Most people who know David Manheim don’t know him as David Manheim. To fans of the Dopey podcast, he’s just Dave (no last name given), a recovering drug addict who built a tight-knit digital community ...
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Episode 1293 - The Smothers Brothers
Recently, Marc talked with television historian David Bianculli about The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and the important place it holds in American culture. Talking with Tom and Dick Smothers themselves, ...
Listen →Episode 1292 - Rory Cochrane
When Rory Cochrane started acting, he knew he didn’t want to be a movie star. He wanted to be a freight train that keeps on moving. Rory tells Marc about the practices and measures he put in place to ...
Listen →Episode 1291 - Aida Rodriguez
Aida Rodriguez wanted her first HBO special to be more than a comedy show. She wanted to depict the parts of her past that are foundational to her comedy. So that’s why she filmed a short documentary ...
Listen →Episode 1290 - Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro believes in one universal truth: We all get to a moment in our lives when we see ourselves for who we really are. That belief not only guides his own life, it guides the characters ...
Listen →Episode 1289 - Peter Jackson
Despite multiple Oscars and billions of dollars in box office returns, Peter Jackson still has the same interests he had when he was 10 years old: First World War airplanes, monster movies, using his ...
Listen →Episode 1288 - Cat Power
At one point, Chan Marshall was in a band called Cat Power. But it’s appropriate for someone like Chan, who had to be self-reliant almost from birth, that she’d adopt the name as her own once the band ...
Listen →Episode 1287 - Halle Berry
Halle Berry wasn’t supposed to be in the movie Bruised. And she definitely wasn’t supposed to direct the movie Bruised. Then she wound up being in it and directing it, but no one wanted to take a chance ...
Listen →Episode 1286 - Jesse Plemons
Still only in his early 30s, Jesse Plemons has already delivered a laundry list of indelible performances in everything from Breaking Bad to Friday Night Lights to Black Mass, working with directors like ...
Listen →Episode 1285 - Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson didn’t start singing with her eyes open until she was 19 years old. That’s not a metaphor. Jennifer tells Marc how she was so afraid to sing in public, the only way she could do it was by ...
Listen →Episode 1284 - Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch is a busy man. When he’s not holding the Marvel Universe together as Doctor Strange or making prestige dramas with celebrated directors, he’s flying between the U.S. and the U.K. to ...
Listen →Episode 1283 - Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman’s upbringing in rural Western New York prepared him for a multifaceted life, since he always had to keep his options open. So aside from being an actor, Bill’s also been a theater teacher, a ...
Listen →Episode 1282 - Jason Bailey / Fun City Cinema
WTF takes over the historic Paris Theater in New York City for the first live audience episode of the show in more than six years. Marc is joined by film critic and historian Jason Bailey, author of the ...
Listen →Episode 1281 - Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott has a secret weapon as a filmmaker and it probably has a lot to do with his career longevity and versatility. As a young boy, he would draw everything, and to this day he still storyboards ...
Listen →Episode 1280 - Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh had a lot on his mind when making the movie Belfast, a film based on his own childhood. He thought mostly about loss. Loss of family, loss of where you come from, loss of innocence. As ...
Listen →Episode 1279 - George Clooney
George Clooney is 60. Which means, much like Marc, he’s always reminding himself that he doesn’t know how much time he has left. George tells Marc how this mindset affects all his decisions, whether it’s ...
Listen →Episode 1278 - "Canceled Comedy" w/ Kliph Nesteroff and David Bianculli
Marc is trying to get to the bottom of something. What does it really mean to be 'canceled' in comedy? Is it something comedians have always worried about? What does actual censorship in comedy look like? ...
Listen →Episode 1277 - Felipe Esparza
The challenges of standup comedy were nothing compared to the obstacles Felipe Esparza faced throughout his childhood. His family was caught crossing the border and sent back to Mexico. When he finally ...
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