Lee Daniels got his start in show business by running a nursing agency. That may seem unusual but the road to success for the producer-writer-director behind Precious, The Butler and Empire has always ...
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REPOST - Harry Dean Stanton from 2014
From Episode 464, this is Marc's conversation with actor Harry Dean Stanton who passed away on September 15, 2017 at age 91. This episode also includes a follow-up conversation with Sophie Huber, director ...
Listen →Episode 846 - Kathy Bates / Graham Elwood
Kathy Bates hammered her way into movie and pop culture history with her Oscar-winning performance in Misery. Kathy tells Marc why acting never seemed like an option when she was younger, what she learned ...
Listen →Episode 845 - Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
Ken Burns and his frequent collaborator Lynn Novick have made indelible documentaries about American life, on subjects like jazz, baseball, the Civil War, and World War II. Their latest film is a ten-part ...
Listen →Episode 844 - Lorde
Not every global pop superstar would feel at home in Marc's garage, but Lorde isn't your average global pop superstar. The singer-songwriter takes some time before kicking off her worldwide Melodrama tour ...
Listen →Episode 843 - Warren Hutcherson
Warren Hutcherson and Marc were getting their starts in standup around the same time. Then, as Marc recalls it, Warren was suddenly a television writer and wasn't on the standup scene anymore. Warren ...
Listen →REPOST - Shelley Berman from 2012
From Episode 332, this is Marc's conversation with comedian Shelley Berman. Shelley passed away on September 1, 2017 at age ...
Listen →Episode 842 - Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan is considered one of the greatest rock and roll drummers of all time. He joins Marc in the garage to talk about his years playing in the house bands for David Letterman and Saturday Night ...
Listen →Episode 841 - Jay Baruchel
Actor Jay Baruchel takes the trip down from Canada to talk with Marc about life, acting and the Great White North. Jay explains what it was like being raised in a family that was righteously engaged in ...
Listen →Episode 840 - Alice Cooper
Marc gets the full story of how Vincent Furnier became Alice Cooper and took rock & roll into dark and unexpected territory. Alice tells Marc about the early formation of his band, how his return to ...
Listen →Episode 839 - Brent Weinbach / Ms. Pat
First things first: Brent Weinbach and Marc need to have a good conversation about crying. Once that's out of the way, the two of them figure out how Brent's performance-based comedy, filled with multiple ...
Listen →Remembering Jerry Lewis
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis passed away on August 20, 2017. This is Marc's conversation with Jerry from August 25, ...
Listen →Episode 838 - Jennifer Jason Leigh
To prepare for this conversation, Marc watched one of Jennifer Jason Leigh's earliest films, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, as well as her most recent, the crime thriller Good Time. The details of what ...
Listen →Episode 837 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Phil Stutz
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he's happy if you know him as a writer, a cultural critic, an activist, a chronicler of African-American history, an actor, an ...
Listen →Episode 836 - Mike MacDonald / Jon Ronson
Canadian comic Mike MacDonald survived four decades in comedy, drug abuse, Sam Kinison, chronic illness, psych wards, and a liver transplant to make it to the garage. Mike takes Marc through his early ...
Listen →Episode 835 - The Lucas Brothers
Keith and Kenny Lucas are identical twins and Marc is freaking out at how similar they are. Well, freaking a little bit anyway, but only at first because once the three of them get talking it's hard not ...
Listen →Episode 834 - Rory Scovel / Maz Jobrani
Rory Scovel is from the South, he was born into a legacy of postal workers, and one of his first jobs was in production at a local TV station. It's all great background material for a comedy career, which ...
Listen →Episode 833 - Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore has been thinking about change his whole life, whether it was the way the changing media shaped our politics or the way a changing climate altered the way we live on this ...
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