February Archives

• Episode 190: Matthew Goode, Dick Cavett, and Tiki Talk

  February 28, 2013 5:21 PM

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  This Week: "Stoker" star Matthew Goode on being a creepy Uncle and devoted Dad... Talk show legend Dick Cavett tells us how to 'Hitchcock'... Essayist Michelle Orange undergoes a cinematic identity crisis... Ryan Quincy, creator of TV's "Out There," comes of age... Indie darlings Adam Green and Binki Shapiro turn scraps and metal into a dinner party soundtrack... How to run away with the circus... And Rico pays his last respects to a Tiki landmark... Plus, fly jokes, upside-downers, and woolly drinks. Read more...

• The Dinner Party Oscar Ballot

  Rico Gagliano

  February 22, 2013 12:47 PM

  Movies , People

  Our annual Oscar picks, based upon the only criteria that matters: whether the nominee appeared on our show. Read more...

• Episode 189: David France, Jackie Collins, and Vampire Lemonade

  February 21, 2013 7:27 PM

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  This week: Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France on plagues and platforms... Pulitzer-finalist Karen Russell sinks her teeth into a new story collection... Bestseller queen Jackie Collins tells you how to (mis)behave... Alex Karpovsky ("Girls") goes meta... We dip into chip history... Why religion matters to atheists... Plus Graveyard humor, cheating via satellite, and "Entertainment" provided by Phoenix. Read more...

• Episode 188: Tim Gunn, Rian Johnson, and Salman Rushdie

  February 14, 2013 6:00 PM

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  This week, we reheat one of our favorite episodes: "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn dresses down America for dressing down... Salman Rushdie talks fatwas and fake hair... "Looper" director Rian Johnson rolls the bones... famed author Sherman Alexie makes a Protest... A "Simpsons" writer's favorite odd adaptations... And NYTimes photographer Todd Selby turns his camera on cooks. Plus: How corn helped thaw the cold war, and the official "best word ever." Read more...

• Episode 187: Miguel, Rachel Dratch, and Seduction Instruction

  February 7, 2013 12:10 PM

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  This week: R&B sensation (and multiple Grammy-nominee) Miguel spells "wah!"... SNL alum Rachel Dratch lists her favorite lovahhs... "Thomas Jefferson" makes his second inaugural etiquette address... Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite tells a high-flying tale about Muddy Waters... Author Betsy Prioleau defends ladies' men... Brendan learns not to confuse 'soulful' with 'healthful'... And Aussie psych-band Pond rocks a Giant Tortoise. Plus: a bomb of a cocktail from the Georgia coast, fun with trigonometry, and a library of misfit books. Read more...

• More from Jessica Chastain

  Jackson Musker

  February 1, 2013 4:33 PM

  Movies , People

  There's been much discussion about the depiction of torture in "Zero Dark Thirty." Some say that the movie implies torture was instrumental in capturing Osama Bin Laden, whereas many government officials say it wasn't. Jessica doesn't think that the movie is in any way pro-torture...and you can hear her explain why here. Read more...

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