sayles' Matewan * Copaganda: How The Police And The Media Manipulate Our News, with author Alec Karakatsanis * & Garland Nixon!
* The Knife: Melissa Leo on playing a deceptively concerned sinister cop in her new film; & also, her turn as Laura Poitras in Snowden * Bro on the new Manchurian candidates * Painting Klansmen: How Philip Guston explored themes of violence, evil and complicity * & Garland Nixon!
* Lilly: Patricia Clarkson as real life blue collar worker Lilly Ledbetter, fighting Goodyear Tire--and prevailing! * Action Will Be Taken--a comic Labor Noir * In The Disruption: On the writings of philosopher and former bank robber, Bernard Stiegler * & Garland Nixon!
* Suspended Time: Oliver Assayas talks about his existential voyage through the Covid lockdown. Also Carlos, and his Putin in Wizard Of The Kremlin
* Return to Fukushima, an irradiated world * Bro on The Summit, Who Wants Peace? * And Garland Nixon!
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