Episodes

  • Dakota Fanning - 'All Her Fault' [LIVE]

    Dakota Fanning - 'All Her Fault' [LIVE]
    May 11 2026
    In front of an audience of students at Chapman University, the 32-year-old veteran actress reflects on child stardom and what she learned from co-stars like Sean Penn, Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise; how she navigated growing up, on screen and off; and why she has done some of her best work yet in limited series, including 'The Alienist,' 'Ripley,' 'The Perfect Couple' and, most recently, Peacock's show about the kidnapping of a child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Audra McDonald - 'The Gilded Age' [LIVE]

    Audra McDonald - 'The Gilded Age' [LIVE]
    May 4 2026
    In front of an audience of students at Chapman University, the legendary Broadway star — who has been nominated for and won more acting Tonys than anyone else — and TV character actress reflects on the early struggles that led her to attempt suicide, finding her voice and confidence on stage, overcoming her fear of screen acting and, most recently, highlighting a little-known chapter of Black history on three seasons of Julian Fellowes' critically-acclaimed HBO drama series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Bill Lawrence - 'Shrinking' & 'Rooster' [LIVE]

    Bill Lawrence - 'Shrinking' & 'Rooster' [LIVE]
    Apr 30 2026
    In front of an audience at the Napa Valley StreamFest, one of TV's most prolific creators reflects on being fired early in his career from 'Boy Meet World,' 'The Nanny' and 'Friends,' how he wound up co-creating and running 'Spin City' while in his 20s, the happy accidents that led to 'Scrubs' and 'Ted Lasso,' and why his Apple TV Emmy contender is being extended beyond its original three-season plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Mariska Hargitay - 'My Mom Jayne' & 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' [LIVE]

    Mariska Hargitay - 'My Mom Jayne' & 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' [LIVE]
    Apr 28 2026
    In front of an audience at the Napa Valley StreamFest, the legendary TV actress and breakthrough film director reflects on following her late mom Jayne Mansfield into the business; playing sex crimes investigator Olivia Benson for 27 years and counting (making her the longest-running character in an American primetime live-action show); and exploring her complicated personal history in a 2025 HBO doc that is now eligible for an Emmy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Alec Baldwin [LIVE]

    Alec Baldwin [LIVE]
    Apr 13 2026
    In front of an audience at the Boulder International Film Festival, the veteran star of screens big ('The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Cooler') and small ('30 Rock' and 'SNL') reflects on how he stumbled into acting, what forced his pivot from leading man to character parts, how we wound up impersonating Trump and what his life has been like since the tragic accident that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of 'Rust' in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Harrison Ford - 'Shrinking'

    Harrison Ford - 'Shrinking'
    Apr 9 2026
    The legendary star reflects on how clinical depression led him to acting, the unlikely ways he broke into the movies and was cast in 'Star Wars,' why he long yearned to escape "leading man" roles and to play "character parts" and why he so loves his current challenge of playing an acerbic psychotherapist battling Parkinson's disease on Apple TV's Emmy-nominated comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • David Puttnam

    David Puttnam
    Apr 3 2026
    The Oscar-winning producer of films like 'Chariots of Fire,' 'Local Hero,' 'The Killing Fields' and 'The Mission,' who was once described by the New York Times as "the white knight of the British film industry," and who later became the first non-American to run a Hollywood studio, reflects on his path from school dropout to ad industry phenom to filmmaking; why he so often bet on first-time directors, non-star actors and character-driven dramas; and his brief and turbulent time running Columbia Pictures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy [LIVE]

    Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy [LIVE]
    Mar 11 2026
    In front of an audience at Chapman University, the co-chairs/co-CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group reflect on their paths through the business as producers and execs over the last three decades; their crazy 2025, during which they went from almost losing their jobs to presiding over one of the most successful years any studio has ever had; and what it's like being behind both horses in a two-horse best picture Oscar race, 'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 40 mins