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Charlie Day Returns

Charlie Day Returns

Episode date: 5/29/2023
Books and Authors:
"The Creative ACT: A Way of Being" Rick Rubin
Documentaries:
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, The Saint of Second Chances
Movies:
Being There, Boogie Nights, Chips, Cocaine Bear, Deadpool, Fool's Paradise, Force Majeure, Goodfellas, Hit and Run, Hot Shots!, Jurassic Park, Lethal Weapon, Men in Black, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Punch-Drunk Love, Smokey and the Bandit, Star Wars movies, Superbad, The Boys, The Square, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Thin Red Line, The Wizard of Oz, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness
Music:
The Psychedelic Furs, "Lady Bird " Jon Brion, "Theme" Jon Brion
Podcasts:
Howard Stern, The Always Sunny Podcast, "Jake Johnson" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Black Mirror, CHiPs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mythic Quest, Seinfeld, Succession, Welcome to Wrexham
Misc:
Horrible Bosses

Michael Waldman (on the Supreme Court)

Michael Waldman (on the Supreme Court)

Episode date: 5/25/2023
Articles:
"Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire" ProPublica, "Opinion: Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis" LA Times
Books and Authors:
"Baby-Sitters Little Sister" Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina , "Napoleon: A Life" Andrew Roberts, "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Supermajority" Michael Waldman, "The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Chimp Empire
Podcasts:
More Perfect, "Rick Rubin" Armchair Expert
Shows:
The West Wing, Veep

Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

Episode date: 5/22/2023
Books and Authors:
"The Creative ACT: A Way of Being" Rick Rubin
Documentaries:
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movies:
Camp Rock, The Beverly Hillbillies
Music:
Jamiroquai, Jonas Brothers, Steely Dan, Bee Gees, DNCE, "Boogie Wonderland" Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions, "Happiness Begins" Jonas Brothers, "I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (The Lion King)" Denny Leroux, "Landslide" Fleetwood Mac, "Lets Misbehave" Irving Aaronson and His Commanders, "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" Jonas Brothers, "Little Bird" Jonas Brothers, "Miracle" Jonas Brothers, "Montana Skies" Jonas Brothers, "Sucker" Jonas Brothers, "The Album" Jonas Brothers, "Where is Love?" Lionel Bart, 1962 London Studio Cast
Shows:
Citadel, Claim to Fame, Kingdom, Parenthood, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Sopranos, The Voice
Misc:
A Christmas Carol, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, The Crucible, Wicked, The Musical

Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss

Episode date: 5/18/2023
Books and Authors:
"Awareness: Conversations with the Masters" Anthony De Mello, "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" Norman Ohler, "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence" Michael Pollan, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman" Tim Ferriss, "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" Tim Ferriss, "The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, Ufos, Evolut" Terence McKenna, "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus" Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Documentaries:
How to Change Your Mind
Podcasts:
The Tim Ferriss Show, "#480: Dax Shepard on the Craft of Podcasting, Favorite Books, and Dancing With Your Demons" The Tim Ferriss Show, "Nicholas Braun" Armchair Expert, "Phil Stutz" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Parenthood, Top Gear America
Misc:
Waking Up app, Why you should define your fears instead of your goals

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Episode date: 5/15/2023
Books and Authors:
"Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Jane Fonda's Workout Book" Jane Fonda, "My Life So Far" Jane Fonda, "The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race" Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long, "The Village of Ben Suc" Jonathan Schell, "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson" Mitch Albom
Movies:
9 to 5, Book Club, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Oklahoma!, On Golden Pond, On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, South Pacific, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, This is Where I Leave You
Music:
Waylon Jennings
Podcasts:
"#318 - Physics & Philosophy" Making Sense with Sam Harris, "Jane Fonda" Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, "Jane Fonda: The GOAT" Call Her Daddy, "Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda" Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Shows:
Bless this Mess, Grace and Frankie, Is artificial intelligence advancing too quickly? What AI leaders at Google say, Stranger Things, Ted Turner: Never a Quitter
Misc:
Jane Fonda Became Whole at 62, The Vagina Monologues

Gretchen Rubin (on happiness)

Gretchen Rubin (on happiness)

Episode date: 5/11/2023
Articles:
"36 Hidden Messages in Company Logos You See All the Time" Reader's Digest, "Scientists Solve Mystery Of Ear-Splitting Sounds" NPR, "Why and How You Might Create an “Audio Apothecary”" Gretchen Rubin
Books and Authors:
"All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me" Patrick Bringley, "Forty Ways to Look at JFK" Gretchen Rubin, "Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life" Gretchen Rubin, "Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World" Gretchen Rubin, "Sweet Valley High collection" Francine Pascal, "The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)" Gretchen Rubin, "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret Atwood, "The Happiness Project" Gretchen Rubin
Documentaries:
Happy
Movies:
Fantasy Island
Music:
Steely Dan, "Happy" Pharrell Williams
Podcasts:
More Perfect, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, "Day 7" Armchair Expert, "Gretchen Rubin: 8 Secrets to Happiness" Oprah's Super Soul Conversations, "Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fantasy Island, Frontline, Handmaid's Tale, The Sheild
Misc:
Quiz: The Five Senses, Quiz: The Four Tendencies

Nicholas Braun

Nicholas Braun

Episode date: 5/8/2023
Articles:
"Nicholas Braun is Ready to Play Ball" W Magazine
Books and Authors:
"Harry Potter series" J.K. Rowling, "Old School" Tobias Wolff, "The Catcher in the Rye" J. D. Salinger
Documentaries:
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence
Movies:
Cat Person, Sky High, Swordfish
Music:
"Antibodies (Do You Have The)" Nicholas Braun
Shows:
Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Succession, This Old House
Misc:
Nicholas Braun Was a Kid Reporter on ‘Good Morning America’, Nicholas Braun's Kim Kardashian video

Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes

Episode date: 5/4/2023
Books and Authors:
"Year of Yes" Shonda Rhimes
Movies:
Chips, Crossroads, Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The Last King of Scotland
Music:
"O.P.P." Naughty By Nature
Podcasts:
"Prince Harry" Armchair Expert
Shows:
24, Beef, Bridgerton, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicity, Game of Thrones, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, Jury Duty, Losing my Religion, Private Practice, Queen Charlotte - a Bridgerton Story, Scandal, Seinfeld, The Catch, The Diplomat, The White Lotus, Two and a Half Men
Misc:
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamilton, My Year of Saying Yes to Everything

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

Episode date: 5/1/2023
Articles:
"Hip-Hop Debs" Vanity Fair
Books and Authors:
"Anne of Green Gables" L. M. Montgomery, "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone" J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter series" J.K. Rowling, "Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth" Pamela Anderson, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Ken Kesey, "Paris: The Memoir" Paris Hilton
Documentaries:
Britney Vs Spears, How to Change Your Mind, Pamela, A Love Story, The Disruptors, This is Paris
Movies:
Big Daddy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Music:
"The Middle" Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey
Podcasts:
"Tarred and Feathered", "This is Paris"
Shows:
The Simple Life

Jason Katims

Jason Katims

Episode date: 4/27/2023
Books and Authors:
"Dear Edward" Ann Napolitano, "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream" H G Bissinger, "Hello Beautiful" Ann Napolitano, "Will" Will Smith
Movies:
Blue Beetle, Crazy Stupid Love, Pulp Fiction, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
G.E. Smith, All American Rejects, "Friday Night Lights Theme" Snuffy Walden
Podcasts:
eff won with DRS
Shows:
Dear Edward , Euphoria, Friday Night Lights, My So-Called Life, Northern Exposure, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation, Relativity, Roswell, Saturday Night Live, The Good Place, The Office, The Wire

David Sedaris #4

David Sedaris #4

Episode date: 4/24/2023
Books and Authors:
"Birds of America: Stories" Lorrie Moore, "Black Girl Lost" Donald Goines, "Dopefiend" Donald Goines, "Happy-Go-Lucky" David Sedaris, "Mama Black Widow" Iceberg Slim, "Pimp" Iceberg Slim, "Whoreson" Donald Goines
Movies:
Scoob!, The Whale
Podcasts:
Howard Stern, "Marc Maron on Howard Stern"
Shows:
David Sedaris profile on 60 Minutes, My 600-lb Life, Parenthood, Ugliest House in America
Misc:
Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue, David Sedaris on irritating word choices, Soft White Underbelly

Nita Farahany (on neurotechnology and the law)

Nita Farahany (on neurotechnology and the law)

Episode date: 4/20/2023
Books and Authors:
"The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" Nita Farahany, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" Barbara Robinson, "The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America" Jonathan Moreno
Documentaries:
The Social Dilemma
Movies:
Birth of a Nation, Wedding Crashers
Shows:
Altered Carbon
Misc:
Weekend Update: Kevin Nealon on the All-Drug Olympics, When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Episode date: 4/17/2023
Documentaries:
Schumacher, The Last Movie Stars
Movies:
10 Things I Hate About You, 21 Jump Street, A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain, City Slickers, Cocaine Bear, Donnie Darko, End of Watch, Goodfellas, Happiness, Jarhead, Moonlight Mile, October Sky, Outbreak, Point Break, Road House, Road House (remake), Running on Empty, Snatch, The Covenant, The Wrestler, Tootsie, Twister, When in Rome
Podcasts:
Dr. Death, eff won with DRS, The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, "David Letterman" Armchair Expert
Shows:
America and the Taliban, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Game of Thrones, Parenthood, Punk'd, Sesame Street, The Bonnie Hunt Show, Yellowstone

Rick Rubin (record producer)

Rick Rubin (record producer)

Episode date: 4/13/2023
Books and Authors:
Dr. Seuss, "Born to Run" Christopher McDougall, "Harry Potter series" J.K. Rowling, "Pinocchio" Steffi Fletcher, "Tao Te Ching" Stephen Mitchell, "The Creative ACT: A Way of Being" Rick Rubin, "The Essential Rumi" Coleman Barks, "The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings" Shel Silverstein
Documentaries:
Justin Bieber's Believe, May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Stutz, The Clash: Westway to the World
Movies:
Idiocracy, Raising Arizona, Smokey and the Bandit
Music:
Geto Boys (artist), N.W.A, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Public Enemy , The Avett Brothers, Metallica, The Beetles, AC/DC, Kiss, Shelter, U2, Justin Bieber, Ye, The Pricks, Hose, Misfits, Minor Threat, The Exploited, Fugazi, Pailhead, Ramones, Black Flag, LL COOL J, Beastie Boys, Run - D.M.C., Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Ted Nugent, Queen, Aerosmith, Bee Gees, Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, JazzMaTazz, Guru, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Amy Winehouse, Jackie Gleason, Otis Redding, Jim Croce, The Clash, "99 Problems" Jay-Z, "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen, "Cooky Puss" Beastie Boys, "Electric" The Cult, "Fields of Gold" Eva Cassidy, "Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley, "It's Yours" T La Rock, "Lover, You Should've Come Over" Jeff Buckley, "No Hard Feelings" The Avett Brothers, "Over the Rainbow" Eva Cassidy, "Pink Moon" Nick Drake, "Sabotage" Beastie Boys, "Stranglehold" Ted Nugent, "Sugar Man" Rodriguez, "Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond
Podcasts:
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, "From Broken Record: Rick Rubin in Conversation With Malcolm Gladwell" Revisionist History
Shows:
Dave, Kids Who Kill, Punk'd
Misc:
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

Matthew McConaughey Returns

Matthew McConaughey Returns

Episode date: 4/10/2023
Books and Authors:
"Greenlights" Matthew McConaughey, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
MH370, Stutz, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Movies:
Dallas Buyers Club
Shows:
Parenthood

Paul Bloom Returns

Paul Bloom Returns

Episode date: 4/6/2023
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Joker graphic novels", "Psych: The Story of the Human Mind" Paul Bloom, "The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous" Joseph Henrich
Documentaries:
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Movies:
50 First Dates, Memento, Michael Clayton, The Dark Knight
Music:
"Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" John Tartaglia
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?, Dr. Death, "David Letterman" Armchair Expert, "Free Bryan Williams" Revisionist History, "When Will Met Grace" Revisionist History
Shows:
Orange is the New Black, Scenes from a Marriage, Stranger Things, The Last of Us, The Wire

Barbie Ferreira

Barbie Ferreira

Episode date: 4/3/2023
Documentaries:
Shaq, The Last Dance, Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Movies:
AIR, Cocaine Bear, Good Will Hunting, House of Spoils, NOPE, Without a Paddle
Shows:
Euphoria, Friends, The Afterparty
Misc:
VICE (magazine)

Alison Roman (food writer & chef)

Alison Roman (food writer & chef)

Episode date: 3/30/2023
Books and Authors:
"Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook" Alison Roman, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us" Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
Movies:
Burnt, Cocaine Bear, Contagion, Good Will Hunting, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Outbreak, Soul Man, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Music:
Blues Traveler
Podcasts:
Reply All, "Layne Norton" Armchair Expert, "Shania Twain" Armchair Expert
Shows:
José Andres & Family in Spain, Punk'd, Salt Fat Acid Heat, The Voyage of the Mimi
Misc:
Bon Appétit, Home Movies with Alison Roman

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Episode date: 3/27/2023
Movies:
AIR, Jason Bourne Movies, Love Again, Men in Black, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prom Pact
Music:
Jonas Brothers
Podcasts:
"Salma Hayek" Armchair Expert
Shows:
90210, Arrested Development, Baywatch, Citadel, Community, Kingdom, Parenthood, Quantico, Remington Steele, Saved by the Bell

Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross

Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross

Episode date: 3/23/2023
Articles:
"Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Catch-22" Joseph Heller, "from art to ashes" Allen Vartanian, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us" Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
Documentaries:
Navalny
Movies:
Cocaine Bear, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Whale
Music:
Jamiroquai
Shows:
George & Tammy, Parenthood, The Wire

David Letterman

David Letterman

Episode date: 3/22/2023
Books and Authors:
"The Wright Brothers" David McCullough, "To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight" James Tobin
Documentaries:
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, Grizzly Man, Navalny, The Last Movie Stars
Movies:
Chips, Porky's II: The Next Day
Music:
U2, Glen Hansard, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2, "Where the Streets Have No Name" U2
Podcasts:
Howard Stern, "Flightless Bird: Bears" Flightless Bird
Shows:
Bad Sisters, I Had a Paper Route Too, Late Night with David Letterman, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Parenthood

Jay Shetty

Jay Shetty

Episode date: 3/16/2023
Books and Authors:
"8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go" Jay Shetty, "David Beckham: My Side" David Beckham, "Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson: The Life, Lessons & Rules for Success" Dwayne Johnson, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" Malcolm X, "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr." Clayborne Carson, "The Bhagavad Gita" Eknath Easwaran, "Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day" Jay Shetty
Movies:
Bend it Like Beckham, Carrie
Music:
De La Sol, Metallica, Shelter, "Lose Yourself" Eminem
Podcasts:
Huberman Lab, The New Gurus, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, eff won with DRS, "Hank Azaria" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Goodness Gracious Me, Never Have I Ever, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Simpsons, Yellowjackets

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

Episode date: 3/13/2023
Articles:
"The girl who gets gifts from crows" BBC
Documentaries:
The Fog of War
Movies:
A Time to Kill, Black Swan, Dead Poets Society, El Camino Christmas, Rambo III, RoboCop, The Godfather, True Believer, Your Place or Mine
Podcasts:
The Integral Principals of the Structural Dynamics of Flow, "Jenna Ortega" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Fleishman is in Trouble, Patriot, Punk'd, That '70s Show, That '90s Show, The Dropout, The Ranch, Top Gear America, Yellowstone
Misc:
Chore Monkey, Othello

Stephen Dubner Returns

Stephen Dubner Returns

Episode date: 3/9/2023
Books and Authors:
"A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons" Robert Sapolsky, "Alexander Hamilton" Ron Chernow, "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper" Stephen Dubner, "Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Our Selves and the Social Order--And What We Can Do about It" Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" Angela Duckworth, "Moby Dick" Herman Melville, "Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals" Robert Sapolsky, "The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die" Keith Payne, "The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament" Robert Sapolsky, "The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family" Ron Chernow, "Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family" Stephen Dubner, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow, "Why Zebras Don't get Ulcers" Robert Sapolsky
Documentaries:
Deconstructing Karen, Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty , Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, You Don't Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson
Movies:
Se7en
Podcasts:
More Perfect, No Stupid Questions, The New Gurus
Shows:
José Andres & Family in Spain, Ramy

Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega

Episode date: 3/6/2023
Articles:
"Another Rough Day for Ben Affleck" The Cut, "Woody Harrelson really blew it on SNL" Vanity Fair
Documentaries:
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Movies:
Can't Buy Me Love, Idiocracy, Man on Fire, Pulp Fiction, Wedding Crashers, X, Yes Day
Music:
Anderson .Paak, Siouxsie and the Banshees , Lizzo, Hall & Oates, "Goo Goo Munk" The Cramps
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?, Dr. Death, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia, Crime Junkie, Moms and Mysteries
Shows:
Euphoria, Outer Banks, Veronica Mars, Wednesday
Misc:
Beau Travail ending dance scene, Laura Ingraham 'You' Segment, Woody Harrelson SNL monologue

David Remnick (editor of The New Yorker)

David Remnick (editor of The New Yorker)

Episode date: 3/2/2023
Articles:
"Cornerman" The New Yorker, "Kid Dynamite Blows Up" The New Yorker, "Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker " The New Yorker, "The Defiance of Salman Rushdie" The New Yorker, "The Howl of the Doomed" The Washington Post
Books and Authors:
"A Passage to India" E. M. Forster, "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" Salman Rushdie, "King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero" David Remnick, "Midnight's Children" Salman Rushdie
Documentaries:
Full Swing, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Movies:
Inside Man, Wag the Dog
Podcasts:
"Dax's Mom" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Make or Break, Pardon the Interruption, Physical: 100, The Sinner

Shania Twain

Shania Twain

Episode date: 2/27/2023
Documentaries:
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Movies:
Chips
Music:
Billy Ray Cyrus, Toby Keith, The Cars, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Daryl Hall, Journey, "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" Bryan Adams, "Come on Over" Shania Twain, "Queen of Me", "The Woman in Me", "Up!" Shania Twain, "Waking Up the Neighbors" Bryan Adams
Shows:
Formula 1: Drive to Survive, George & Tammy, Party Down

Kelly Slater (11x World Surfing Champion)

Kelly Slater (11x World Surfing Champion)

Episode date: 2/23/2023
Books and Authors:
"This is Your Mind on Plants" Michael Pollan
Documentaries:
Bill Russell: Legend, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Pamela, A Love Story, The Last Dance
Movies:
Baywatch, Blue Horizon, Caddyshack, Elvis, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Music:
Jack Johnson
Podcasts:
"Ed Sheeran" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Baywatch, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Knight Rider, Make or Break
Misc:
Bud Light Super Bowl Commerical

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Episode date: 2/20/2023
Books and Authors:
"The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz" Erik Larson
Documentaries:
Adrienne, Putin and the Presidents
Movies:
Ace Venture - Package Delivery Scene, All of Me, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Avatar, Birdie, Bob Roberts, Bridesmaids, Clueless, Footloose, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, High Fidelity, I Love You, Man, Idiocracy, Knocked Up, Moonlighting, Moonstruck, Pretty in Pink, Romeo + Juliet, School of Rock, The Avengers, The Big Lebowski, The Hangover, The Shawshank Redemption, Valley Girl, Waitress, Wedding Crashers, Wet Hot American Summer, Without a Paddle
Music:
Tenacious D, Bob Seger, 38 Special, Boston, The Beetles, Cheap Trick, Men at Work, INXS, "Bad to the Bone" George Thorogood, "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen, "Fire Lake" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, "Mainstreet" Bob Seger, "Panopticom" Peter Gabriel, "Roll me Away" Bob Seger, "The Fields of Athenry" The Dubliners, "Turn the Page" Bob Seger, "Valley Girl soundtrack"
Podcasts:
Howard Stern, "Daniel Ricciardo" Armchair Expert, "David Sedaris Returns Again" Armchair Expert, "Ramy Youssef" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Friends, In Living Color, King of the Hill, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Punk'd, Ramy, Sex and the City, The Daily Show, The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show, The Walking Dead, The White Lotus, Three's Company, Will & Grace
Misc:
Jim Carrey - Black Swan, Paul Rudd Mac and Me bit on Conan

Andrew Newberg (neuroscientist on the brain and religion)

Andrew Newberg (neuroscientist on the brain and religion)

Episode date: 2/16/2023
Articles:
"There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race" Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long, "The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives" David B. Yaden, Andrew Newberg, "The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family" Ron Chernow, "Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief" Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause, Andrew Newberg, "Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intimacy" Mark Robert Waldman, Andrew Newberg
Movies:
AIR, Avatar, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Hurt Locker, Triangle of Sadness
Podcasts:
WorkLife with Adam Grant
Misc:
2022 Super Bowl Half Time Show, Bradley Cooper Super Bowl Commercial, Michelob Ultra Super Bowl commercial, Rhianna Super Bowl Halftime Show

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Episode date: 2/13/2023
Movies:
Brick, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out, Looper, Night Moves, Slums of Beverly Hills, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, The Big Lebowski, The Long Goodbye, The Piano, The Rock
Music:
"Damn" Kendrick Lamar
Podcasts:
You Must Remember This, "Natasha Lyonne" WTF with Marc Maron
Shows:
Alone, Physical: 100, Poker Face, Russian Doll, Squid Game, The Rockford Files
Misc:
Natasha Lyonne Monologue

Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (on the sucker narrative)

Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (on the sucker narrative)

Episode date: 2/9/2023
Articles:
"When Schools Closed, Americans Turned to Their Usual Backup Plan: Mothers" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Our Selves and the Social Order--And What We Can Do about It" Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Movies:
Triangle of Sadness
Podcasts:
Reply All, "172 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 1" Reply All, "Seth Rogen" Armchair Expert
Shows:
My Strange Addiction
Misc:
Bon Appétit, GQ, Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue, The Closer

Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef

Episode date: 2/6/2023
Documentaries:
Stutz
Movies:
Dogtooth, Hit and Run, No Escape, Poor Things, The Favourite, The Judge, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Without a Paddle
Music:
"Africa" Toto, "California" Phantom Planet, "Music Laounga 79" Hany Shnoda Ferqet Masr, "Rosanna " Toto
Shows:
#1 Happy Family USA, Abbott Elementary, Atlanta, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Master of None, Mo, Mythic Quest, Ramy, See Dad Run, Seinfeld, Stranger Things, The Great, The O.C., The White Lotus, Veronica Mars, Wednesday
Misc:
One Man Show

Chris Palmer (Harvard psychiatrist on brain energy)

Chris Palmer (Harvard psychiatrist on brain energy)

Episode date: 2/2/2023
Books and Authors:
"Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--And Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, Ocd, Pts" Chris Palmer, "David Sedaris - general mention", "The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human" Siddhartha Mukherjee
Movies:
Chips, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, You People
Podcasts:
"#633: Chris Palmer, MD, of Harvard Medical School — Optimizing Brain Energy for Mental Health, The Incredible Potential of Metabolic Psychiatry, Extraordinary Case Studies, and Harnessing Mitochondria for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More" The Tim Ferriss Show, "Josh Brolin" Armchair Expert, "Neil Patrick Harris" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Succession

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

Episode date: 1/30/2023
Books and Authors:
"Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself" Melody Beattie, "Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth" Pamela Anderson, "Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change" Robin Norwood
Documentaries:
Pamela, A Love Story
Movies:
Barb Wire
Podcasts:
Howard Stern
Shows:
Baywatch, Home Improvement, The Crown
Misc:
Playboy, Chicago the Musical

Scott Galloway (on the crisis facing boys and men)

Scott Galloway (on the crisis facing boys and men)

Episode date: 1/26/2023
Books and Authors:
"Marcel the Shell with Shoes on: Things about Me" Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate , "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It" Richard Reeves, "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck, "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt" T J Stiles, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
BBC Drills - Dentures and Dentistry An Oral History
Movies:
Idiocracy
Music:
"I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men
Podcasts:
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway, Pivot Podcast, "Sue Johnson (on emotionally focused couples therapy)" Armchair Expert

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Episode date: 1/23/2023
Articles:
"Octavia Spencer on Knowing Her Worth and ‘Truth Be Told’ Season 3" Hollywood Reporter
Books and Authors:
"Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders" Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
Documentaries:
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel , Pimps Up, Ho's Down, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
Movies:
A Time to Kill, Idiocracy, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mean Girls, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pretty Ugly People, Richie Rich, Rocky, Spirited, The Descendants, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Help, The Long Walk Home, Tom and Huck, Without a Paddle
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?, Dr. Death, Serial
Shows:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Dropout, Truth Be Told

José Andrés (chef and humanitarian)

José Andrés (chef and humanitarian)

Episode date: 1/19/2023
Podcasts:
Dinner SOS, Longer Tables with José Andrés , "Gabrielle Union" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Game of Thrones, José Andres & Family in Spain

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

Episode date: 1/16/2023
Books and Authors:
"Baby-Sitters Little Sister" Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina , "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Joyful Recollections of Trauma" Paul Scheer
Documentaries:
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Movies:
Avatar: The Way of Water, Born on the Fourth of July, Bullet Train, Citizen Kane, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Everything Everywhere All at Once, Home Alone, Idiocracy, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Let's Go to Prison, Mission Impossible, Ordinary People, Out of Sight, Platoon, Raising Arizona, The Goonies, The Green Knight, This Boy's Life, Top Gun: Maverick, Tropic Thunder, Vertigo
Podcasts:
How Did This Get Made, Light the Fuse, Unspooled, "Platoon" Unspooled
Shows:
Black Monday, Diff'rent Strokes, Eastbound & Down, Human Giant, Mad Men, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Nailed It!, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Punk'd, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Ben Stiller Show, Tiny Food Fight, Will Trent

Sue Johnson (on emotionally focused couples therapy)

Sue Johnson (on emotionally focused couples therapy)

Episode date: 1/12/2023
Articles:
"Can aging be cured? Scientists are giving it a try" National Geographic
Books and Authors:
"Hold me Tight" Sue Johnson, "Hold me Tight Workbook" Sue Johnson, "Middlemarch" George Eliot
Documentaries:
Island of the Seawolves
Movies:
When in Rome
Music:
"Desperado" Eagles, "Do it Again" Steely Dan
Podcasts:
"David Lieberman" Armchair Expert, "T.I." Armchair Expert
Shows:
Wednesday

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick

Episode date: 1/9/2023
Documentaries:
Love, Lizzo, Nothing Compares, Stutz
Movies:
Alice, Darling, D.A.R.Y.L, Pinocchio, Pitch Perfect
Music:
"Chattahoochee" Alan Jackson
Podcasts:
You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes
Shows:
Bad Sisters

Phil Stutz (therapist, author, and psychiatrist)

Phil Stutz (therapist, author, and psychiatrist)

Episode date: 1/5/2023
Books and Authors:
"Coming Alive: 4 Tools to Defeat Your Inner Enemy, Ignite Creative Expression & Unleash Your Soul's Potential" Phil Stutz and Barry Michels, "The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--And Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion " Phil Stutz and Barry Michels
Documentaries:
Stutz
Podcasts:
"Phil Stutz" WTF with Marc Maron
Shows:
Breaking Bad, Leave it to Beaver, The Sopranos, Wednesday

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Episode date: 1/2/2023
Articles:
"Kim Kardashian, Kevin Hart and Sylvester Stallone accused of drought restriction violations" LA Times, "Time is Way Weirder than you Think" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"A Visit from the Goon Squad" Jennifer Egan, "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg, "The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die" Keith Payne, "The Candy House" Jennifer Egan
Documentaries:
Shaq
Movies:
Avatar, Bad Boys 2, Cradle 2 the Grave, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Lincoln, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Puss and Boots, Something From Tiffany's, Strange World, The Inspection, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Music:
"Mercedes Boy" Pebbles
Shows:
Friends, Living Single, Punk'd, The White Lotus

Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Episode date: 12/15/2022
Books and Authors:
"Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography " Richard Branson
Documentaries:
Branson, The Murdochs: Empire of Influence
Movies:
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Triangle of Sadness
Music:
"Tubular Bells" Mike Oldfield
Shows:
The White Lotus

Edward Norton Returns

Edward Norton Returns

Episode date: 12/12/2022
Articles:
"‘They Were Conned’: How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" Greg McKeown, "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" Andrew Solomon
Documentaries:
Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich, God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down A Dynasty
Movies:
25th Hour, Almost Famous, Avatar, Birdman, Brick, Contagion, Death on the Nile, Everyone Says I Love You, Fight Club, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out, Maestro, Phantom Thread, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, The Matrix, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
"Rosanna " Toto, "You're So Vain" Carly Simon
Podcasts:
Radiolab, "Dr. Peter Attia: Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones for Vitality & Longevity " Huberman Lab
Shows:
Extrapolations, Fleabag, I May Destroy You, Letterkenny, Severance
Misc:
Boeing-Boeing, Dax and Kristen Africa video, The Zoo Story

Gloria Mark (on attention spans)

Gloria Mark (on attention spans)

Episode date: 12/8/2022
Books and Authors:
"Attention Span: The New Science of Finding Focus and Fighting Distraction in the Digital Age" Gloria Mark, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" Greg McKeown, "Fight Club" Chuck Palahniuk
Documentaries:
The Jeff Koons Show
Movies:
The Social Dilemma
Music:
"Let it Snow" Dean Martin
Shows:
The White Lotus

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham

Episode date: 12/5/2022
Books and Authors:
"Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking" Allen Carr
Movies:
Alien vs. Predator, Frozen, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Music:
"Mein Herr" Liza Minnelli, "Spice Girls"
Podcasts:
Call Her Daddy, The Joe Rogan Experience
Shows:
Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Fame, Game of Thrones, Party of Five, Schitt's Creek, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy
Misc:
Cats, Phantom of the Opera

Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist)

Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist)

Episode date: 12/1/2022
Articles:
"Neil deGrasse Tyson gives mother of 11-year-old (Annaliese) her first smile since she was tragically killed in Colorado" EIN News
Books and Authors:
"Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry" Neil deGrasse Tyson, "Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium" Carl Sagan, "Carl Sagan's Universe" Yervant Terzian, Elizabeth Bilson, "Cosmos" Carl Sagan, "Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization" Neil deGrasse Tyson
Documentaries:
Shaq, Stutz, The U.S. and the Holocaust
Movies:
A Bug's Life, Back to the Future, Don't Worry Darling, Fox Catcher, Frozen, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Idiocracy, Magic Mike, The Truman Show, Triangle of Sadness
Podcasts:
StarTalk Radio
Shows:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The White Lotus

Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele

Episode date: 11/28/2022
Documentaries:
Stutz
Movies:
Coraline, Get Out, Idiocracy, NOPE, Pulp Fiction, Revenge of the Nerds, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wendell & Wild, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Podcasts:
Dr. Death, Quiet Part Loud, Serial, "Phil Stutz" WTF with Marc Maron
Shows:
In Living Color, Key & Peele, Leave it to Beaver, MADtv, Saturday Night Live, Steven Seagal: Lawman

Mark Rober (engineer & inventor)

Mark Rober (engineer & inventor)

Episode date: 11/24/2022
Books and Authors:
"The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race" Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Benjamin Franklin: A Ken Burns Film
Shows:
Middleditch and Schwartz , Revengineers , The Good Place, Whose Line is it Anyway?
Misc:
ASMR Darling YouTube channel, Backyard Squirrel Maze, Dax and Kristen Africa video, Glitter Bomb 1.0 - Porch Pirates, I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman clip from Crossroads, MrBeast YouTube channel, Skin a Watermelon Party Trick, T-Series YouTube channel

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Episode date: 11/21/2022
Books and Authors:
"Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain" John Ratey, MD, "The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book" Jerry Seinfeld
Documentaries:
Fade to Black, The Defiant Ones
Movies:
Bee Movie, Crossroads, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Top Gun: Maverick
Podcasts:
Spike's Car Radio
Shows:
Bless this Mess, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Seinfeld, Severance, The White Lotus, Top Gear America

Yuval Harari Returns Again

Yuval Harari Returns Again

Episode date: 11/17/2022
Books and Authors:
"Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" Jared Diamond, "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" Yuval Harari, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "The Bible", "Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World" Yuval Harari
Documentaries:
God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down A Dynasty, Hostages
Movies:
The Lion King
Podcasts:
The Pussy, "Lights, Camera, Christmas!" This American Life
Shows:
Game of Thrones, Party of Five, Rick and Morty, The Good Place, The White Lotus

John Stamos

John Stamos

Episode date: 11/14/2022
Articles:
"The Comforts of Nostalgia" The New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Open Book" Jessica Simpson
Documentaries:
Killer Sally, Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty , Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me, The Civil War
Movies:
Boogie Nights, Bringing Out the Dead, Don't Worry Darling, Fighting with my Family, Grease, Hit and Run, Lady Macbeth, Matthew Perry - Diane Sawyer Interview, Midsommar, Never Too Young to Die, Outlaw King, Shutter Island, Smokey and the Bandit, Sucker Punch, The Tragedy of Macbeth, True Lies
Music:
"Summer Nights" Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, "The Beach Boys"
Podcasts:
Huberman Lab, Howard Stern
Shows:
Big Shot, Californication, ER, Euphoria, Full House, Fuller House, General Hospital

Layne Norton (scientist and bodybuilder)

Layne Norton (scientist and bodybuilder)

Episode date: 11/10/2022
Books and Authors:
"Fat Loss Forever: How to Lose Fat and KEEP it Off" Layne Norton
Documentaries:
Ronnie Coleman: The King
Podcasts:
Huberman Lab, Making Sense with Sam Harris, The Dr. John Delony Show
Misc:
Reps (monthly research review publication by Layne Norton)

Constance Wu

Constance Wu

Episode date: 11/7/2022
Books and Authors:
"Making a Scene" Constance Wu, "The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand
Documentaries:
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist
Movies:
Almost Famous, American Beauty, Clueless, Crazy Rich Asians, Election, Fame, Hustlers, Magnolia, Memento, Save the Last Dance, Titanic
Shows:
Fresh Off the Boat
Misc:
Choose Something Like a Star

Will Bunch (on college in America)

Will Bunch (on college in America)

Episode date: 11/3/2022
Books and Authors:
"After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics--And How to Fix It" Will Bunch, "The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die" Keith Payne, "The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification" Randall Collins, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Movies:
Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus 2
Podcasts:
Rabbit Hole, "Food Fight" Revisionist History, "Lord of the Rankings" Revisionist History

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

Episode date: 10/31/2022
Books and Authors:
"Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" Andrew Solomon, "Learning Outside the Lines" Jonathan Mooney, "Outliers: The Story of Success " Malcolm Gladwell, "The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain" Brock Eide, Fernette Eide
Documentaries:
LA Originals, The Defiant Ones
Movies:
David and Goliath, Frozen, The Aviator, Valley Girl
Music:
Bush, Goo Goo Dolls, "A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash, "Don't Speak" No Doubt, "Glamorous" Fergie, "Happy" Pharrell Williams, "Hollaback Girl " Gwen Stefani, "Little Red Corvette" Prince, "Luxurious" Gwen Stefani, "Serious" Gwen Stefani, "Tragic Kingdom" No Doubt, "Underneath it All" Gwen Stefani, "Valley Girl soundtrack", "What You Waiting For" Gwen Stefani
Podcasts:
Second Life, Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr
Shows:
The Simpsons, The Voice

Felix Gillette & John Koblin (on the Rise, Revolution, and the Future of HBO)

Felix Gillette & John Koblin (on the Rise, Revolution, and the Future of HBO)

Episode date: 10/27/2022
Articles:
"Farewell, Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO" Felix Gillette & John Koblin , "The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own." David Carr
Documentaries:
American Movie, Brother's Keeper, Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Real Sex, Salesman, The Defiant Ones
Movies:
Apocalypse Now, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster , Footloose, Moonstruck, Stalin, Top Gun: Maverick
Podcasts:
Howard Stern
Shows:
90210, Band of Brothers, Central Park West, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Dream On, Euphoria, Friends, Game of Thrones, Girls, House of the Dragon, I May Destroy You, If These Walls Could Talk, Mad Men, Martin, Melrose Place, Northern Exposure, Oz, Project Greenlight, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Sharp Objects, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Silicon Valley, Six Feet Under, Squid Game, Succession, The Comeback, The Larry Sanders Show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , The Pacific, The Rockford Files, The Sandman, The Sopranos, The Wire, Top Gear America
Misc:
7 Dirty Words monologue

Hasan Minhaj Returns

Hasan Minhaj Returns

Episode date: 10/24/2022
Movies:
Idiocracy, Jurassic World, La La Land, RRR, The Lunchbox, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Shows:
Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester, Parenthood

Siddhartha Mukherjee (physician & biologist)

Siddhartha Mukherjee (physician & biologist)

Episode date: 10/20/2022
Articles:
"Same but Different" The New Yorker
Books and Authors:
" The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" Siddhartha Mukherjee, "And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic" Randy Shilts, "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Brick Lane" Monica Ali, "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" Jared Diamond, "The Gene: An Intimate History" Siddhartha Mukherjee, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" Richard Rhodes, "The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human" Siddhartha Mukherjee, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" Brian Green, "White Teeth" Zadie Smith
Documentaries:
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Making a Murderer, The Gene: An Intimate History
Movies:
Jurassic Park
Shows:
Game of Thrones

Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Episode date: 10/17/2022
Movies:
A Serious Man, Boogie Nights, Call Me By Your Name, The Judge, The Power of the Dog
Podcasts:
Revisionist History, Nobody's Listening, Right?
Shows:
Fargo, Handmaid's Tale, Mad Men, Off Camera with Sam Jones, Parenthood, The Good Place, The West Wing

Reza Aslan (scholar of sociology of religion)

Reza Aslan (scholar of sociology of religion)

Episode date: 10/13/2022
Articles:
"Are kids born with an innate belief in God?" Vox, "Humans 'predisposed' to believe in gods and the afterlife" Science Daily
Books and Authors:
"An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville" Reza Aslan, "The Bible", "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" Reza Aslan
Documentaries:
Hostages
Podcasts:
Making Sense with Sam Harris, "Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza"
Shows:
The Leftovers, The One With All the Resolutions

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Episode date: 10/10/2022
Documentaries:
Britney Vs Spears, Mister Organ, This is Paris
Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ex Machina, Freaky Friday, Ghost World, Ghostbusters, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Good Will Hunting, Groundhog Day, Her, Home Alone 3, Lost in Translation, Miss Congeniality, Never Been Kissed, The Blind Side
Podcasts:
"Man Thinkers", "The Hug Heard Around the World" Revisionist History
Misc:
Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy, Vogue Beauty Secrets

Jonathan Abrams (on the history of Hip-Hop)

Jonathan Abrams (on the history of Hip-Hop)

Episode date: 10/6/2022
Books and Authors:
"All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire®" Jonathan Abrams, "Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution" Jonathan Abrams, "The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" Jonathan Abrams
Documentaries:
DMX: Don't Try to Understand, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, The Story of Jay-Z
Music:
2Pac, Ice Cube, Geto Boys (artist), N.W.A, DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa , Grand Master Flash, De La Sol, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, J Dilla, Common, OutKast, Ludacris, DJ Screw, Scarface, Lil Jon, Killer Mike, Puff Daddy, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy , Snoop Dogg, Will Smith, Miles Davis, Cole Train, DJ Khaled, Rhakim Ali, Anderson .Paak, "6 'n the Mornin'" Ice-T, "Bullet Train Fantasy" Ibrahim, "Colors" Ice-T, "Damn" Kendrick Lamar, "Illmatic" Nas, "Lose Yourself" Eminem, "The Blacker the Berry" Kendrick Lamar, "The Notorious B.I.G.", "Throw the D" The 2 Live Crew, "Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C.
Shows:
Adult Swim, Alone, Atlanta, Tell Me Lies, The Patient, Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Episode date: 10/3/2022
Documentaries:
Val
Movies:
Diner, Elf, Footloose, Friday the Thirteenth, Get Out, Home Alone, JFK, Mystic River, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, The Breakfast Club, The Karate Kid, The Shawshank Redemption, They/Them, Without a Paddle
Music:
"Running Up That Hill" Kate Bush
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?
Shows:
As We See it, City on a Hill, Euphoria, I Love Dick, Punk'd, Stranger Things, The Closer
Misc:
Slab Boys (play)

Saul Kassin (psychologist on false confessions)

Saul Kassin (psychologist on false confessions)

Episode date: 9/29/2022
Books and Authors:
"Duped: Why Innocent People Confess - And Why We Believe Their Confessions" Saul Kassin, "Outliers: The Story of Success " Malcolm Gladwell
Documentaries:
Central Park 5, Making a Murderer, The Confessions , The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Shows:
Dahmer

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy

Episode date: 9/26/2022
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "I'm Glad My Mom Died" Jennette McCurdy
Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Titanic
Podcasts:
Empty Inside, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Shows:
9-1-1, Blue Bloods, iCarly

Jared Diamond (geographer, historian, ornithologist)

Jared Diamond (geographer, historian, ornithologist)

Episode date: 9/22/2022
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" Jared Diamond, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" Jared Diamond, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race" Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long, "The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal" Jared Diamond, "Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis" Jared Diamond
Documentaries:
Making a Murderer

Ice-T

Ice-T

Episode date: 9/19/2022
Books and Authors:
"Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord" Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century, "Split Decision: Life Stories" Ice-T and Spike
Movies:
Colors
Music:
"Power " Ice-T
Shows:
Law & Order SVU
Misc:
Sway's Universe

Will MacAskill (philosopher and ethicist)

Will MacAskill (philosopher and ethicist)

Episode date: 9/15/2022
Articles:
"The Case for Longtermism" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work That Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back" Will MacAskill, "How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question" Michael Schur, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "What we Owe the Future" Will MacAskill
Podcasts:
Revisionist History, SmartLess, The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur , "Joseph Henrich (professor of human evolutionary biology)" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Good Place
Misc:
givingwhatwecan.org, What are the most important moral problems of our time?

Lili Reinhart

Lili Reinhart

Episode date: 9/12/2022
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "Swimming Lessons: Poems" Lili Reinhart
Documentaries:
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Movies:
Contagion, Elvis, Look Both Ways, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Family Man, The Good Nurse
Podcasts:
"Rick Glassman" Armchair Expert, "Shawn Mendes" Armchair Expert
Shows:
90210, House of Lies, Melrose Place, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation, Party of Five, Punk'd, Riverdale, Veronica Mars, Who Do You Think You Are?
Misc:
Archie Comics

Jamie Fiore Higgins (on her experience as a manager at Goldman Sachs)

Jamie Fiore Higgins (on her experience as a manager at Goldman Sachs)

Episode date: 9/8/2022
Articles:
"Friending Bias" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs" Jamie Fiore Higgins, "The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America--And How to Undo His Legacy" David Gelles
Music:
"Home" Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, "This Must Be the Place" Talking Heads, "This Must Be the Place" Sure Sure
Misc:
Calgon, Take Me Away ad

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Episode date: 9/5/2022
Books and Authors:
"Avenger" Frederick Forsyth, "Siddartha" Hermann Hesse, "The Carpetbaggers" Harold Robbins
Documentaries:
The Last Movie Stars
Movies:
And the Band Played On, Angels and Demons, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Forest Gump, High Fidelity, James Bond movies, King Kong, Larry Crowne, Philadelphia, Pinocchio, Road to Perdition, Smokey and the Bandit, Swiss Family Robinson, Used Cars
Podcasts:
Revisionist History
Shows:
Bosom Buddies, The Love Boat, Will & Grace

Erin Kimmerle (forensic anthropologist)

Erin Kimmerle (forensic anthropologist)

Episode date: 9/1/2022
Books and Authors:
"We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys" Erin Kimmerle
Movies:
RRR

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Episode date: 8/29/2022
Books and Authors:
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" Lemony Snicket, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" Greg McKeown, "The Prestige" Christopher Priest
Movies:
Gone Girl, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, The Prestige, This is Where I Leave You
Shows:
90210, Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself, Doogie Howser, M.D., Emily In Paris, How I Met Your Mother, Sex and the City, Uncoupled
Misc:
Rent

George Monbiot (climate activist)

George Monbiot (climate activist)

Episode date: 8/25/2022
Books and Authors:
"How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need" Bill Gates, "Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet" George Monbiot
Movies:
Dune, Harry Potter series (movies), Lord of the Rings
Music:
Tenacious D, The Avett Brothers, Metallica
Shows:
Alone, The Crown
Misc:
George Monbiot's Column in The Guardian, The new political story that could change everything

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch

Episode date: 8/22/2022
Movies:
Back to the Future, Everybody Wants Some!!, Howard the Duck, Not Okay, Pretty in Pink, Set it Up, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Great Outdoors, The Outfit, Zombieland
Music:
"Scenes from a Restaurant" Billy Joel
Shows:
Caroline in the City, The Politician

Woo-Kyoung Ahn (Yale psychologist on thinking)

Woo-Kyoung Ahn (Yale psychologist on thinking)

Episode date: 8/18/2022
Books and Authors:
"Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" Robert Sapolsky, "The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous" Joseph Henrich, "Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better" Woo-Kyoung Ahn, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Episode date: 8/15/2022
Movies:
Bottle rocket, Chips, Flirting with Disaster, Happy Gilmore, Idiocracy, Meet the Parents, Night at the Museum, Raising Arizona, Scarface, Silver Linings Playbook, Something About Mary, Spanking the Monkey, Swingers, The Big Picture, The Exorcist, The Warriors, Thief, Tropic Thunder, Zero Effect, Zoolander, Zoolander 2
Shows:
30 Rock, Cheers, Escape at Dannemora, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Saturday Night Live, Severance, Ted Lasso, The Ben Stiller Show, The Kids in the Hall, The Rehearsal, The Sopranos, The West Wing

David Lieberman

David Lieberman

Episode date: 8/11/2022
Books and Authors:
"Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are" David Lieberman, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
The Anarchists

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Episode date: 8/8/2022
Books and Authors:
"Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth, Assassin of President Lincoln" Finis L. Bates
Movies:
Ice Age, Ice Age: Collision Course
Podcasts:
Gay Pride and Prejudice, Quitters
Shows:
Do Not Disturb, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Friday Night Lights, Modern Family, The Class
Misc:
Assasains, Take Me Out, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary (anxiety researcher & author)

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary (anxiety researcher & author)

Episode date: 8/4/2022
Articles:
"Hold Onto Your Hats (and Bags). Travelers to Europe Face Chaos" New York Times
Books and Authors:
" The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine" Francis Collins, "Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad)" Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, "On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society" Dave Grossman
Podcasts:
Revisionist History, Nobody's Listening, Right?

Shaun White

Shaun White

Episode date: 8/1/2022
Books and Authors:
"Jaws" Peter Benchley, "Man-VS-Nature" Ponk Vonsydow, "Me and Muhammad Ali" Jabari Asim and AG Ford, "Moby Dick" Herman Melville, "The Iliad" Homer, "The Odyssey" Homer, "The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" Malcolm Gladwell
Documentaries:
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, The Weight of Gold, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Movies:
Good Will Hunting, Top Gun: Maverick
Music:
HAIM, "Bad Things" Machine Gun Kelly, "The Black Keys"
Shows:
Formula 1: Drive to Survive, The Great, The Jersey, The Vampire Diaries

Malcolm Gladwell Returns

Malcolm Gladwell Returns

Episode date: 7/28/2022
Books and Authors:
"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking " Malcolm Gladwell, "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants " Malcolm Gladwell, "Outliers: The Story of Success " Malcolm Gladwell, "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know " Malcolm Gladwell, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" Malcolm Gladwell
Documentaries:
George Carlin's American Dream
Movies:
Arthur
Podcasts:
Revisionist History, Car Show! with Eddie Alterman, This Week in Virology
Shows:
The Brady Bunch, The Flintstones, Top Gear America, Will & Grace

John Early

John Early

Episode date: 7/25/2022
Books and Authors:
"The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914" David McCullough, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
The Most Hated Family in America
Movies:
Fort Tilden, Hitari!, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Let's Go to Prison, Phantom Thread, Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Serial Mom, Soul Man, The Shawshank Redemption, To Kill a Mockingbird, Top Gun: Maverick, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
"Baby Elephant Walk" Henry Mancini
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?
Shows:
Search Party, The Afterparty, The Characters, Thirty Rock, Will & Grace, Would it Kill you to Laugh?

R.L. Stine (Goosebumps novelist)

R.L. Stine (Goosebumps novelist)

Episode date: 7/21/2022
Books and Authors:
"Fear Street series" R.L. Stine, "Garbage Pail Kids" R.L. Stine, "Goosebumps series", "Goosebumps SlappyWorld " R.L. Stine, "Harry Potter series" J.K. Rowling, "Haunting with the Stars (Goosebumps Slappyworld #17), " R.L. Stine , "Inspector Rebus series" Ian Rankin, "It Came from Ohio!: My Life as a Writer" R.L. Stine, "Jack Reacher series" Lee Child, "Mostly Ghostly series" R.L. Stine, "Rick Steves Vienna, Salzburg & Tirol" Rick Steves, "Rotten School #1: The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! " R.L. Stine, "Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales" R.L. Stine, "The Nightmare Room series" R.L. Stine
Documentaries:
They Call Me Magic
Movies:
Death on the Nile, Mostly Ghostly, Murder on the Orient Express, The Worst Person in the World
Shows:
Goosebumps, The Nightmare Room, The Rehearsal

Rick Glassman

Rick Glassman

Episode date: 7/18/2022
Podcasts:
Riffin with Griffin, Take Your Shoes Off
Shows:
As We See it, Undateable

Seirian Sumner (behavioral ecologist on wasps)

Seirian Sumner (behavioral ecologist on wasps)

Episode date: 7/14/2022
Books and Authors:
"Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps" Seirian Sumner
Movies:
Bee Movie
Music:
"All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo, "My Heart Will Go On" Celine Deon, "Piano Man" Billy Joel, "Your Song" Elton John
Shows:
Clone Collapse - What's Wrong with the Bees?

David Sedaris Returns Again

David Sedaris Returns Again

Episode date: 7/11/2022
Articles:
"An Anaconda's Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" Norman Ohler, "Happy-Go-Lucky" David Sedaris
Documentaries:
Andre the Giant
Podcasts:
Revisionist History
Shows:
Only Murders in the Building, The Old Man
Misc:
Little Lotta comic strips

Kathleen Belew (white supremacy historian)

Kathleen Belew (white supremacy historian)

Episode date: 7/7/2022
Books and Authors:
"Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self" Susan Brison, "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America" Kathleen Belew , "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Benjamin Franklin: A Ken Burns Film, Oklahoma City

Connie Britton

Connie Britton

Episode date: 7/4/2022
Books and Authors:
"Dear Edward" Ann Napolitano, "This is Where I Leave You" Jonathan Tropper
Documentaries:
Hemingway
Movies:
Out of Sight, This is Where I Leave You, Top Gun: Maverick
Shows:
Dear Edward , Friday Night Lights, Mamas , Prehistoric Planet , The Old Man, The White Lotus

Brett Scott (author on cashless societies)

Brett Scott (author on cashless societies)

Episode date: 6/30/2022
Books and Authors:
"Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets" Brett Scott, "Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded" David Graeber, "Snow Crash" Neil Stevensen

Steve Brusatte (paleontologist and evolutionary biologist)

Steve Brusatte (paleontologist and evolutionary biologist)

Episode date: 6/23/2022
Books and Authors:
"Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" Jared Diamond, "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" Anthony Bourdain, "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Trade Book" Erik Larson, "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World" Steve Brusatte, "The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us" Steve Brusatte, "Trainspotting" Irvine Welsh, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Our Great National Parks, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Trainspotting
Podcasts:
Nobody's Listening, Right?
Shows:
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations, Parts Unknown, Peaky Blinders, Prehistoric Planet, The Good Place

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz

Episode date: 6/6/2022
Books and Authors:
"Down and Out in Paris and London" George Orwell, "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress" Steven Pinker, "Finding Me: A Memoir" Viola Davis, "Henry and June: From a Journal of Love: The Unexpurgated Diary (1931-1932) of Anais Nin" Anaïs Nin, "Little Birds" Anaïs Nin, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "Zazie in the Metro " Raymond Queneau
Movies:
Inside Out, The Lost Daughter, Top Gun: Maverick
Music:
"Call me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen, "The Middle" Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey, "Watermelon Sugar" Harry Styles
Shows:
Atlanta

Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon

Episode date: 5/9/2022
Books and Authors:
" Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life" Emily Nagoski, "A Day at a Time: Daily Reflections for Recovering People" Anonymous, "Hello, Molly!: A Memoir" Molly Shannon, "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" Bessel van der Kolk, "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" Jon Krakauer
Documentaries:
Procession, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Movies:
Happiness, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Shows:
Captive Audience, I Love That For You, Peaky Blinders, Saturday Night Live, The White Lotus, Under the Banner of Heaven
Misc:
The 2019 Rose Parade Live with Cord and Tish, The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

Joseph Henrich (professor of human evolutionary biology)

Joseph Henrich (professor of human evolutionary biology)

Episode date: 5/5/2022
Books and Authors:
"Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" Jared Diamond, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race" Daniel Lieberman and Michael Long, "The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter" Joseph Henrich, "The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous" Joseph Henrich
Movies:
Austin Powers

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Episode date: 4/25/2022
Books and Authors:
"No Country for Old Men" Cormac McCarthy, "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" Jon Krakauer
Documentaries:
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Movies:
CODA, Dune, Gangster Squad, Grindhouse, In the Valley of Elah, Mask, Mimic, No Country for Old Men, The Goonies, The Worst Person in the World, The Wrestler
Music:
Rich Kids on LSD
Shows:
Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Outer Range, Parenthood, Yellowstone

Seth Meyers Returns

Seth Meyers Returns

Episode date: 3/14/2022
Books and Authors:
"A Light in the Attic" Shel Silverstein, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" Judith Viorst, "Blue Hat, Green Hat" Sandra Boynton, "Fudge series" Judy Blume, "Giraffes Can't Dance" Giles Andreae, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Dr. Seuss, "I'm Not Scared, You're Scared" Seth Meyers, "Little Blue Truck" Alice Schertle, "Quackenstein Hatches a Family" Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, "Ramona" Beverly Cleary, "Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go" Richard Scarry, "Spider-Man Short Halloween " Bill Hader & Seth Meyers, "Stuart Little" E. B. White, "The Circus Ship" Chris Van Dusen, "The Giving Tree" Shel Silverstein, "The Great Paper Caper" Oliver Jeffers, "The Original Warm Fuzzy Tale" Claude Steiner, "The Stupids Step Out" Harry G. Allard, "Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings" Shel Silverstein
Documentaries:
Free Solo, The Alpinist
Movies:
Bad Boys, Cobra, The French Dispatch
Shows:
Girls, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, Spin City

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Episode date: 3/7/2022
Articles:
"20Q: Dax Shepard" Playboy
Books and Authors:
"Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir" Bob Odenkirk, "Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests" James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, "Washington: A Life" Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Britney Vs Spears, Monica in Black and White
Movies:
Chips, Let's Go to Prison, Nobody, The Informant!, The Judge, Without a Paddle
Music:
"Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers
Podcasts:
WTF with Marc Maron, "Summer in Argyle"
Shows:
Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Handmaid's Tale, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Parenthood, Saturday Night Live, The Kids in the Hall
Misc:
Mr. Show - Pre-Taped Call-in Show, Steve Martin Cold Opening - Saturday Night Live, Tim and Eric

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

Episode date: 1/24/2022
Articles:
"How Kristen Stewart Became Her Generation’s Most Interesting Movie Star" The New Yorker
Documentaries:
Britney Vs Spears
Movies:
Adventureland, Baby Mama, C'mon C'mon, Chips, Contagion, Crazy Stupid Love, Idiocracy, Panic Room, Spencer, Without a Paddle, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
"This Must Be the Place" Talking Heads
Podcasts:
"Nicholas Hoult" Armchair Expert, "Prince Harry" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Hannah Montana, The Great, Top Gear America

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade

Episode date: 1/3/2022
Articles:
"California, it’s time for some trash talk on food waste" LA Times
Books and Authors:
"A Father First" Dwyane Wade, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "Dwyane" Dwyane Wade
Documentaries:
D Wade: Life Unexpected, Happiness, Tiger
Podcasts:
"Carmelo Anthony" Armchair Expert, "Chris Bosch" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Punk'd
Misc:
That's What I Do

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom

Episode date: 11/4/2021
Articles:
"Covid's Partisan Errors" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"50 Shades of Grey" E. L. James, "Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion" Paul Bloom, "Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are" Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, "How Pleasure Works, Paul Bloom", "Just Babies: The Origin of Good and Evil" Paul Bloom, "Notes From the Underground and the Gambler" Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning" Paul Bloom
Documentaries:
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
Movies:
Falling Down, John Wick, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Shows:
Big Bang Theory, Scenes from a Marriage, Squid Game, Two and a Half Men

Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman

Episode date: 9/23/2021
Books and Authors:
"Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" Anna Lembke, "This is Your Mind on Plants" Michael Pollan, "Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams" Matthew Walker PhD
Documentaries:
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Movies:
The Right Stuff
Podcasts:
Huberman Lab

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Episode date: 8/2/2021
Movies:
Angel Heart, Armageddon, Beverly Hills Cop, Bloody Sunday, Booksmart, Courage Under Fire, Dazed and Confused, Devil in a Blue Dress, Employee of the Month, Failure to Launch, Fat Man and Little Boy, Good Will Hunting, Idiocracy, In the Valley of Elah, Jason Bourne Movies, Midnight Run, Oceans 11, Oceans 12, Out of Sight, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Promised Land, Rocky, Rounders, Saving Private Ryan, Scent of a Woman, School Ties, Se7en, Stillwater, Syriana, The Company Men, The Good Old Boys, The Informant!, The Last Duel, The Martian, The Rainmaker, The Verdict, Troy, Without a Paddle
Podcasts:
"Daniel Ricciardo" SmartLess
Shows:
House of Lies, Parenthood, The Cosby Show
Misc:
Matt Damon monologue, There Will Be Blood interview

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Episode date: 7/1/2021
Books and Authors:
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Malcolm X, "A Promised Land" Barack Obama, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" Barack Obama, "Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life" Julianna Margulies
Movies:
Shaft
Podcasts:
"Common" Armchair Expert, "Jonathan Tucker" Armchair Expert, "Julianna Margulies" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Barack Obama, Leave it to Beaver, Punk'd, The Good Place

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

Episode date: 3/1/2021
Articles:
"A Candid Memoir From Comedian Amy Poehler? 'Yes Please'" NPR, "The Financial Perks of Being Tall" The Atlantic
Books and Authors:
"In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories" Alvin Schwartz
Documentaries:
Hillary
Movies:
Baby Mama, Good Will Hunting, Inside Out, Let's Go to Prison, Mean Girls, Moxie
Music:
"My Funny Valentine" Chet Baker
Podcasts:
Revisionist History, Howard Stern, "Episode 4: Tiffany Haddish" Mind Power Mixtape, "Free Bryan Williams" Revisionist History, "Hillary Clinton" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Broad City, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, Schitt's Creek, Succession, Top Gear America
Misc:
The Red Ribbon story

Susan Burton

Susan Burton

Episode date: 9/11/2020
Books and Authors:
"Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women" Susan Burton, Cari Lynn, "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" Bessel van der Kolk

Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Episode date: 8/20/2020
Books and Authors:
"Leonardo Da Vinci" Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs" Walter Isaacson, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, The Last Dance
Movies:
Spy Game
Shows:
Parenthood, The Wire, Top Gear America

Will Arnett

Will Arnett

Episode date: 2/3/2020
Movies:
Baby Mama, Blades of Glory, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Let's Go to Prison, Midnight Run, Ratatouille, The Brothers Solomon, The Heartbreak Kid, The LEGO Batman Movie, When in Rome
Podcasts:
Making Sense with Sam Harris, "Sam Elliott" Armchair Expert
Shows:
Arrested Development, Better Call Saul, BoJack Horseman, Breaking Bad, Cheer, Flaked, LEGO Masters, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Saturday Night Live, The First Team, The Last Man on Earth, The Millers, The Ranch

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Jonathan Haidt

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Jonathan Haidt

Episode date: 12/6/2018
Articles:
"How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus" The Atlantic, "The Rise and Fall of European Meritocracy" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived " Corey L. M. Keyes, Jonathan Haidt, "Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow" Lenore Skenazy, "The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure" Jonathan Haidt, "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom" Jonathan Haidt, "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" Erving Goffman , "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion" Jonathan Haidt
Documentaries:
Bowling for Columbine, Hero with a Thousand Faces
Music:
"Anaconda" Nicki Minaj
Podcasts:
"#204 - A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt" Making Sense with Sam Harris
Misc:
letgrow.org, The moral roots of liberals and conservatives (TED Talk), yourmorals.org

Dax's Mom (Laura Labo)

Dax's Mom (Laura Labo)

Episode date: 7/2/2018
Books and Authors:
"Smart Women/Foolish Choices: Finding the Right Men Avoiding the Wrong Ones" Connell Cowan, Melvyn Kinder
Documentaries:
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movies:
Boyhood
Music:
Sérgio Mendes, The Who, Kiss, Bon Jovi, "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Ashley, "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sérgio Mendes
Podcasts:
"Ashton Kutcher" Armchair Expert

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Wendy Mogel

EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Wendy Mogel

Episode date: 6/7/2018
Articles:
"Betting on the Blind Side" Vanity Fair, "Should We Speak to Little Boys as We Do Little Dogs?" New York Times, "The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology." The New Yorker
Books and Authors:
"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking " Malcolm Gladwell, "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Raising Self-Reliant Children" Wendy Mogel, "Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Listen" Wendy Mogel
Documentaries:
American Movie, Fed Up, Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief , I Am, Wild Wild Country
Movies:
Raising Arizona, The Big Short
Shows:
High Maintenance
Misc:
Key & Peele Phone Call

Van Hunt

Van Hunt

Episode date: 3/19/2018
Books and Authors:
"Outliers: The Story of Success " Malcolm Gladwell
Documentaries:
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
Movies:
The Prestige
Music:
Geto Boys (artist), Fishbone (artist), "Being a Girl (song)" Van Hunt, "Darling Nikki (song)" Prince, "Get Lifted (album)" John Legend, "On the Jungle Floor (album)" Van Hunt, "Popular (album)" Van Hunt, "Purple Rain (song)" Prince, "The Fun Rises, the Fun Sets. (album)" Van Hunt, "Van Hunt (album)" Van Hunt

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Episode date: 3/12/2018
Shows:
Ellen, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Adam Scott

Adam Scott

Episode date: 3/5/2018
Books and Authors:
"Quackenstein Hatches a Family" Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Documentaries:
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Movies:
48 Hrs., Avatar: The Way of Water, Brother's Justice, Cheaper by the Dozen, Cop Out, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Do the Right Thing, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Hairshirt, Hit and Run, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Inside Man, Jaws, Lethal Weapon, Malcolm X, Men in Black, Midnight Run, Pineapple Express, Piranha 3D, Running on Empty, Rush Hour, Smokey and the Bandit, Stand by Me, Step Brothers, Tank, The Cannonball Run, The Last King of Scotland, Tropic Thunder, Wanted, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
Public Enemy
Podcasts:
Inside of You
Shows:
Big Little Lies, Ghosted, Life with Bonnie, Parks and Recreation, Party Down, Punk'd, The Last Man on Earth, The Office, The Twilight Zone

Pete Wentz

Pete Wentz

Episode date: 2/26/2018
Books and Authors:
"Siddartha" Hermann Hesse, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." Ron Chernow
Documentaries:
Olympic Pride, The Hollywood Complex
Movies:
Bridesmaids, Chips, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Get Out, Ghostbusters (2016), Home Alone, Idiocracy, The Descendants, The Godfather, The Help, The Mighty Ducks, The Sixth Sense, Without a Paddle, Zathura: A Space Adventure
Music:
Metallica, The Beetles, Shelter, Fall Out Boy, Steely Dan, Burna Boy, "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones, "Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)" Fall Out Boy, "Immortals (from "Big Hero 6")" Fall Out Boy, "Mania" Fall Out Boy
Shows:
"Black Mirror" Arkangel epsiode, Breaking Bad, Friends, Game of Thrones, Parenthood, Punk'd, Roseanne, The Cosby Show

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel

Episode date: 2/19/2018
Books and Authors:
"Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato" Arthur Allen
Movies:
Hit and Run
Podcasts:
Making Sense with Sam Harris, "Robert Downy Jr." Off Camera with Sam Jones
Shows:
Friday Night Lights, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Parenthood, Peaky Blinders, The Man Show

Joy Bryant

Joy Bryant

Episode date: 2/14/2018
Articles:
"Stop Telling Me I Should Have Kids" Joy Bryant on Lenny Letter
Movies:
Antwone Fisher, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Honey
Shows:
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Episode date: 2/14/2018
Articles:
"Will robots take our children’s jobs" New York Times
Books and Authors:
"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Yuval Harari, "The Gene: An Intimate History" Siddhartha Mukherjee, "The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer" Harvey Karp, "The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5" Jennifer Waldburger, Jill Spivack
Movies:
Without a Paddle
Podcasts:
"#68 Reality and the Imagination" Making Sense with Sam Harris
Shows:
Punk'd, That '70s Show, The Ranch

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell

Episode date: 2/14/2018
Books and Authors:
Charles Bukowski
Movies:
Frozen, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never , When in Rome
Music:
Martin Sexton, Dave Matthews Band
Podcasts:
"Ep. 57 Kristen Bell" Off Camera with Sam Jones
Shows:
Downton Abbey, Stranger Things, Veronica Mars

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