Nerdette Book Club: ‘Such A Fun Age’
The Nerdette Book Club tackles Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age, an incisive story about race and class in modern-day America.
The Nerdette Book Club tackles Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age, an incisive story about race and class in modern-day America.
Joe is the creator and star of Adult Swim’s Joe Pera Talks with You, one of our favorite new shows TV. In it, Joe plays a version of himself living in small-town Michigan as a middle-school choir teacher. The show is like nothing else you’ve seen on television before: brilliant, weird and heart warming. Cross our hearts, hope to die.
Will the Academy choose to remember 2019 as the year of PARASITE, MARRIAGE STORY and LITTLE WOMEN – or of 1917 and JOKER? The Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips joins Adam and Josh for a preview of the 2020 Oscars, with picks for who will win, who should win and who should have been nominated.0:00 - Billboard1:12 - Oscar picks: Supporting / ScreenplaysJessie Buckley, “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)“1:00:04 - Next Week/Notes1:08:48 - Massacre Theatre1:12:00 - Donations1:12:51 - Oscar picks: Lead / Director / Picture1:51:07 - Outro / Outtakes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over the years, several notable musicians have tried their hand at acting in movies, whether it’s playing a character or playing themselves. While the results are mixed, there have been a handful of great, pitch perfect performances. With the Oscars looming, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorite acting performances by musicians in film. They’ll also talk with Joel Anderson, host of the third season of the podcast Slow Burn, which focuses on the murders of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
Comedian and actor Maria Bamford talks about how she’s trying to destigmatize mental health issues through her two new comedy projects. On this week’s q This music panel, Lisa Christiansen and A. Harmony share their takes on the 2020 Junos nominations. Actor Alex Wolff discusses his new film Castle in the Ground, playing dark roles and why he brings parts of himself into his characters.
From Hereditary to Castle in the Ground, actor Alex Wolff hasn’t shied away from taking on roles that tackle the darkest parts of the human psyche.
Bamford is no stranger to discussing mental health. It’s something she addresses in two new projects: a comedy special and album called Weakness Is The Brand, and an online interview show called What’s Your Ailment?!
In 1995, while Will Smith was on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Martin Lawrence was on Martin, the two teamed up for the cop buddy movie Bad Boys. They reunited in 2003 for Bad Boys II, and now, almost 17 years later, they’re back in Bad Boys For Life. Bad Boys For Life comes to theaters in a very different atmosphere around policing than existed in 1995. And the cops in the film have changed, too: There are still car chases and guns and bad guys, but there are also grandkids and deteriorating vision, and there’s even Vanessa Hudgens.
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by NFL Network’s Peter Schrager to discuss the upcoming Super Bowl matchup between the Chiefs and the 49ers; they talk about Jimmy “nobody believes in me” Garoppolo, possible Super Bowl MVPs, Kelce vs. Kittle, Super Bowl story lines, and more (2:33). Then Bill talks with Cousin Sal, who is on the ground in Miami, about some fun Super Bowl prop bets (36:10). Finally Bill calls up Joe House to briefly discuss Luka vs. Zion and share some memories of Kobe Bryant (57:30) before making some Million Dollar NFL Picks (1:22:29).
On the Gist, Pam Bondi at the impeachment trial.In the interview, journalist Ezra Klein is here to discuss his new book Why We’re Polarized. They debate if extremism and polarization are related, and talk about the increasing difficulty of compromise, and if there’s a solution to this problem.In the spiel, Alan Dershowitz’s terrible argument. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices