A podcast interviewing people about things that interest them deeply.
Episodes
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Writers Jennifer Wright and Daniel Kibblesmith discuss their enthusiasm for the long-running program Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. In its own weird way, the show maybe opens people's minds to actually believing victims? Also, how else would we have the Munchiverse?
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Professor Emily Houh is on the program to talk about the 1961 musical Flower Drum Song and the importance of representation.
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Yacht Rock host "Hollywood" Steve Huey calls in to talk about his enthusiasm for trying new culinary adventures, inspired by the work of the late food critic Johnathan Gold, and how this helped Los Angeles feel more like home to a dude from Michigan.
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Music writer Nate Patrin is here to tell us all about his deep dive into the universe of library music- those compositions that have been the background music for your entire life, only you just didn't realize it.
Nate also has a great introductory column on library music, with samples, over at Pitchfork.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Writer and comedian Tony Zaret tells us how, when in search of a new outlet for comedy, he got sucked into the odd world of memes.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
How many times have you seen your favorite movie? Okay, sure, but is it three hours long? On this episode, we put a call in to club member Benjamin Birdie to see how his favorite, Paul Thomas Anderson's kind-of epic film, Magnolia, has remained a staple of his life since it was released twenty years ago.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Club member Jaime Fountaine (author of the recently-released novella Manhunt) talks about her long-standing love of celebrity memoirs, shares her criteria for the most successful ones, a list of her favorites, and which memoir she not only couldn't finish but actually sent to recycling. Also, a brief primer on Jerry Blavat.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
In the first episode, we talk to club member Ramsey Ess, who's enthusiastic about the early 80s Stephen Sondheim misfire Merrily We Roll Along. We discuss what went wrong, the show's reassessment in recent years and what lessons Sondheim can offer to writers.